COMPLAINT/GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION PROCEDURE. Purpose (a) The College, the Union and Employees recognize the desirability of prompt resolution of complaints and grievances through an orderly process without stoppage of work or refusal to perform work. The process comprises three sequential stages: complaint, grievance and arbitration. Except as provided in this article, the complaint stage is a prerequisite for proceeding to the grievance stage. The grievance stage is a prerequisite for proceeding to the arbitration stage. (b) Notwithstanding clause 11.1 (a), in extraordinary circumstances and subject to the approval of the grievor, the parties may agree to bypass an internal step or proceed directly to the arbitration stage.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
COMPLAINT/GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION PROCEDURE. Purpose
(a) The College, the Union and Employees Faculty Members recognize the desirability of prompt resolution of complaints and grievances through an orderly process without stoppage of work or refusal to perform work. The process comprises three sequential stages: complaint, grievance and arbitration. Except as provided in this article, the complaint stage is a prerequisite for proceeding to the grievance stage. The grievance stage is a prerequisite for proceeding to the arbitration stage.
(b) Notwithstanding clause 11.1 (a), in extraordinary circumstances and subject to the approval of the grievor, the parties may agree to bypass an internal step or proceed directly to the arbitration stage.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
COMPLAINT/GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION PROCEDURE. Purpose
(a) The College, the Union and Employees recognize the desirability of prompt resolution of complaints and grievances through an orderly process without stoppage of work or refusal to perform work. The process comprises three sequential stages: complaint, grievance and arbitration. Except as provided in this article, the complaint stage is a prerequisite for proceeding to the grievance stage. The grievance stage is a prerequisite for proceeding to the arbitration stage.
(b) Notwithstanding clause 11.1 (a), in extraordinary circumstances and subject to the approval of the grievor, the parties may agree to bypass an internal step or proceed directly to the arbitration stage.
11.2 For the purpose of reaching a solution through an informal process, an Employee who feels unjustly treated by any action or lack of action by the College - including matters that meet the definition of a grievance in clause
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
COMPLAINT/GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION PROCEDURE. Purpose
(a) The College, the Union and Employees recognize the desirability of prompt resolution of complaints and grievances through an orderly process without stoppage of work or refusal to perform work. The process comprises three sequential stages: complaint, grievance and arbitration. Except as provided in this article, the complaint stage is a prerequisite for proceeding to the grievance stage. The grievance stage is a prerequisite for proceeding to the arbitration stage.
(b) Notwithstanding clause 11.1 (a), in extraordinary circumstances and subject to the approval of the grievor, the parties may agree to bypass an internal step or proceed directly to the arbitration stage.approval
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