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interactions with one another to discuss workplace and employee <br />organization issues while on duty, provided that such conversations do not <br />interfere with the employee's job duties. <br />(2) In the absence of a collective bargaining agreement or a provision in such <br />an agreement governing employee labor relations activity during work <br />time, any employee representing an employee organization that has been <br />recognized as an exclusive bargaining agent in the negotiation of an <br />agreement under this division shall be authorized to use such time in <br />amounts reasonable for such purposes, including attendance at contract <br />negotiation and impasse resolution proceedings. <br />(3) Employees are not prohibited from, and shall not be penalized or retaliated <br />against for, using City electronic mail, telephone, facsimile transmission, <br />bulletin boards, or other communication systems owned by the City to <br />discuss employee organization business or activities or employee <br />organizing activities; however, the City remains the owner of such <br />communication systems, and no employee shall have any expectation of <br />privacy in the use of such a communication system. <br />E. Labor relations administrator <br />(1) A labor relations administrator ("LRA") shall be selected and appointed in <br />the manner set forth in subsection (3) of this section to effectively <br />administer this section as it governs exclusive bargaining representative <br />selection, certification and decertification procedures, labor-management <br />dispute resolution, and the methods for the selection of mediators or <br />arbitrators when needed under this section or under any collective <br />bargaining agreement. <br />A- / <br />