Common use of Orientation Meetings Clause in Contracts

Orientation Meetings. In order to carry out the legislative intent and to implement the provisions of AB 119, the City of Imperial Beach and SEIU Local 221, agree to the following terms: I. In Person Orientation Meetings A. The City agrees to provide 10-days advanced notice to SEIU of the date on which the City will hold the orientation for each newly hired employee covered by this Agreement unless a shorter notice is necessitated by an urgent need to onboard an employee in which case notice will be provided as soon as possible in advance of orientation. Orientations for newly hired employees are held during regular working hours and onsite without loss in compensation. B. As part of the new employee’s in-person orientation meeting, upon request of SEIU, one designated SEIU representative will be provided the opportunity to meet with the individual employees for up to 30-minutes and for one-hour (1) when orientations are provided in a group setting, at the end of their orientation meeting without loss in compensation. At SEIU’s option, such communications between the SEIU representative and the new employee may be done outside the presence of City management. C. Union designee(s), including, but not limited to, Authorized Union representative(s), officers, stewards, and members, shall conduct the meetings covered under this Agreement. The City will grant release time without loss in compensation for one employee to serve as a union designee for purposes of the meeting with the new employee. II. Annual Training A. Annually, represented employees shall have the right to attend one in-person one (1) hour training conducted by the Union to familiarize represented employees with the terms of this Agreement and discuss other labor relations issues during regular working hours and onsite. The City agrees to release employees without loss in compensation to attend the training. The trainings shall be scheduled in such a manner that will not cause a disruption to operations, including, for example, staggering release time for employees to attend a training. At least one employee shall be granted one hour of release time without loss in compensation as a Union designee to conduct the training on behalf of the Union and an additional hour of release time without loss in compensation for travel and set-up.