Common use of Central Dispute Resolution Committee Clause in Contracts

Central Dispute Resolution Committee. a) There shall be established a Central Dispute Resolution Committee (CDRC), which shall be composed of two (2) representatives from each of the central parties and two (2) representatives from the Crown. b) The Committee shall meet within five (5) working days at the request of one of the central parties. c) The central parties shall each have the following rights: i. To file a dispute as a grievance with the Committee. ii. To engage in settlement discussions. iii. To mutually settle a grievance in accordance with d) i, below. iv. To withdraw a grievance. v. To mutually agree to refer a grievance to the local grievance procedure. vi. To mutually agree to voluntary mediation. vii. To refer a grievance to final and binding arbitration at any time. d) The Crown shall have the following rights: i. To give or withhold approval to any settlement by OPSBA. ii. To participate in voluntary mediation. iii. To intervene in any matter referred to arbitration. e) Only a central party may file a grievance and refer it to the Committee for discussion and review. No grievance can be referred to arbitration without three (3) days prior notice to the Committee. f) It shall be the responsibility of each central party to inform their respective local parties of the Committee’s disposition of the dispute at each step in the central dispute resolution process including mediation and arbitration, and to direct them accordingly. g) Each of the central parties shall be responsible for their own costs for the central dispute resolution process.