DISCHARGE & DISCIPLINE. Section la. No employee who has completed her/his probationary period shall be disciplined or suspended except for just cause. The question of "just cause" shall specifically be subject to the grievance procedure of this Agreement. If any discipline, suspension, or discharge results from conduct relating to a patient and if the patient does not appear at the arbitration, the arbitrator shall not consider the failure of the patient to appear as prejudicial. The term "patient" shall include, for the purpose of this Agreement, those seeking admission and those seeking care or treatment as well as those already admitted. Employees who have not completed their probationary period, however, may be terminated without recourse by the Employer and such termination shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.
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