General Grievance Regulations. (a) All Grievance and Arbitration time limits are expressed in "working days".
(b) Either party may request a more specific statement of a Grievance or of a reply if the statement or reply does not clearly and sufficiently state the problem or the reasons.
(c) If a Grievance is not resolved at the Complaint or Fact-Finding stage, a written statement of the Grievance will be submitted.
(d) Notice of a Grievance is provided either by submission of a written request for Fact-Finding (per 9.03 (b)), or the filing of a written statement of Grievance (whichever occurs first).
(e) A complaint should be discussed or notice of a Grievance submitted as soon as possible. Any Grievance for which notice is not provided within fifteen (15) days after the Grievor knew or ought to have known of the occurrence which is the basis of the grievance, shall be deemed to have been waived and shall not be considered.
(f) Further to (e), failure by either Party to comply with any time limit shall advance the Grievance to the next stage. Failure to meet the time limit at the final stage or in electing for Arbitration shall result in the Grievance succeeding where the onus is on the Company, or the Grievance being deemed as settled where onus is on SPEA.
(g) Any time limit applicable to the Grievance Procedure may be extended by mutual written agreement of SPEA and the Company. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied. This will also apply to Article 10 Arbitration.
(h) The Company agrees that parties to or witnesses to a Grievance will be granted a reasonable amount of time off with pay to prepare for and attend the Grievance proceedings provided for herein. Requests for time off will be made, in advance, to management and requests will not be unreasonably denied.
(i) At any stage of the Grievance proceedings, either Party on request shall provide copies of documents or data relevant to both the Grievance and the Grievor specifically requested by the other. Where the document or data is held in an employee's file, the consent of the employee is required before the document or data is made available to SPEA.
(j) Complaints Potentially Outside the Agreement A dispute or controversy between the Company and one or more employees or SPEA, which is considered by one Party not to be a valid Grievance as defined in Article 9.01, will be discussed and handled using the procedures prescribed below, leaving the issue of validity to be decided, if necessary, by the Arbitrator.
General Grievance Regulations. (a) The word "days" as used in this Article excludes Saturdays, Sundays and Company holidays.
(b) Grievance forms shall be provided and duplicate copies shall be made of each grievance. After final disposition of a grievance is effected, the Company and the Union shall have a copy.
(c) Any grievance not filed in writing with the appropriate Company representative within twenty (20) days after the employee knew of the occurrence which is the basis of the grievance, shall be deemed to have been waived and shall not be considered. Failure to take any successive steps herein provided within the specified number of days from the day the written decision on the grievance is presented to the representative shall be deemed an acceptance of such decision as final but the termination of a grievance in this way shall not bar or prejudice another grievance on a similar question.
(d) Changes in classification granted as a result of the presentation of a grievance shall be made retroactive to the date of grievance at Step 2.
(e) Any or all of the time limits applicable to grievance procedures may be extended by mutual agreement between the Union and the Company.
(f) Union representation at grievance meetings will be normally limited to two (2) representatives in addition to the grievor. Requests for additional Union Representation, for training purposes, may be submitted to the Company for approval.
General Grievance Regulations. (a) The word "days" as used in this Article shall mean working days, except as otherwise provided.
(b) The discussion and decision made on each grievance shall be limited to the matters specified in the written grievance as filed or as amended pursuant to the Company’s request. However, the Union may submit additional information to support the grievance at later steps.
(c) The Company may request a more specific statement of the grievance, or subsequent replies, if the statement or reply does not clearly and sufficiently state the problems or the reasons.
(d) Duplicate copies shall be made of each grievance. After final disposition of a grievance is effected, the Company, and the Union shall each have a copy.
(e) Any grievance not filed in writing with the Supervisor within ten (10) days after the employee has the opportunity to be aware of the occurrence, which is the basis of the grievance shall be deemed to have been waived and shall not be considered. Failure by the employee or the Union to take any successive steps herein provided for within the specified number of days from the day the written decision on the grievance is presented to the employee or a member of the Shop Committee shall be deemed as an acceptance of such a decision.
(f) Salary or classification adjustments granted as a result of a presentation of a grievance shall not be made retroactive beyond the date on which the grievance was filed in writing in Step 2.
General Grievance Regulations. (a) The word "days" as used in this article shall mean working days and shall mean Monday to Friday, not including holidays.
(b) The discussion on each grievance shall be limited to the subject specified in the written grievance.
(c) Grievance forms shall be provided by the Company and triplicate copies shall be made of each grievance. After final disposition of a grievance is effected, the Company and the Union shall each have a copy, and where applicable the employee concerned.
(d) Any grievance not filed in writing with the Supervisor within ten (10) days after the employee knew or ought to have known of the occurrence which is the basis of the grievance, shall be deemed to have been waived and shall not be considered.
(e) (i) Failure to take any successive steps herein provided for, within the specified number of days from the day the grievance is presented to the Union, shall be deemed as acceptance of such decision as final.
General Grievance Regulations.
(a) The word "days" as used in this Article shall mean working days, except as otherwise provided.
(b) Grievance forms shall be provided by the Employer. After final disposition of a grievance is effected, the Company and the Union each shall have a copy.
(c) Any grievance not filed in writing within twenty (20) days after the occurrence which is the basis of the grievance shall be deemed to have been waived and shall not be considered.
(d) In any case of discharge or disciplinary suspension, the employee shall be advised of the reason. It is understood that a layoff due to lack of work, or suspension operations, in any part of the Chalk River Laboratories does not constitute a discharge or disciplinary suspension.
(e) Grievances involving discharge, disciplinary suspension, layoffs, job postings, promotions, transfers, seniority or classification shall begin at Step 2.
(f) Time limits in the grievance procedure may be extended by mutual agreement of the Company and the Union.
(g) Employees shall be entitled, in the company of an authorized representative of the Employer, to examine their personnel file. This shall be arranged upon written request to Human Resources. Nothing of an adverse nature, the content of which they are unaware, will be placed on a personnel file.
General Grievance Regulations. (a) The word "days" as used in this Article shall mean working days, except as otherwise provided.
(b) The discussion and decision made on each grievance shall be limited to the matters specified in the grievance as filed or as amended pursuant to the Company's request. However, the Union may submit additional information to support the grievance at later steps provided the subject matter of the grievance remains unchanged.
(c) The Company may request a more specific statement of the grievance, or subsequent replies, if the statement or reply does not clearly and sufficiently state the problems or the reasons.
(d) Each grievance shall be made out in triplicate. After final disposition of a grievance is effected, the Company, the grievor and the Union shall each have a copy.
(e) Any grievance not filed in writing with the appropriate Branch Manager or designate within six days after the employee and/or the Union has the opportunity to be aware of the incident, which is the basis of the grievance, shall be deemed to have been waived and shall not be considered. Failure by the employee or the Union to take any successive steps herein provided for within the specified number of days shall be deemed as an acceptance of the last written decision.
(f) Wage or classification adjustments granted as a result of a presentation of a grievance shall not be made retroactive beyond the date of the incident which is the basis for the grievance.
(g) Any or all of the time limits applicable to grievance procedures may be extended by mutual agreement of the Union and the Company.
(h) All written decisions on disputes and grievances arrived at by agreement between the Company and the Union Shop Committee on behalf of the Union, shall be binding upon the Company representatives and the employees represented by this Agreement.
General Grievance Regulations. (a) The word "days" as used in this Article shall mean working days, except as otherwise provided.
(b) The discussion and decision made on each grievance shall be limited to the matters specified in the written grievance as filed or as amended pursuant to the Company's request. However, the Association may submit additional information to support the grievance at later steps.
(c) The Company may request a more specific statement of the grievance, or subsequent replies, if the statement or reply does not clearly and sufficiently state the problems or the reasons.
(d) Duplicate copies shall be made of each grievance. After final disposition of a grievance is effected, the Company, and the Association shall each have a copy.
General Grievance Regulations. Grievance forms shall be provided and duplicate copies shall be made of each grievance. After final disposition of a grievance is effected, the Company and the Union shall each have a copy. Any grievance not in writing with the Company within days after the employee knew or ought to have known of the occurrence which is the basis of the grievance, shall be deemed to have been waived and shall not be considered. Failure to take any successive steps herein provided for within the specified number of days from the day the written decision on the grievance is presented to the representative, shall be deemed an acceptance of such decision as final. Changes in classification granted as a result of the presentation of a grievance shall be made retroactive to the date of grievance at Step Any or all of the time limits applicable to grievance procedures may be extended by mutual agreement between the Union and the Company.
General Grievance Regulations. The word “days” as used in this article shall mean working days. The on each grievance shall he limited to the specified in the written grievance. Grievance forms shall be provided by the Company and triplicate copies shall be made of each grievance. After final disposition of a grievance is effected, Company and the Union shall each have a copy, and where applicable the employee concerned. Any grievance not in writing with the Supervisor within ten days after the employee knew or ought to have known of the occurrence which is the basis of the grievance shall be deemed to have been waived and not be considered. (Grievances relating to discharge or disciplinary suspension must be filed within five days see Article Failure to take any successive steps provided within the of days ‘from the day the grievance is presented the Union, shall be deemed as acceptance of such decision as final.
General Grievance Regulations. All Grievance and Arbitration time limits are expressed in “working days”. The Company may request a more specific statement of a Grievance or of a reply if the statement or reply does not clearly and state the problem or the reasons. If a Grievance is not resolved at the Complaint or Fact-Finding stage, a written statement of the Grievance will be submitted in duplicate on standard grievance forms. Duplicate copies of Grievance originals shall remain attached during processing of the Grievance; after disposition of the Grievance, the Company and the Society shall each have a copy Grievance forms for each step.
