Expedited Proceedings. (a) The Commission shall give all proceedings involving the Rock Island Railroad preference over all other pending proceedings related to rail carriers and make all of its decisions at the earliest practicable time.
Expedited Proceedings. Grievances which have been processed through the required steps and which involve primarily issues of fact, such as below standard evaluations or notices of unsatisfactory service, shall be submitted to expedited arbitration. However, either the District or UTLA may require any such grievance to be submitted to regular arbitration rather than expedited arbitration. Expedited arbitration will involve a hearing within ten (10) days following selection of the arbitrator, with no transcript, stenographic services or briefs, and a summary letter award to be issued within five (5) days of the close of hearing. Expedited cases shall in all other respects conform to the provisions of this Article.
Expedited Proceedings. Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles and set out above, the parties agree that any complaints, issues, questions, or grievances, relating to: Flight Crew Member scheduling rules and issues; Application and interpretation of pairings and blocks and their preparation and assignment; issues; Start and finish time issues; Guaranteed day off and grey day issues; Issues relating to being assigned and reassigned to and from blocks; Application of duty periods and trip hours; and Any other issues mutually agreed to by the parties in writing, may be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of this Article. For the purposes of this Article, any such complaints, issues, questions, or grievances are hereafter referred to as the "issue" or "issues". If the Association or the Company has an issue as set out in Article above, such issue may be dealt with as follows, at the request of either the Company or the Association. The issue is to be reduced to writing and given by the Association to the Company, or the Company to the Association for consideration and resolution. Once so given by one party to the other party, the other party must give a decision in writing within ten (10) calendar days. no decision is given pursuant to Article or any unsatisfactory decision is given pursuant to Article within the applicable time limit, either party may submit the issue to be dealt with by way of an expedited proceeding as hereafter set out. Expedited proceedings shall be heard by one of the following persons (the Arbitrator) who shall in every instance be selected by the parties drawing one of the four named Arbitrators on a random basis. .Appointed by Company by Company Xxx Xxxx The written issue is to be submitted to the Arbitrator, as selected pursuant to Article The Arbitrator shall arrange for a hearing to consider the issue within five (5) calendar days of receiving the issue, or such other time as may be agreed to in writing between the Company and the Association. The Arbitrator shall determine the time and place of hearing, after consulting the parties. The parties shall attempt to agree on the facts relating to the issue, and make every reasonable effort to minimize the use of witnesses in such proceedings. The parties agree not to use lawyers to represent them in such proceedings. Such proceedings shall be conducted in the most informal and expeditious manner possible. The Arbitrator hearing the issue shall base decision upon a consideration of:
Expedited Proceedings. The proceedings of the Arbitration Board will be expedited by the parties hereto and where there is no majority, the decision of the Chairperson will be final and binding upon the parties hereto and the employee or employees concerned.
Expedited Proceedings. Unless the Arbitration Parties agree otherwise, the Arbitral Tribunal shall endeavor to issue its final award within nine (9) months from the date that the Arbitral Tribunal is constituted. Any time limit set by the Rules, the Administrator or the Arbitral Tribunal shall be extended only for extraordinary reasons (as determined in the sole discretion of the Arbitral Tribunal), unless otherwise agreed by the Arbitration Parties.
Expedited Proceedings. Each of PRPA and XXXX agree that, if any action is commenced under this Agreement, it will join with the other party in a motion for the imposition of expedited schedules, including without limitation expedited discovery not subject to the customary time periods for responding to discovery requests and for an expedited hearing on the merits, and that it will not oppose any motion by the other party for the imposition of expedited schedules for the disposition of the action, provided that all substantive rights shall be retained.
Expedited Proceedings. (a) The parties agree that the arbitral tribunal will conduct the arbitration as expeditiously as possible and no party will unnecessarily delay the arbitration proceedings.
Expedited Proceedings. The parties acknowledge that the welfare of each party depends upon resolving, disputes, controversies and claims expeditiously. The deadlines set forth in this Article XI for the accomplishment of specified actions are firm deadlines that may not be extended except by mutual agreement or to prevent severe and irreparable damage on the part of the party seeking the extension.
Expedited Proceedings. Because time is of the essence under this Agreement, the arbitrators shall be requested to undertake proceedings on an expedited basis so that a prompt decision of the question or questions can be announced by the arbitrators to the Parties. The Parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to have the arbitral proceeding concluded and an award rendered by the arbitrator(s) within [***] of the initiation of the arbitration proceeding.
