Common use of Arbitration Board Clause in Contracts

Arbitration Board. a) When the Grieving Party has requested that a grievance be submitted to arbitration, it shall indicate to the other party within seven (7) days its intention to submit the matter in dispute to a single arbitrator to be agreed upon by both parties. b) Should either party not agree to submit the dispute to a single arbitrator, both parties shall then have seven (7) days to name their appointee to a three-person Board of Arbitration. The two appointees shall then meet as soon as possible to select an impartial chair. c) If the parties fail to agree on a single arbitrator, either party fails to appoint its arbitrator to the three-person board, or the two appointees fail to agree upon a chair of the three-person board within seven days of their appointment, the Chair of the Labour Relations Board for the Province of British Columbia shall make the appointment.

Arbitration Board. a) When the Grieving Party has requested that a grievance be submitted to arbitration, it shall indicate to the other party within seven (7) days its intention to submit the matter in dispute to a single arbitrator to be agreed upon by both parties. b) Should either party not agree to submit the dispute to a single arbitrator, both parties shall then have seven (7) days to name their appointee to a three-person Board of Arbitration. The two appointees shall then meet as soon as possible to select an impartial chair. c) If the parties fail to agree on a single arbitrator, either party fails to appoint its arbitrator to the three-person board, or the two appointees fail to agree upon a chair of the three-person board within seven (7) days of their appointment, the Chair of the Labour Relations Board for the Province of British Columbia shall make the appointment.