Level Three If the grievant does not accept the Level Two Administrator’s resolution at Level Two, or a written response has not been received within the time limit specified, the Association may choose to submit the grievance directly to the Board for a hearing on the grievance or choose to submit the grievance to Arbitration. a. To initiate Level Three proceedings, the Association will notify the Superintendent, or designee, in writing within ten (10) days of receiving the Level Two Administrator's decision. b. The names of three approved Hearing Examiners will be listed in alphabetical order. The name at the top of the list will be the Examiner used for the Level Three Hearing. If the person at the top of the list cannot serve, the second will be contacted and so on. Once a Hearing Examiner has served, that name will be placed at the bottom of the list. This person will be called upon again only if the first two cannot serve, or when that name moves upward on the list. The cost of the hearing will be shared equally by the Board and the CCEA. c. The Hearing Examiner will have the authority to hold hearings, collect written and verbal testimony and make procedural rules. The Hearing Examiner will have no authority to amend, modify, ignore, add to or subtract from the provisions of Board Policy. The Hearing Examiner will also be without power to issue an award inconsistent with the laws of the State of Colorado. d. All hearings will be closed to persons not specifically involved in the grievance. The Hearing Examiner's written report will be mailed simultaneously to the Board and the grievant within twenty (20) days of the conclusion of the hearing, and will set forth finding of fact, reasoning, conclusions, opinions and recommendations on the issues submitted. The report will be advisory only and be binding on neither the Board nor the grievant and/or representative. e. After conclusion of the hearing of the grievance by the Board, or after receiving the report of the Hearing Examiner, the Board will take action on the resolution of the grievance in a timely fashion at a regularly-scheduled Board meeting.
Step Three a. If the grievance is not resolved within ten (10) working days of the referral to Step Two in Article A.
Level Two An employee who is required to deliver medication to residents in residential aged care facilities: • previously defined as Nursing Homes (as at 31 December 2004) by the Nursing Homes Act 1988 (NSW); or • in which more than 80% of places are “allocated high care places” as defined in the Aged Care Act 1997 (Cth). An employee at this level must hold the following qualifications, which may be varied from time to time by the relevant National Vocational, Education and Training Body: • a Certificate III in Aged Care Work (CHC30102); and • a Certificate IV in Aged Care Work (CHC40102); and • medication module – “Provide Physical Assistance with Medication” (CHCCS303A); or Hold other appropriate qualifications acceptable to the employer. Employees at this level may be required to perform the duties of a CSE 4 - Level 1.
Level Four A. If within ten (10) school days following the formal third step the Association submits a request to the Superintendent to enter into arbitration, the Superintendent and the Association shall attempt to agree upon a mutually acceptable arbitrator and shall obtain a commitment from said arbitrator to serve. If the parties are unable to agree upon an arbitrator or to obtain such a commitment within ten (10) school days, a written request for a list of arbitrators shall be made to the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) by either party. The list shall consist of seven (7) potential arbitrators and the parties shall determine by lot which party shall have the right to remove the first name from the list. The party having the right to remove the first name shall do so within two (2) school days. Then the parties shall have one (1) school day alternately to remove until one (1) name remains. The person whose name remains shall be the arbitrator. B. The arbitrator so selected shall confer with the Superintendent and the Association and hold hearings promptly and shall issue his/her decision not later than fifteen (15) school days from the date of the close of the hearings, or, if oral hearings have been waived, then from the date the final statements and proofs on the issues are submitted to him/her. The arbitrator's decision shall be in writing and shall set forth his/her findings of fact, reasoning, and conclusions of the issues submitted. The arbitrator's decision shall have no power to alter, add to, or detract from the specific provisions of the Agreement. No decision of the arbitrator shall in any way be derogation of the powers, duties, and rights established in the Board by constitutional provisions, statue, ordinance, or special legislative acts. The decision of the arbitrator shall be submitted to the Superintendent and the Association and shall be final and binding on the parties. C. The costs of the services of the arbitrator will be borne equally by the Board and the Association. D. If the grievant files any claim or complaint in any forum other than under the grievance procedure of this Master Contract Agreement, then the school district shall not be required to process the same claim or set of facts through this grievance procedure.