Common use of Bifurcation Clause in Contracts

Bifurcation. Absent a written agreement between the parties to the contrary, if a dispute arises over whether a grievance or disciplinary appeal has been waived or abandoned in accordance with this Article, this procedural issue will be bifurcated from the issue on the merits and shall be heard and decided by a different arbitrator than the one that decides the case on the merits. The case on the merits shall be held in abeyance pending the outcome of the procedural issue.

Bifurcation. Absent a written agreement between the parties to the contrary, if a dispute arises over whether a grievance or disciplinary appeal has been waived or abandoned in accordance with this Article, this procedural issue will be bifurcated from the issue on the merits and shall be heard and decided by a different arbitrator than the one arbitrator that decides the case on the merits. The case on the merits shall be held in abeyance pending the outcome of the procedural issue.

Bifurcation. Absent a written agreement between the parties to the contrary, if a dispute arises over whether a grievance or disciplinary appeal has been waived or abandoned in accordance with this Article, this procedural issue will be bifurcated from form the issue on the merits and shall be heard and decided by a different arbitrator than the one arbitrator that decides the case on the merits. The case on the merits shall be held in abeyance pending the outcome of the procedural issue.

Bifurcation. Absent a written agreement between the parties to the contrary, if a dispute arises over whether a grievance or disciplinary appeal has been waived or abandoned in accordance with this Article, this procedural issue will be bifurcated from the issue on the merits and shall be heard and decided by a different arbitrator than the one arbitrator that decides the case on the merits. The case on the merits shall be held in abeyance pending the outcome of the procedural theprocedural issue.