Written Grievance If the grievance is not resolved in the informal conference and the grievant(s) wish to continue to pursue the grievance, it shall be reduced to writing and presented to the immediate supervisor within ten (10) calendar days of the incident giving rise to the grievance. All written grievances shall include:
(a) The date(s) when the alleged violation occurred and a brief statement of facts;
(b) What section(s) of the contract have allegedly been violated;
(c) What adjustment is requested;
(d) The signature of the grievant and/or appropriate Union official.
Step 1 The written grievance must be presented to and discussed with the immediate supervisor by the employee and/or no more than two (2) Union representatives. Within ten (10) calendar days after receiving the written grievance, the supervisor shall communicate his/her decision in writing to the Union.
Step 2 If the Step 1 decision is not satisfactory, the Union may appeal the grievance to the Superintendent or his/her designee. Such appeal shall be made within ten (10) calendar days from receipt of the supervisor's decision. The appeal shall include a copy of the written grievance accompanied by copies of previous decisions. Within ten (10) calendar days after delivery of the appeal, the Superintendent or his/her designee shall hold a conference, investigate the grievance, and shall communicate a decision in writing to the Union.
Step 3 If the Step 2 decision is not satisfactory, the grievance shall be presented to the Board of Education within ten (10) calendar days of receipt of the Step 2 decision. Within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of the grievance, the Board of Education or its representative shall convene a hearing with the grievant(s) and the Union Representative(s). The Board of Education or its representative shall render a written decision to the grievant(s) and the Union within ten (10) calendar days after the hearing.
Step 4 If the grievance remains unresolved at the conclusion of Step 3, it may be submitted to binding arbitration at the request of the Union, provided written notice of the request is delivered to the Superintendent within twenty (20) calendar days after the receipt of the Board of Education’s written decision under Step 3.
(a) Following the written notice of request to arbitration, the Union and the Board or its representatives shall attempt to select an arbitrator. If mutual agreement of the selection of an arbitrator cannot be reached within fifteen
Grievance Investigation The Employer agrees to supply to the Union the names of all applicants for a vacancy, or new position in the course of a grievance investigation.
GRIEVANCE REPORT FORM Grievance # School District Distribution of Form 1. Superintendent
Grievance Processing Union stewards or Union officials shall be permitted to have time off without loss of pay for the investigation and processing of grievances and arbitrations. Requests for such time off shall be made in advance and shall not be unreasonably denied. The Union will furnish the Employer with a list of Union stewards and their jurisdictions. The Union shall delineate the jurisdiction of Union stewards so that no xxxxxxx need travel between work locations or sub-divisions thereof while investigating grievances. Grievants shall be permitted to have time off without loss of pay for processing their grievances through the contractual grievance procedure, except that for class action grievances no more than three (3) grievants shall be granted such leave.
Grievance Investigations Where an employee has asked or is obliged to be represented by the Institute in relation to the presentation of a grievance and an employee acting on behalf of the Institute wishes to discuss the grievance with that employee, the employee and the representative of the employee will, where operational requirements permit, be given reasonable leave with pay for this purpose when the discussion takes place in the headquarters area of such employee and leave without pay when it takes place outside the headquarters area of such employee.
Grievance A grievance is an alleged violation, misinterpretation, or misapplication of the terms of the negotiated agreement between the Board and the Association.
Grievance Mediation Nothing in this Article precludes the Parties from mutually agreeing to grievance mediation during any stage of the grievance procedure. The agreement shall be made in writing and stipulate the name of the person and the time line for grievance mediation to occur.
Grievances Where an Employee alleges that she has been suspended or discharged in violation of Article 23.01, she may within ten (10) days of the date on which she was notified in writing or within twenty (20) days of the date of her discharge or suspension, whichever is later, invoke the grievance procedure including provisions for Arbitration contained in Article 26, and for the purpose of a grievance, alleging violation of Article 23.01 she may lodge her grievance at the final level of the grievance procedure.
Grievance Process (a) Either party, with the agreement of the other party, may submit a grievance to Grievance Mediation at any time within ten (10) working days after the Employer’s decision has been rendered at the step prior to arbitration. Where the matter is so referred, the mediation process shall take place before the matter is referred to Arbitrator.
(b) Grievance Mediation shall be scheduled within twenty (20) working days of the grievance being submitted to mediation, or longer period as agreed by the parties.
(c) No matter may be submitted to Grievance Mediation which has not been properly carried through the grievance procedure, provided that the parties may extend the time limits fixed in the grievance procedure.
(d) The parties shall agree on a mediator.
(e) Proceedings before the Mediator shall be informal. Accordingly, the rules of evidence will not apply, no record of the proceedings shall be made and legal counsel shall not be used by either party, unless otherwise mutually agreed.
(f) If possible, an agreed statement of facts will be provided to the Mediator, and if possible, in advance of the Grievance Mediation Conference.
(g) The Mediator will have the authority to meet separately with either party.
(h) If no settlement is reached within five (5) working days following Grievance Mediation, the parties are free to submit the matter to Arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the collective agreement. In the event that a grievance which has been mediated subsequently proceeds to arbitration, no person serving as the Mediator may serve as an Arbitrator, unless otherwise mutually agreed. Nothing said or done by the mediator may be referred to Arbitration.
(i) The Union and Employer will share the cost of the Mediator, if any.
