Article 31 of the A&R contract provides that employees may request Professional leave to attend seminars, classes, lectures, and workshops to which aid in the development of professional skills. To accomodate the membership, and in accordance with that provision, A&R is hosting a Professional Development Day webinar. The event will be held via zoom. The webinar will consist of four separate workshops which wiill be held throughout the day. All attendees will be assigned to each of these workshops:
- Balancing Work and Life in a Virtual World
- Building Your Emotional Intelligence
- Resume Writing and Interviewing Skills That Work for You
- Embracing Change
A&R has scheduled two dates for this event - Friday, May 28 and Friday June 4, 2021. Members can attend this seminar only once, and on ONLY ONE of the days. When registering online at the A&R webiste, you must select ONE and ONLY ONE of the days, May 28th, or June 4th.
Attendance to these webinars is limited to 150 persons per day. We expect these events to be popular and we are registering members on a first-come first-served basis. So if you want to attend, follow the link below to register now.
In order to attend you must do two things:
- Register for the Professional Development Day event here; and
- Submit a request to your supervisor requesting Professional Leave. The request MUST be in writing, and the request must be submitted to management no less than three weeks in advance of the event. The cutoff dates to request Professional Leave to attend the event are therefore May 7th and May 14th.