COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES 22.01 It is the mutual desire of the parties to this Agreement that reasonable and legitimate complaints and grievances of employees shall be dealt with as quickly as possible.
Group Grievance Where a number of employees have identical grievances and each employee would be entitled to grieve separately they may present a group grievance in writing signed by each employee who is grieving to the Administrator or her designate within ten (10) days after the circumstances giving rise to the grievance have occurred or ought reasonably to have come to the attention of the employee(s). The grievance shall then be treated as being initiated at Step No. 1 and the applicable provisions of this Article shall then apply with respect to the processing of such grievance.
General Grievances 8:06(1) It is understood that there is no General Grievance until the Director of Human Resources and Organizational Development and the Executive Leadership Team Member or their designate concerned has had an opportunity to adjust the Complaint. Such Complaints to be satisfactorily settled within five (5) working days from receipt of the Complaint or it may then be immediately implemented under Article 8:04, Stage 3.
Group Grievances No more than five (5) grievants will be permitted to attend grievance meetings.
Personal Grievances A personal grievance is a particular type of employment relationship problem that normally must be raised with the employer within 90 days of the grievance arising. An employee may have a personal grievance where: ▪ They have been dismissed without good reason, or the dismissal was not carried out properly. ▪ They have been treated unfairly. ▪ Their employment or a condition of their employment has been affected to their disadvantage by an unjustified action of their employer. ▪ They have experienced sexual or racial harassment, or have been discriminated against because of their involvement in a union or other employee organisation, or have suffered duress over membership or non-membership of a union or other employee organisation. ▪ They have been discriminated against in terms of the prohibited grounds of discrimination under the Human Rights Act 1993.
Informal Grievance 1. Within fourteen (14) calendar days of the event giving rise to a grievance, the grievant shall present the grievance informally for disposition by the immediate supervisor or at any appropriate level of authority within the department.
DISPUTES AND GRIEVANCES Section 1. This Agreement is intended to provide close cooperation between management and labor. Each of the Unions will assign a representative to this Project for the purpose of completing the construction of the Project economically, efficiently, continuously, and without interruptions, delays, or work stoppages.
Policy Grievances Where either party to this Agreement disputes the general application, interpretation or alleged violation of an article of this Agreement, the dispute shall be discussed initially with the Chief Operating Officer or designate or the President of the Union within 14 calendar days of the occurrence. Where no satisfactory agreement is reached, either party, within a further 14 calendar days, may submit the dispute to arbitration.