Grievance Mediation/Arbitration Sample Clauses

Grievance Mediation/Arbitration. As outlined in Section 50 and Section 52 of the Ontario Labour Relations Act, 1995, either party, at any time, may agree to refer one or more grievances to a grievance mediation or mediation arbitration for the purpose of resolving the grievance in an expeditious and informal manner.
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Grievance Mediation/Arbitration. At any point in the grievance/arbitration process, the parties, by mutual consent in writing, may elect to resolve the grievance by using grievance mediation. The parties shall agree on the individual to be the mediator and the time frame in which a resolution is to be reached. The timelines in the grievance/arbitration procedure shall be frozen at the time the parties mutually agree in writing to use the grievance mediation procedure. Upon written notification of either party to the other party indicating that the grievance mediation is to be terminated, the timelines in the grievance/arbitration procedure shall continue from the point at which they were frozen. The parties shall equally share all costs associated with the grievance mediation procedure in this article.
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Grievance Mediation/Arbitration. (OLRA)‌ As outlined in Section 50 and Section 52 of the Ontario Labour Relations Act, 1995, either party, at any time, may agree to refer one or more grievances to a grievance mediation or mediation arbitration for the purpose of resolving the grievance in an expeditious and informal manner.
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Grievance Mediation/Arbitration. The process is intended to create a harmonious relationship in order to promptly resolve grievances in an economical and amiable fashion. On this basis, the parties are committed to the utilization of the following process where it is mutually agreed to be appropriate. The parties hereto agree that the following conditions shall apply to the Grievance Mediation Process (GMP):
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Grievance Mediation/Arbitration. Where resolution is not achieved at Step grievance will automatically advance to Step (expedited arbitration) or Step (regular arbitration) unless withdrawn by The Society. Grievances will advance to expedited (Step unless based on: Termination or Discipline Harassment or discrimination Policy Grievances Grievances excluded per the above will proceed to regular Arbitration unless both parties agree that the expedited process is appropriate. In all cases, a single Mediator and/or Arbitrator will be used as per the following list: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxx (in that order of rotation). Upon notice, each Mediator and/or Arbitrator will be given the opportunity to schedule a hearing date within a period. If the is unable to schedule a date within the period, the next on the list will be selected. Notwithstanding the above, the parties may at any time mutually agree to any and dates for a hearing. All will take place at or near Xxxxx Power’s Head Office in Ontario, subject to agreement of the parties. For expedited Arbitration, the parties will exchange briefs one week prior to the Hearing, with a copy to the Arbitrator, outlining their respective positions and proposed resolution. Normally no witnesses will be called unless the Arbitrator so directs. The parties may submit a joint statement of facts. The arbitrator’s award shall be delivered within working days following the hearing. Each Party shall assume its own costs of the arbitration proceedings and shall share equally the cost of the arbitrator. If either party requests an arbitrated outcome at Step this will be the joint direction to the Failure to achieve a mediated settlement will not be a consideration in any way at the subsequent arbitration. An arbitrator shall consider any difference which arises between the parties relating to the interpretation, application or administration of this Agreement, including any question as to whether a matter is arbitral, or where an allegation is made that this Agreement has been violated. An arbitrator shall also consider any matter of interpretation, application, and administration of policy and practice as may be referred to by employee grievance. An arbitrator shall consider only such evidence as is presented to by representativesof Xxxxx Power or The Society. The arbitrator shall have the power to settle or decide such matters as are referred to in a fair and equitable manner, and the arbitrator’s decision shall be final and binding. An arbitrator ...
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Grievance Mediation/Arbitration of the Employer and a representative of the Local, or his/her designate, shall meet as often as is. required, to review outstanding grievances to determine, by mutual agreement, those grievances suitable for mediation.
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  • GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, for the purposes of this Article, an Employee has the right to grieve any filling of a vacancy or Assignment in the bargaining unit.

  • Mediation/Arbitration All disputes arising out of this Agreement shall be resolved as set forth in this Section 14. If any party hereto desires to make any claim arising out of this Agreement ("Claimant"), then such party shall first deliver to the other party ("Respondent") written notice ("Claim Notice") of Claimant's intent to make such claim explaining Claimant's reasons for such claim in sufficient detail for Respondent to respond. Respondent shall have ten (10) business days from the date the Claim Notice was given to Respondent to object in writing to the claim ("Notice of Objection"), or otherwise cure any breach hereof alleged in the Claim Notice. Any Notice of Objection shall specify with particularity the reasons for such objection. Following receipt of the Notice of Objection, if any, Claimant and Respondent shall immediately seek to resolve by good faith negotiations the dispute alleged in the Claim Notice, and may at the request of either party, utilize the services of an independent mediator. If Claimant and Respondent are unable to resolve the dispute in writing within ten (10) business days from the date negotiations began, then without the necessity of further agreement of Claimant or Respondent, the dispute set forth in the Claim Notice shall be submitted to binding arbitration (except for claims arising out of Sections 3 or 7 hereof), initiated by either Claimant or Respondent pursuant to this Section. Such arbitration shall be conducted before a panel of three (3) arbitrators in Tampa, Florida, in accordance with the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") then in effect provided that the parties may agree to use arbitrators other than those provided by the AAA. The arbitrators shall not have the authority to add to, detract from, or modify any provision hereof nor to award punitive damages to any injured party. The arbitrators shall have the authority to order back-pay, severance compensation, vesting of options (or cash compensation in lieu of vesting of options), vesting and the removal of restrictions on restricted stock and/or restricted stock units (or comparable forms of equity compensation, if any) that, as of the effective date of the termination of Executive, are not then subject to any performance conditions for vesting, reimbursement of costs, including those incurred to enforce this Agreement, and interest thereon in the event the arbitrators determine that Executive was terminated without disability or without Good Cause, as defined in Sections 4(b) and 4(c) hereof, respectively, or that the Company has otherwise materially breached this Agreement. A decision by a majority of the arbitration panel shall be final and binding. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrators' award in any court having jurisdiction. The direct expense of any mediation or arbitration proceeding and, to the extent Executive prevails, all reasonable legal fees shall be borne by the Company.

  • GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE & ARBITRATION 6.1 In this Article a grievance shall consist only of a dispute concerning the interpretation and application of any clause in this Agreement, alleged violations of the Agreement, and alleged abuses of discretion by supervision in the treatment of employees. If any question arises as to whether a particular dispute is, or is not a grievance, within the meaning of these provisions, the question may be taken up through the Grievance Procedure and determined if necessary, by Arbitration. There shall be an xxxxxxx effort on the part of both parties, to settle such grievance promptly, through the following steps: (a) By conference between the aggrieved employee, Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx. Such conference to be held within five (5) working days (Saturdays, Sundays and General Holidays excluded) and the Xxxxxxx shall give his answer within five (5) working days (Saturdays, Sundays and General Holidays excluded) of the presentation of the grievance to him/her. (b) Failing settlement as in (a) by the Xxxxxxx and the Xxxxxxx, the Xxxxxxx may ask the Xxxxxxx to make an appointment with the Manager in an effort to reach a settlement. It shall be the responsibility of the Xxxxxxx and the Xxxxxxx to submit a written report to the Manager. (c) If a grievance is not settled after making every endeavour in procedures outlined in (a) and (b), it shall be referred to the General Manager. (d) Should the parties fail to reach satisfactory settlement in the preceding steps, the final settlement of the grievance must be submitted to a Board of Arbitration as outlined below. In the event that the Company has a grievance, the Manager or General Manager shall endeavour to settle the matter with the Xxxxxxx and in the event of failure, shall deal with an official of the Union. Before submitting the grievance to arbitration, the dispute may, by mutual agreement, be brought to the attention of a Joint Grievance Committee, established for his purpose by the Company and by the Local Unions. The Joint Grievance Committee will render a decision unless it is deadlocked which shall be final and binding and have the same judicial powers as a Board of Arbitration established under the following provisions. The Joint Grievance Committee shall be comprised of two (2) persons, one (1) of whom shall be selected from Management and one (1) from the Local Unions. It is understood that in the selection of the representatives the Company must name a representative from another Company must name a representative from another Company and the Union must name a representative from another Local Union. It is further agreed that in the event that any Joint Grievance Committee is unable to render a majority decision, the grieving party must within fourteen (14) calendar days of the date the Joint Grievance Committee declares a dead-lock, unless they wish to withdraw the grievance, proceed to Arbitration as outlined in Article 6, section 6.2.

  • GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION PROCEDURE 8.01 For purposes of this Agreement, a grievance is defined as a difference arising between the parties relating to the interpretation, application, administration or alleged violation of the Agreement, including any question as to whether a matter is arbitrable. 8.02 In all steps of this Grievance Procedure, the aggrieved nurse, if desired, may be accompanied by or represented by a nurse representative. 8.03 It is the mutual desire of the parties hereto that complaints of the nurses shall be adjusted as quickly as possible, and it is understood that a nurse has no grievance until she has first given the Unit Manager the opportunity of adjusting her complaint. Such complaint shall be discussed with the Unit Manager within ten (10) days after the circumstances giving rise to it have occurred or ought reasonably to have come to the attention of the nurse and failing settlement within five (5) days, it shall then be taken up as a grievance within ten (10) days following the Unit Manager's decision in the following manner and sequence: The nurse may submit a written grievance on the form set out in Appendix "A", signed by her, to the Unit Manager. The grievance shall identify the nature of the grievance and the remedy sought and should identify the provisions of the Agreement which are alleged to be violated. The Unit Manager will deliver her decision in writing within five (5) days of the submission of the grievance. Failing settlement, then: Within five (5) days following the decision in Step No. 1, the nurse may submit the written grievance to the Director of Resident Care who will deliver her decision, in writing, within five (5) days from the date on which the written grievance was presented to her. The parties may, if they so desire, meet to discuss the grievance at a time and place suitable to both parties. Failing settlement, then: Within ten (10) days of receiving the decision under Step 2, the grievance, in writing, may be referred to the Chief Executive Officer who shall call a meeting of the Grievance Committee within five (5) days of receipt of same. Within five (5) days following the meeting, the Chief Executive Officer shall reply, in writing, to the nurse and the Chairperson of the Grievance Committee. If the decision is unsatisfactory to the nurse, it may be referred to arbitration within fifteen (15) days and the Chief Executive Officer so notified, in writing.

  • Dispute Resolution; Arbitration This Agreement evidences a transaction involving interstate commerce. Any disputes arising from this Agreement shall be decided by binding arbitration which shall be conducted, at the request of any party, in New York, New York, before one arbitrator designated by the American Arbitration Association (the "AAA"), in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the AAA, and to the maximum extent applicable, the United States Arbitration Act (Title 9 of the United States Code). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any party may proceed to a court of competent jurisdiction to obtain equitable relief at any time. An arbitrator shall have no authority to award punitive damages or other damages not measured by the prevailing party's actual damages. To the maximum extent practicable, an arbitration proceeding under this Agreement shall be concluded within 180 days of the filing of the dispute with the AAA. This arbitration clause shall survive any termination, amendment, or expiration of the Agreement and if any provision of this arbitration clause is found to be unenforceable, the remaining parts of the arbitration clause shall not be affected and shall remain fully enforceable.

  • GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION 28.1 Disputes in respect to the meaning, interpretation or alleged violation of the terms of this agreement, or when an employee claims that s/he has been unjustly dealt with in respect thereof and s/he is unable to obtain satisfactory explanation, after having discussed the issue with the appropriate supervisor, may be dealt with in the following manner: Step 1 The aggrieved employee or the Local Chairperson shall present the grievance in writing to the appropriate Head of the Department within 28 calendar days following the cause of the grievance. Such Head of Department will render a decision in writing within 28 calendar days following receipt of the written grievance. During that period of time, a meeting may take place between the grievor, the local representative and the Department Head (or representative) to discuss the grievance. Step 2 If the grievance is not settled at Step 1, the President may appeal the decision in writing, giving the reasons for the appeal, to the highest officer designated by the Company to handle grievances, within 42 calendar days following receipt of the decision rendered in Step 1. Such officer will render a decision in writing, giving reasons for the decision, within 42 calendar days following receipt of the appeal. Step 3 If the grievance is not settled at Step 2, it may then be referred by either party to the Canadian Railway Office of Arbitration for final and binding settlement without stoppage of work in accordance with the rules and procedures of that Office. The party requesting arbitration must notify the other party in writing within 42 calendar days following receipt of the decision in Step 2, or the due date of such decision if not received. 28.2 Disputes arising out of proposed changes in rates of pay, rules or working conditions, modifications in or additions to the terms of this agreement, are specifically excluded from the jurisdiction of the Canadian Railway Office of Arbitration. 28.3 When a grievance is not progressed by the Union within the prescribed time limits, it shall be considered as dropped. When the appropriate officer of the Company fails to render a decision within the prescribed time limits, the grievance may be progressed to the next step within the prescribed time limits based on the last date such decision was due, except as otherwise provided in Article 28.4. 28.4 When a grievance based on a claim for unpaid wages is not progressed by the Union within the prescribed time limits, it shall be considered as dropped. When the appropriate officer of the Company fails to render a decision with respect to such a claim for unpaid wages within the prescribed time limits, the claim will be paid. The application of this rule shall not constitute an interpretation of the collective agreement. 28.5 The time limits specified herein may be extended by mutual agreement. 28.6 Settlement of a grievance shall not involve retroactive pay beyond 60 calendar days prior to the date that such grievance was first submitted in writing. 28.7 Prior to adjudication or final disposition of a grievance there shall be neither a shut-down by the Company nor a work stoppage by the employees. 28.8 Grievances not docketed for arbitration by either party within two years from the date of filing of the step one grievance will be considered as dropped.

  • Step 4 - Arbitration After receipt of a notice to arbitrate from the Lodge President, designees of the City Manager and the Lodge President shall attempt to agree on an arbitrator. If this attempt is not successful or is waived, the arbitrator shall be selected by the parties making a joint request to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) for a panel list of nine (9) arbitrators with business addresses in Ohio. The parties shall then choose an arbitrator by alternately striking names from the list until such time as one (1) name remains as the arbitrator chosen by the parties. Prior to beginning the striking procedure, either the Employer or the Lodge may reject the list and submit a request for another list from the arbitration tribunal. Each party may only reject the list once. In issuing an award, the arbitrator shall be limited to the enforcement of the specific provisions of the Agreement. The arbitrator may not alter, amend, modify, add to or subtract from the provisions of the Agreement. The question of arbitrability of a grievance may be raised by the Employer or the Lodge before the arbitration hearing on the grounds that the matter is nonarbitrable or beyond the arbitrator's jurisdiction. The first question to be placed before an arbitrator will be whether or not the alleged grievance is within the purview of arbitrability. Thereafter, the alleged grievance will be heard on its own merits before the same arbitrator. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding, subject to appeal under applicable state law. The arbitrator shall be without authority to recommend any right to relief on any alleged grievance occurring at any other time than the agreement period in which the right originated. The arbitrator shall not establish any new or different wage rates not negotiated as part of the Agreement. In case of discharge, suspension or reduction, the arbitrator shall have the authority to award modification of said discipline. Both the Lodge and the Employer shall share equally in the cost of the arbitration proceedings. Any member whose testimony is relevant to the arbitration, shall be released with pay to attend the hearing, provided that the hearing is held during the member's regular work hours. The expenses of any non-member witnesses shall be borne by the party requesting the non-member's attendance at the Arbitration Hearing. The arbitrator shall render in writing his or her findings and the award as quickly as possible within thirty (30) calendar days after the hearing is closed and post-hearing briefs are submitted. The arbitrator shall forward such findings and award to the City Manager, or designee, and to the Lodge President, or designee.

  • GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION PROCEDURE 8.01 The parties to this agreement believe it is important to adjust complaints and grievances as quickly as possible as provided for herein. The employee or Union shall first discuss any individual complaint informally with the Director of Care or designate at the first opportunity. 8.02 In all steps of this grievance procedure an aggrieved employee, if she so desires may be accompanied by or represented by her Union Representative. At Step 1 of the grievance procedure a representative of the Ontario Nurses' Association may be present at the request of either party. 8.03 Should any dispute arise between the Employer and an employee, or between the Employer and the Union, as to the interpretation, application, administration or alleged violation of any of the provisions of this Agreement, the employee or Union Representative will bring it to the attention of the immediate supervisor to settle such differences within ten (10) days of the occurrence. If further action is to be taken, then within ten (10) days of the discussion, the employee, who may request the assistance of her Union Representative and/or Labour Relations Officer, shall submit the written grievance to the Administrator or designate. A meeting will be held between the parties within ten (10) days. The Administrator shall give a written decision within ten (10) days of the meeting to the Bargaining Unit President or her designate with a copy to the Labour Relations Officer. Should the Administrator fail to render his decision or failing settlement of any grievance under the foregoing procedure, including any questions as to whether a matter is arbitrable, the grievance may be referred to arbitration by either party. If no written notice of intent to submit the matter for arbitration is received within ten (10) days after the decision under Step No. 1 is received, the grievance shall be deemed to have been settled or abandoned. 8.04 A written grievance will indicate the nature of the grievance and the remedy sought by the grievor. Union grievances shall be set out on the union grievance form. Alternately, the parties may agree to an electronic version of this form and a process for signing. 8.05 Time limits fixed in the grievance and arbitration procedures may be extended only by written, mutual consent of the parties. Should the Employer not respond within the time limit(s) fixed, such failure to respond shall be deemed to be a denial of the grievance. Should a grievance not be submitted within the various time limits specified in this Agreement, unless mutually extended, it shall be considered to have been settled or abandoned.

  • Step Four - Arbitration 1. With respect to all non-disciplinary grievances and disciplinary cases involving the discharge, suspension of three (3) days or more, or the reduction in rank, the OPBA may make a written request that the decision of the underlying grievance be submitted to binding arbitration pursuant to Step Four, hereunder. A written request for appellate arbitration must be submitted to the other party within fourteen (14) calendar days following such party’s receipt of the written decision at Step 3. In the event the decision at Step 3 is not referred to arbitration within the time limits prescribed, the decision of the Trustees or Designee shall be final and binding upon the OPBA, the member and the Township. 2. Upon receipt of a request for appellate arbitration, the Township and the OPBA shall, within fourteen (14) calendar days following the request for arbitration, jointly agree to an arbitrator or request a list of seven (7) impartial arbitrators from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). Upon receipt of the list of seven (7) arbitrators, the parties shall meet to select an arbitrator within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date the list is received. The parties shall use the alternate strike method from the list of seven (7) arbitrators submitted to the parties by the FMCS. The party requesting the arbitration shall be the first (1st) to strike a name and alternate in this manner until one (1) name remains on the list. The remaining name shall be designated as the arbitrator to hear the dispute in question. Either party shall have the right to elect to reject the list in its entirety and to request the submission of a new seven (7) member panel, which election may only be exercised once. All procedures relative to the hearing shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations of the FMCS. The arbitrator shall hold the appellate arbitration promptly and issue a decision within a reasonable time thereafter. 3. The arbitrator shall determine the grievance in accordance with the terms of the Agreement in effect on the date of the incident giving rise to the grievance. 4. The arbitrator shall not have the authority to add to, subtract from, modify, change or alter any provision of this Agreement. The arbitrator shall be confined solely to the issues submitted for arbitration. The arbitrator shall not establish any new or different wage rates not negotiated as part of this Agreement. In cases of discharge, suspension or reduction in rank, the arbitrator shall have the authority to order modification of said discipline for the offense charged. In the event of a monetary award, the arbitrator shall limit any retroactive settlement to no earlier time than forty-five (45) calendar days prior to the date the grievance was presented to the Township in Step One of the Grievance Procedure. 5. The question of arbitrability of a grievance may be raised by either party before the arbitration hearing of the grievance, on the grounds that the matter is non- arbitrable or beyond the arbitrator’s jurisdiction. The first question to be placed before the arbitrator will be whether or not the alleged grievance is arbitrable. If the arbitrator determines the grievance is not arbitrable, the arbitrator shall render no decision on the merits. 6. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon the OPBA, the member and the Township. Any cost involved in obtaining the list of arbitrators shall be equally divided between the Township and the OPBA. All costs directly related to the services of the arbitrator shall be paid by the losing party. Expenses, if any, of the witnesses shall be borne by the party calling the witness except that member witnesses on duty time shall not lose any wages due from the Township. The fees of the court reporter shall be paid by the party asking for one. The fees of the court reporter shall be split equally if both parties desire a court reporter’s recording, or request a copy of any transcript. The Township shall not incur any overtime expense as a result of this Step.

  • Level Four - Arbitration If the grievance is not satisfactorily resolved at the Level Three conference, the grievance shall be submitted to an independent Arbitrator if such request is made within ten (10) days of the Level Three conference. The Arbitrator shall be selected by mutual agreement from the following list. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx XxxXxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx If no arbitrator can be agreed upon, one shall be chosen by a drawing from the same list. After an arbitrator has been utilized, their name will be placed on the bottom of the list. If any of these arbitrators drops from the list for any reason, a replacement shall be negotiated and agreed upon by the Association and the Employer. The hearing shall be conducted by the Arbitrator selected in the manner described above but independently from the American Arbitration Association. a. The duty and responsibility of the Arbitrator is to apply and interpret the express provisions of the agreement and shall not have the authority to add to, subtract from, alter, modify, vary, or ignore the terms of the Agreement or to determine that any provision is unconstitutional or contrary to any federal or state law or regulation, it being expressly agreed that any such determination shall be made by a court of law. b. The Arbitrator shall be requested to render his written decision within thirty (30) calendar days from the conclusion of the hearing or submission of briefs. c. The rules may be amended in writing by the mutual agreement of the parties. d. Either party shall have the right within ten (10) days from the receipt of the decision of the Arbitrator to apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for a rehearing of the claim both as to the facts and the law, provided however, that if application in not made within such time, the decision of the Arbitrator shall be binding.

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