Article 5 Payroll Deduction of Dues

Article 45 Work Schedule

Bargaining Unit members for purposes of meeting and social gathering notifications; and (d) training and educational opportunities. No defamatory or derogatory material shall be posted on the e-mail system. Union communications through the City’s email system constitute public record and that the Union, its stewards, and its bargaining unit members should have no expectation of privacy. The City shall have the right to monitor the communications through the City’s email system to ensure compliance with this article of the contract.

On January 1 of each year, members may donate up to ten (10) hours of annual leave or compensatory time, which will be deducted from the member’s accrued leave and credited toward Union pool time. By December 15, the Union will send notice to the City, stating each member’s name, number of hours to be donated, in one-hour increments, and type of leave that will be utilized for the time pool donation. Union pool time shall be calculated and credited on an hourly basis. Union pool time may be used by the Union District President and/or his/her designee(s) to attend Broward union meetings, negotiations, other union-related business, or to conduct Coral Springs Professional Firefighters Benevolent Association business. City of Coral Springs Fire Pension Board member attendance at up to two FPPTA or State Pension Conferences per year will be paid by the City up to one shift per conference per member.

The Union District President, or designated representative of the Union, desiring to use time from the time pool shall submit a notice for approval at least twenty four (24) hours prior to the date of such use to the Fire Chief or his/her designee through the chain of command. Such approval will not be unreasonably denied.

The time pool shall not exceed eight hundred (800) hours. Unused time pool hours may be carried forward to succeeding years; however, the time pool may never exceed eight hundred (800) hours. Time taken off from work, and for which the employee is paid from the pool, shall not count as time worked for overtime or premium pay purposes.

Any accident incurred by an employee whose time is being paid for by the time pool shall not be considered to have been incurred in the course and scope of his/her employment with the City within the meaning of Chapter 440, Florida Statutes as amended, except for injuries sustained while acting in the line of duty.