Composition of Arbitration Board. Wherever Arbitration Board is referred to in the Agreement, the parties may mutually agree in writing to substitute a single arbitrator for the Arbitration Board at the time of reference to arbitration and the other provisions referring to Arbitration Board shall appropriately apply. When either party requests that a grievance be submitted to arbitration, the request shall be made in writing to the other party, indicating the name of its nominee. Within five (5) working days thereafter the other party shall answer in writing indicating the name and address of its nominee. The two (2) nominees shall then select a Chairperson. No person may be appointed as an arbitrator or nominee who has been involved in an attempt to negotiate or settle the grievance, nor who has, within a period of six (6) months preceding the date of his/her appointment, been an employee or a member of the County Council. The grievance may be referred to arbitration through the expedited process of the Labour Relations Act as amended from time to time.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
