ARTICLE GRIEVANCE. A policy grievance is defined as a complaint arising directly between the Employer and Union concerning the interpretation, application or alleged violation of the agreement. The Association may complain to the Union with respect to the conduct of any employee covered by this Agreement or any complaint with respect to the conduct of Officers, Committee Members or Union Representatives and if such complaint is not settled to a mutual satisfaction of the parties it may be treated as a grievance and similarly, the union may process policy grievances which are not otherwise processed by individual employees subject to the terms of this Agreement. All policy grievances shall be initiated in writing at step of the grievance procedure and the times set forth therein shall be applicable. No policy grievance shall be considered which usurps the rights of management. Article Arbitration Where a grievance is not resolved exhausting the Grievance Procedure, either of the parties may notify the other party in writing of its desire to submit the difference of the allegation to arbitration and the notice shall contain the name of the first party’s appointee to an Arbitration Board. The recipient of the notice shall within five (5) business days inform the other party of the name of its appointee to the Arbitration Board. The two appointees so selected shall within five (5) business days of the appointment of the second of them, appoint a third person who shall be the Chairman. If the recipient of the notice fails to appoint an arbitrator, or if the two appointees fail to agree upon a chairman within the time limits, the appointment shall be made by the minister of Labour, upon the request of either party. The Arbitration Board shall hear and determine the difference or allegation and shall issue a decision and the decision is final and binding upon the parties and upon any employee affected by it. The decision of the majority is the decision of the Arbitration Board, but if there is no majority the decision of the Chairman governs. Each of the parties hereto shall jointly bear the expenses of the third party, and any cost of the place of hearing of such arbitration if and when the necessity arises. The Board of Arbitration shall not have any power to alter, or change any of the provisions or any existing provisions, nor to give decisions inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. Single Arbitrator Not withstanding the forgoing provision of this article...
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE. For purposes of this Agreement, a grievance is defined as a difference arising between the parties relating to the interpretation, application, administration or alleged violation of the Agreement including any question as to whether a matter is arbitrable. At the time formal discipline is imposed or at any stage of the grievance procedure, including the complaint stage, a nurse is entitled to be represented by her or his union representative. In the case of suspension or discharge, the Hospital shall notify the nurse of this right in advance. The Hospital also agrees, as a good labour relations practice, in most circumstances it will also notify the local Association. The Hospital agrees that where a nurse is required to attend a meeting with the Hospital that may lead to disciplinary action, as a good labour relations it will inform the nurse of the purpose of the meeting. It is the intent of the parties that complaints of nurses shall be adjusted as quickly as possible, and it is understoodthat a nurse has no grievance until she or he has first given her or his immediate supervisor the opportunity of adjusting the complaint. Such complaint shall be discussed with her or his immediate supervisor within nine (9) calendar days after the circumstances giving rise to it have occurred or ought reasonablyto have to the attention of the nurse. This discussion may include consultation, advice and assistance from others. If there is no settlement within nine (9) calendar days, it shall then be taken up as a grievance within nine
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE of The term "grievance refers to any disagreement relating to the interpretation, application or alleged violation of the present Collective Agreement. Any employee having a problem concerning her working conditions which may give rise to a grievance, must discuss it first with her immediate supervisor, accompanied by an available Union xxxxxxx if she so desires and subject to the xxxxxxx obtaining permission from her supervisor, which permission will be granted at a time convenient for operational purposes, to attend said meeting in order to attempt to settle it. The supervisor will give her answer within the five (5) working days following the discussion. The employee concerned and/or a xxxxxxx must submit the grievance in writing to the person designated by the Company within the ten working days following knowledge of the facts or the decision leading to the grievance. The grievance form must be signed by the employee. the event where a grievance is submitted to the written step in conformity with the present clause, and where the verbal step not completed, the employee must ensure that she complies with the verbal step in the two working days following notification by the Company. During these two working days, the time limits set out in the written step will be suspended. At a monthly meeting established between the parties, Company will meet with the Union to discuss and attempt to resolve the grievance. The Company will give its response to the grievance to the business agent in the ten working days following the meeting or the of the time limit set to hold such meeting. A copy of said response shall be submitted to the employee and the xxxxxxx concerned. the case of an unsatisfactory answer or in the absence of an answer, the Union will inform the Company in writing of its intention to submit the grievance to arbitration in the twenty-five working days following the meeting with the Company. The monthly meeting will be on a mutually agreed upon predetermined date. or cases of suspension or dismissal, a grievance may be filed at the written step of the grievance procedure by submitting in writing to the person designated by the Company within the ten working days following imposition of the suspension or the dismissal.
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE. Where a arises between the Hospital and the the interpretation or violation this Agreement which may considered as policy matters, difference the parties 'shall be reduced to writing by either party and dealt with Step No. of the Procedure. Any grievance by the Hospital or the Union, as in this paragraph, shall be twenty calendar days date of the occurrence. It is expressly understood and agreed that the provisions of this may not be used to institute a grievance an employee or which such employee or employees could themselves initiate and the regular Grievance Procedure shall be thereby except only where it is established by the Union that the of the bargaining unit as a whole is involved and be affected by the the issue arising from complaint. In the case of such a grievance by the Hospital, it shall be submitted in writing to Union responsible for this Collective Agreement (with a copy to Chairman the Union within calendar clays the circumstances giving rise to the grievance have occurred. Union Representative give decision within seven calendar days receiving the grievance, and failing settlement, the be referred arbitration by the Hospital in accordance with Article hereof.
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE. Any 'claims by' an Employee legislation may be the 'or the Union a violation of any labour relations of a Shall be processed in accordance with the ! On an annual basis the Union advise the Employer, in writing, of the names of all Shop will advise the Employer of any changes to the Stewards as they occur. to recognize The Union shall the Employer in writing of the name of Xxxxxxx, the represents, and the Chief Xxxxxxx, before the Employer will be required The Stewards so elected shall constitute the Grievance Committee so long as they remain Employees or until their successors are chosen. Collective
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE. It understood that the Employer may bring forward at any meeting held with the Union administrative any complaint with respect to the conduct of the Union, its officers or members or members, and that if such complaint is not settled to the mutual satisfaction of the conferring parties, it may be treated as a grievance and referred directly to Arbitration in the same way as the grievance of an employee. Article Seniority An employee will be considered on probation until has completed six hundred (600) hours of work. Upon completion of the probationary period the employee will be credited with seniority equal to last date of hire. For purposes of implementation current employees will be credited with seniority only from the date of ratification of this Agreement. The parties agree that probationary employees do not have recourse to the grievance procedures for the discharge, provided that the discharge is not discriminatory nor in bad faith. An employee shall lose all seniority and be deemed to be terminated if
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE. The Employer acknowledges the right of the Union to appoint or otherwise select a Grievance Committee who shall be Employees of the Employer, of not more than three (3) members from among the Stewards. The Union agrees to notify the Employer annually, in the names of the Stewards appointed under Article and Grievance Members under this Article or upon any change.
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE. The Hospital acknowledges the rights of the Union to appoint or select a Grievance Committee of three (3) membersfrom among the Stewards. The Union agrees to notify the Hospital of the names of the Grievance Committee members once per year, and to notify the Hospital of any changes made in such Grievance committee, and only Grievance Committee members thus qualified shall be recog- nized by the Hospital. If requested by the or either xxxxx, the xxxxxxx who initiated the grievance shall be allowed to attend Step grievance discussion.
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE. The Corporation acknowledges the right of the Union to appoint or otherwise select a of four (4) employees to assist employees in presenting their grievances to representatives of the Corporation. For purposes of representation under Article (Grievance Procedure) there shall be a Xxxxxxx, elected or appointed by the Union, to represent each area as agreed to by the parties. Before leaving his regular employment duties to engage in processing of grievances within his zone of operation, the Xxxxxxx shall obtain permission to leave his work from the appropriate immediate Supervisor. Such permission shall not be unreasonably sought nor withheld. There shall be four (4) stewards, one xxxxxxx to represent each of the following geographical areas: City Hall: Basement, First and Second Floors One Xxxxxxx Fourth and Fifth Floors, One Xxxxxxx Third and Sixth Floors and Offices Outside City Hall, i.e. Xxxxxxxxxx Works Centre, Facilities and Fire One Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Parkway Facility One Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx shall be elected or appointed from the work area they represent. In the event that the Union cannot find a replacement xxxxxxx, then the original xxxxxxx shall continue to represent such until the end of the official It is understood that the Chief Shop Xxxxxxx shall be permitted to temporarily represent any as required when vacancies occur. The number of stewards may be altered by agreement in writing between the parties.
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE. For purposes of this Agreement, a grievance defined as a difference arising between the parties relating to the interpretation, application, administration or alleged violation of the Agreement including any question as to whether a matter is arbitrable. A t the time formal discipline is imposed or at any stage of the grievance procedure, including the complaint stage, a Case Manager is entitled to be represented by her Case Manager representative. In the case of suspension or discharge, the Employer shall notify the Case Manager of this right in advance. It is the mutual desire of the parties hereto that complaints of Case Managers shall be adjusted as quickly as possible, and is understood that a Case Manager has no grievance until she has first given her immediate supervisor the opportunity of adjusting her complaint. Such complaint shall be discussed with her immediate within nine (9) calendar days after the circumstances giving rise to have occurred or ought reasonably to have come to the attention of the Case Manager and failing settlement within nine (9) calendar days, shall then be taken up as a grievance within nine (9) calendar days following advice of her decision in the following manner and
