12.7: Negotiation Leave
- 12.7.1 Costs will be shared equally by PSSD and the PSTA.
- 12.7.2 Members involved in the process of local negotiations shall receive release time to conduct negotiations if held during the school day.
- 12.7.3 A Teacher certified as a representative of PSTA, shall suffer no loss in salary for the time necessarily absent from teaching duties for the purposes of:
- a. participating in local negotiations
- b. participating in mediation proceedings
- c. participating in conciliation proceedings
- d. participating in arbitration proceedings, or
- e. attendance required by a conciliation officer or arbitration board, or attendance required by the Educational Relations Board