Common use of Training Time Clause in Contracts

Training Time. 1. The City recognizes the importance of training for Unit members and strives to provide a minimum of two formal, career related training opportunities per year. Employee-requested and Department approved training will include tuition, per diem and coverage of normally scheduled shifts at City expense. Employees will not receive any overtime for requested training. Probationary employees will only be approved for classes needed to complete probation. The location of the approved training will be at the Department’s discretion. All approved training funded by the City is subject to budgetary limitations. 2. Mandatory training, scheduled by the Department, will be at the City’s expense, including any employee overtime pay. 3. Expenses incurred must be in accordance with City travel expense policy. In addition to training provided in item 1 above, employees may be granted relevant and job- related classes at the discretion of the Chief with the sharing of costs to be mutually agreed upon by the employee and Chief. 4. Employees returning from week long (40 hour) training programs to a regularly assigned shift, will be granted administrative time for the remainder of the shift that falls on the same day of their return from training. The employee may choose to work the shift.

Training Time. 1. The City recognizes the importance of training for Unit members and strives to provide a minimum of two formal, career related training opportunities per year. Employee-requested and Department approved training will include tuition, per diem and coverage of normally scheduled shifts at City expense. Employees will not receive any overtime for requested training. Probationary employees will only be approved for classes needed to complete probation. The location of the approved training will be at the Department’s discretion. All approved training funded by the City is subject to budgetary limitations. 2. Mandatory training, scheduled by the Department, will be at the City’s expense, including any employee overtime pay. 3. Expenses incurred must be in accordance with City travel expense policy. 4. In addition to training provided in item 1 above, employees may be granted relevant and job- related classes at the discretion of the Chief with the sharing of costs to be mutually agreed upon by the employee and Chief. 45. Employees returning from week long (40 hour) training programs to a regularly assigned shift, will be granted administrative time for the remainder of the shift that falls on the same day of their return from training. The employee may choose to work the shift.