Common use of Grievance Mediation Clause in Contracts

Grievance Mediation. ‌ 1. This procedure is an alternate dispute resolution and does not supersede the provision of Article11, Grievance Procedure. 2. Only those grievances which meet the requirements for submission to arbitration pursuant to Article11, Section 8, can be submitted to grievance mediation. Both Local 721 and Management must mutually agree to submit a qualifying grievance to grievance mediation. 3. After completion of the third level of the grievance procedure and by mutual agreement, either Management or Local 721 may request the assistance of a mediator from the State Mediation and Conciliation Service to resolve the grievance. It is the intent of the parties that the grievance mediation session shall begin as soon as practicable consistent with the mediator’s schedule. 4. The parties agree that no stenographic record of the session will be made, there will be no representation by Counsel, and there will be no pre- or post-hearing briefs filed. 5. The mediator’s role shall be to assist the parties to reach an agreement. The mediator shall not have authority to impose a settlement on the parties. Any final settlement of the grievance shall be reduced to writing and signed by Management, Local 721, and the grievant. The final agreement shall be binding on all parties. Final agreements reached by the parties shall not be published or precedent setting in any other dispute. 6. The mediator may provide the parties with a private, informal, non-binding assessment of the procedural and substantive merits of the dispute, and how an arbitrator may likely decide the grievance. 7. All mediation sessions shall be confidential. The content of the mediation proceedings including, but not limited to, settlement proposal or any concessions agreed to or offered during mediation shall not be admissible in an arbitration of this grievance or any other similar dispute. 8. The parties agree that the provisions of this Article shall not be subject to arbitration.

Grievance Mediation. ‌ 1. This procedure is an alternate dispute resolution and does not supersede the provision of Article11, Grievance Procedure. 2. Only those grievances which meet the requirements for submission to arbitration pursuant to Article11, Section 8, can be submitted to grievance mediation. Both Local 721 660 and Management must mutually agree to submit a qualifying grievance to grievance mediation. 3. After completion of the third level of the grievance procedure and by mutual agreement, either Management or Local 721 660 may request the assistance of a mediator from the State Mediation and Conciliation Service to resolve the grievance. It is the intent of the parties that the grievance mediation session shall begin as soon as practicable consistent with the mediator’s schedule. 4. The parties agree that no stenographic record of the session will be made, there will be no representation by Counsel, and there will be no pre- or post-hearing briefs filed. 5. The mediator’s role shall be to assist the parties to reach an agreement. The mediator shall not have authority to impose a settlement on the parties. Any final settlement of the grievance shall be reduced to writing and signed by Management, Local 721660, and the grievant. The final agreement shall be binding on all parties. Final agreements reached by the parties shall not be published or precedent setting in any other dispute. 6. The mediator may provide the parties with a private, informal, non-binding assessment of the procedural and substantive merits of the dispute, and how an arbitrator may likely decide the grievance. 7. All mediation sessions shall be confidential. The content of the mediation proceedings including, but not limited to, settlement proposal or any concessions agreed to or offered during mediation shall not be admissible in an arbitration of this grievance or any other similar dispute. 8. The parties agree that the provisions of this Article shall not be subject to arbitration.

Grievance Mediation. ‌ 1. This procedure is an alternate dispute resolution and does not supersede the provision of Article11, Grievance Procedure. 2. Only those grievances which meet the requirements for submission to arbitration pursuant to Article11, Section 8, can be submitted to grievance mediation. Both Local 721 and Management must mutually agree to submit a qualifying grievance to grievance mediation. 3. After completion of the third level of the grievance procedure and by mutual agreement, either Management or Local 721 may request the assistance of a mediator from the State Mediation and Conciliation Service to resolve the grievance. It is the intent of the parties that the grievance mediation session shall begin as soon as practicable consistent with the mediator’s schedule. 4. The parties agree that no stenographic record of the session will be made, there will be no representation by Counsel, and there will be no pre- or post-hearing briefs filed. 5. The mediator’s role shall be to assist the parties to reach an agreement. The mediator shall not have authority to impose a settlement on the parties. Any final settlement of the grievance shall be reduced to writing and signed by Management, Local 721, and the grievant. The final agreement shall be binding on all parties. Final agreements reached by the parties shall not be published or precedent setting in any other dispute. 6. The mediator may provide the parties with a private, informal, non-binding assessment of the procedural and substantive merits of the dispute, and how an arbitrator may likely decide the grievance. 7. All mediation sessions shall be confidential. The content of the mediation proceedings including, but not limited to, settlement proposal or any concessions agreed to or offered during mediation shall not be admissible in an arbitration of this grievance or any other similar dispute. 8. The parties agree that the provisions of this Article shall not be subject to arbitration.

Grievance Mediation. ‌ 1. This procedure is an alternate dispute resolution and does not supersede the provision of Article11, Grievance Procedure. 2. Only those grievances which meet the requirements for submission to arbitration pursuant to Article11, Section 8, can be submitted to grievance mediation. Both Local 721 660 and Management must mutually agree to submit a qualifying grievance to grievance mediation. 3. After completion of the third level of the grievance procedure and by mutual agreement, either Management or Local 721 660 may request the assistance of a mediator from the State Mediation and Conciliation Service to resolve the grievance. It is the intent of the parties that the grievance mediation session shall begin as soon as practicable consistent with the mediator’s schedule. 4. The parties agree that no stenographic record of the session will be made, there will be no representation by Counsel, and there will be no pre- or post-hearing briefs filed. 5. The mediator’s role shall be to assist the parties to reach an agreement. The mediator shall not have authority to impose a settlement on the parties. Any final settlement of the grievance shall be reduced to writing and signed by Management, Local 721660, and the grievant. The final agreement shall be binding on all parties. Final agreements reached by the parties shall not be published or precedent setting in any other dispute. 6. The mediator may provide the parties with a private, informal, non-binding assessment of the procedural and substantive merits of the dispute, and how an arbitrator may likely decide the grievance. 7. All mediation sessions shall be confidential. The content of the mediation proceedings including, but not limited to, settlement proposal or any concessions agreed to or offered during mediation shall not be admissible in an arbitration of this grievance or any other similar dispute. 8. The parties agree that the t he provisions of this Article shall not be subject to arbitration.

Grievance Mediation. ‌ 1. This procedure is an alternate dispute resolution and does not supersede the provision of Article11, Grievance Procedure. 2. Only those grievances which meet the requirements for submission to arbitration pursuant to Article11, Section 8, can be submitted to grievance mediation. Both Local 721 and Management must mutually agree to submit a qualifying grievance to grievance mediation. 3. After completion of the third level of the grievance procedure and by mutual agreement, either Management or Local 721 may request the assistance of a mediator from the State Mediation and Conciliation Service to resolve the grievance. It is the intent of the parties that the grievance mediation session shall begin as soon as practicable consistent with the mediator’s schedule. 4. The parties agree that no stenographic record of the session will be made, there will be no representation by Counsel, and there will be no pre- or post-hearing briefs filed. 5. The mediator’s role shall be to assist the parties to reach an agreement. The mediator shall not have authority to impose a settlement on the parties. Any final settlement of the grievance shall be reduced to writing and signed by Management, Local 721, and the grievant. The final agreement shall be binding on all parties. Final agreements reached by the parties shall not be published or precedent setting in any other dispute. 6. The mediator may provide the parties with a private, informal, non-binding assessment of the procedural and substantive merits of the dispute, and how an arbitrator may likely decide the grievance. 7. All mediation sessions shall be confidential. The content of the mediation proceedings including, but not limited to, settlement proposal or any concessions agreed to or offered during mediation shall not be admissible in an arbitration of this grievance or any other similar dispute. 8. The parties agree that the provisions of this Article shall not be subject to arbitration.

Grievance Mediation. ‌ 1. This procedure is an alternate dispute resolution and does not supersede the provision of Article11, Grievance Procedure. 2. Only those grievances which meet the requirements for submission to arbitration pursuant to Article11, Section 8, can be submitted to grievance mediation. Both Local 721 660 and Management must mutually agree to submit a qualifying grievance to grievance mediation. 3. After completion of the third level of the grievance procedure and by mutual agreement, either Management or Local 721 660 may request the assistance of a mediator from the State Mediation and Conciliation Service to resolve the grievance. It is the intent of the parties that the grievance mediation session shall begin as soon as practicable consistent with the mediator’s schedule. 4. The parties agree that no stenographic record of the session thesession will be made, there will be no representation by Counsel, and there will be no pre- or post-hearing briefs filed. 5. The mediator’s role shall be to assist the parties to reach an agreement. The mediator shall not have authority to impose a settlement on the parties. Any final settlement of the grievance shall be reduced to writing and signed by Management, Local 721660, and the grievant. The final agreement shall be binding on all parties. Final agreements reached by the parties shall not be published or precedent setting in any other dispute. 6. The mediator may provide the parties with a private, informal, non-binding assessment of the procedural and substantive merits of the dispute, and how an arbitrator may likely decide the grievance. 7. All mediation sessions shall be confidential. The content of the mediation proceedings including, but not limited to, settlement proposal or any concessions agreed to or offered during mediation shall not be admissible in an arbitration of this grievance or any other similar dispute. 8. The parties agree that the provisions of this Article shall not be subject to arbitration.

Grievance Mediation. ‌ 1. This procedure is an alternate dispute resolution and does not supersede the provision of Article11, Grievance Procedure. 2. Only those grievances which meet the requirements for submission to arbitration pursuant to Article11, Section 8, can be submitted to grievance mediation. Both Local 721 and Management must mutually agree to submit a qualifying grievance to grievance mediation. 3. After completion of the third level of the grievance procedure and by mutual agreement, either Management or Local 721 may request the assistance of a mediator from the State Mediation and Conciliation Service to resolve the grievance. It is the intent of the parties that the grievance mediation session shall begin as soon as practicable consistent with the mediator’s 's schedule. 4. The parties agree that no stenographic record of the session will be made, there will be no representation by Counsel, and there will be no pre- or post-hearing briefs filed. 5. The mediator’s 's role shall be to assist the parties to reach an agreement. The mediator shall not have authority to impose a settlement on the parties. Any final settlement of the grievance shall be reduced to writing and signed by Management, Local 721, and the grievant. The final agreement shall be binding on all parties. Final agreements reached by the parties shall not be published or precedent setting in any other dispute. 6. The mediator may provide the parties with a privatepr i v at e , informali nf or m al , non-binding non -binding assessment of the procedural and substantive merits of the dispute, and how an arbitrator may likely decide the grievance. 7. All mediation sessions shall be confidential. The content c ont ent of the mediation m edi at i on proceedings including, but not limited to, settlement proposal or any concessions agreed to or offered during mediation shall not be admissible in an arbitration of this grievance or any other similar dispute. 8. The parties agree that the provisions of this Article shall not be subject to arbitration.

Grievance Mediation. ‌ 1. This procedure is an alternate dispute resolution and does not supersede the provision of Article11, Grievance Procedure. 2. Only those grievances which meet the requirements for submission to arbitration pursuant to Article11, Section 8, can be submitted to grievance mediation. Both SEIU Local 721 and Management must mutually agree to submit a qualifying grievance to grievance mediation. 3. After completion of the third level of the grievance procedure and by mutual agreement, either Management or SEIU Local 721 may request the assistance of a mediator from the State Mediation and Conciliation Service to resolve the grievance. It is the intent of the parties that the grievance mediation session shall begin as soon as practicable consistent with the mediator’s 's schedule. 4. The parties agree that no stenographic record of the session will be made, there will be no representation by Counsel, and there will be no pre- or post-hearing briefs filed. 5. The mediator’s 's role shall be to assist the parties to reach an agreement. The mediator shall not have authority to impose a settlement on the parties. Any final settlement of the grievance shall be reduced to writing and signed by Management, SEIU Local 721, and the grievant. The final agreement shall be binding on all parties. Final agreements reached by the parties shall not be published or precedent setting in any other dispute. 6. The mediator may provide the parties with a private, informal, non-binding assessment of the procedural and substantive merits of the dispute, and how an arbitrator may likely decide the grievance. 7. All mediation sessions shall be confidential. The content of the mediation proceedings including, but not limited to, settlement proposal or any concessions agreed to or offered during mediation shall not be admissible in an arbitration of this grievance or any other similar dispute. 8. The parties agree that the provisions of this Article shall not be subject to arbitration.

Grievance Mediation. ‌ 1. This procedure is an alternate dispute resolution and does not supersede the provision of Article11, Grievance Procedure. 2. Only those grievances which meet the requirements for submission to arbitration pursuant to Article11, Section 8, can be submitted to grievance mediation. Both Local 721 and Management must mutually agree to submit a qualifying grievance to grievance mediation. 3. After completion of the third level of the grievance procedure and by mutual agreement, either Management or Local 721 may request the assistance of a mediator from the State Mediation and Conciliation Service to resolve the grievance. It is the intent of the parties that the grievance mediation session shall begin as soon as practicable consistent with the mediator’s schedule. 4. The parties agree that no stenographic record of the session will be made, there will be no representation by Counsel, and there will be no pre- or post-hearing briefs filed. 5. The mediator’s role shall be to assist the parties to reach an agreement. The mediator shall not have authority to impose a settlement on the parties. Any final settlement of the grievance shall be reduced to writing and signed by Management, Local 721, and the grievant. The final agreement shall be binding on all parties. Final agreements reached by the parties shall not be published or precedent setting in any other dispute. 6. The mediator may provide the parties with a private, informal, non-binding assessment of the procedural and substantive merits of the dispute, and how an arbitrator may likely decide the grievance. 7. All mediation sessions shall be confidential. The content of the mediation proceedings including, but not limited to, settlement proposal or any concessions agreed to or offered during mediation shall not be admissible in an arbitration of this grievance or any other similar dispute. 8. The parties agree that the provisions of this Article shall not be subject to arbitration.

Grievance Mediation. ‌ 1. This procedure is an alternate dispute resolution and does not supersede the provision of Article11, Grievance Procedure. 2. Only those grievances which meet the requirements for submission to arbitration pursuant to Article11, Section 8, can be submitted to grievance mediation. Both Local 721 and Management must mutually agree to submit a qualifying grievance to grievance mediation. 3. After completion of the third level of the grievance procedure and by mutual agreement, either Management or Local 721 may request the assistance of a mediator from the State Mediation and Conciliation Service to resolve the grievance. It is the intent of the parties that the grievance mediation session shall begin as soon as practicable consistent with the mediator’s mediator‟s schedule. 4. The parties agree that no stenographic record of the session will be made, there will be no representation by Counsel, and there will be no pre- or post-hearing briefs filed. 5. The mediator’s mediator‟s role shall be to assist the parties to reach an agreement. The mediator shall not have authority to impose a settlement on the parties. Any final settlement of the grievance shall be reduced to writing and signed by Management, Local 721, and the grievant. The final agreement shall be binding on all parties. Final agreements reached by the parties shall not be published or precedent setting in any other dispute. 6. The mediator may provide the parties with a private, informal, non-binding assessment of the procedural and substantive merits of the dispute, and how an arbitrator may likely decide the grievance. 7. All mediation sessions shall be confidential. The content of the mediation proceedings including, but not limited to, settlement proposal or any concessions agreed to or offered during mediation shall not be admissible in an arbitration of this grievance or any other similar dispute. 8. The parties agree that the provisions of this Article shall not be subject to arbitration.

Grievance Mediation. ‌ 1. This procedure is an alternate dispute resolution and does not supersede the provision of Article11, Grievance Procedure. 2. Only those grievances which meet the requirements for submission to arbitration pursuant to Article11, Section 8, can be submitted to grievance mediation. Both Local 721 and Management must mutually agree to submit a qualifying grievance to grievance mediation. 3. After completion of the third level of the grievance procedure and by mutual agreement, either Management or SEIU, Local 721 may request the assistance of a mediator from the State Mediation and Conciliation Service to resolve the grievance. It is the intent of the parties that the grievance mediation session shall begin as soon as practicable consistent with the mediator’s schedule. 4. The parties agree that no stenographic record of the session will be made, there will be no representation by Counsel, and there will be no pre- or post-hearing briefs filed. 5. The mediator’s role shall be to assist the parties to reach an agreement. The mediator shall not have authority to impose a settlement on the parties. Any final settlement of the grievance shall be reduced to writing and signed by Management, SEIU, Local 721, and the grievant. The final agreement shall be binding on all parties. Final agreements reached by the parties shall not be published or precedent setting in any other dispute. 6. The mediator may provide the parties with a private, informal, non-binding assessment of the procedural and substantive merits of the dispute, and how an arbitrator may likely decide the grievance. 7. All mediation sessions shall be confidential. The content of the mediation proceedings including, but not limited to, settlement proposal or any concessions agreed to or offered during mediation shall not be admissible in an arbitration of this grievance or any other similar dispute. 8. The parties agree that the provisions of this Article shall not be subject to arbitration.

Grievance Mediation. ‌ 1. This procedure is an alternate dispute resolution and does not supersede the provision of Article11, Grievance Procedure. 2. Only those grievances which meet the requirements for submission to arbitration pursuant to Article11, Section 8, can be submitted to grievance mediation. Both Local 721 660 and Management must mutually agree to submit a qualifying grievance to grievance mediation. 3. After completion of the third level of the grievance procedure and by mutual agreement, either Management or Local 721 660 may request the assistance of a mediator from the State Mediation and Conciliation Service to resolve the grievance. It is the intent of the parties that the grievance mediation session shall begin as soon as practicable consistent with the mediator’s schedule. 4. The parties agree that no stenographic record of the session will be made, there will be no representation by Counsel, and there will be no pre- or post-hearing briefs filed. 5. The mediator’s role shall be to assist the parties to reach an agreement. The mediator shall not have authority to impose a settlement on the parties. Any final settlement of the grievance shall be reduced to writing and signed by Management, Local 721660, and the grievant. The final agreement shall be binding on all parties. Final agreements reached by the parties shall not be published or precedent setting in any other dispute. 6. The mediator may provide the parties with a private, informal, non-binding assessment of the procedural and substantive merits of the dispute, and how an arbitrator may likely decide the grievance. 7. All mediation sessions shall be confidential. The content of the mediation proceedings including, but not limited to, settlement proposal or any concessions agreed to or offered during mediation shall not be admissible in an arbitration of this grievance or any other similar dispute. 8. The parties agree that the provisions p rovisions of this Article shall not be subject to arbitration.

Grievance Mediation. ‌ 1. This procedure is an alternate dispute resolution and does not supersede the provision of Article11, Grievance Procedure. 2. Only those grievances which meet the requirements for submission to arbitration pursuant to Article11, Section 8, can be submitted to grievance grieva nce mediation. Both Local 721 660 and Management must mutually agree to submit a qualifying grievance to grievance mediation. 3. After completion of the third level of the grievance procedure and by mutual agreement, either Management or Local 721 660 may request the assistance of a mediator from the State Mediation and Conciliation Service to resolve the grievance. It is the intent of the parties that the grievance mediation session shall begin as soon as practicable consistent with the mediator’s schedule. 4. The parties agree that no stenographic record of the session will be made, there will be no representation by Counsel, and there will be no pre- or post-hearing briefs filed. 5. The mediator’s role shall be to assist the parties to reach an agreement. The mediator shall not have authority to impose a settlement on the parties. Any final settlement of the grievance shall be reduced to writing and signed by Management, Local 721660, and the grievant. The final agreement shall be binding on all parties. Final agreements reached by the parties shall not be published or precedent setting in any other dispute. 6. The mediator may provide the parties with a private, informal, non-binding assessment of the procedural and substantive merits of the dispute, and how an arbitrator may likely decide the grievance. 7. All mediation sessions shall be confidential. The content of the mediation proceedings including, but not limited to, settlement proposal or any concessions agreed to or offered during mediation shall not be admissible beadmissible in an arbitration of this grievance or any other similar dispute. 8. The parties agree that the provisions of this Article shall not be subject to arbitration.

Grievance Mediation. ‌ 1. This procedure Grievance mediation is an alternate dispute resolution optional and does not supersede the provision of Article11, Grievance Procedure. 2. Only those grievances which meet the requirements for submission to arbitration pursuant to Article11, Section 8, can be submitted to grievance mediation. Both Local 721 and Management must mutually agree to submit a qualifying grievance to grievance mediation. 3. After completion of the third level voluntary part of the grievance procedure and by mutual agreementresolution process. It is a supplement to, not a substitute for, grievance arbitration. When grievance mediation is invoked, the contractual time limit for moving the grievance to arbitration shall be delayed for the period of mediation. If the grievance is not resolved at Step Three either Management or Local 721 may party may, within five (5) days of the written decision, request mediation. If the assistance parties are in agreement that the grievance is suitable for mediation, they will submit a joint request for mediation to a mutually agreed upon provider of a mediator from mediation services such as the State Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to resolve Service, the grievancePublic Employment Relations Commission, or any other organization that provides mediation services. It is Grievance mediation shall generally be completed within (20) work days of the intent request. The twenty (20) work day timeline may only be extended by mutual consent of the parties that or in the event a mediator is not available. If the mediation process is not completed within twenty (20) work days, the College or the CCCFT may withdraw the mediation request and the grievance mediation session process shall begin as soon as practicable consistent with the mediator’s schedulebe resumed. 420.04.04.01 The grievance mediation process shall be informal. The parties agree that Rules of evidence shall not apply and no stenographic formal record shall be made of the session will be made, there will be no representation by Counsel, and there will be no pre- or post-hearing briefs filed. 5proceeding. The mediator’s role Both sides shall be provided ample opportunity to assist present the parties documentation or other information to reach an agreement. The mediator shall not have authority to impose a settlement on support the parties. Any final settlement arguments of the grievance shall be reduced to writing and signed by Management, Local 721, and the grievant. The final agreement shall be binding on all parties. Final agreements reached by the parties shall not be published or precedent setting in any other dispute. 6their case. The mediator may provide meet with the parties with a private, informal, non-binding assessment of the procedural and substantive merits of the dispute, and how an arbitrator may likely decide the grievancein joint or separate caucuses. 7. All mediation sessions 20.04.04.02 The grievant shall be confidentialpresent at the grievance mediation proceeding. The content of If the mediation proceedings includinggrievance is resolved, but not limited tothe parties shall sign a statement agreeing to accept the outcome. Unless the parties agree otherwise, settlement proposal or any concessions agreed to or offered during mediation the outcome shall not be admissible in an arbitration of this precedent setting. If the grievance or any other similar dispute. 8. The parties agree that the provisions of this Article shall is not be subject resolved and is subsequently moved to arbitration, such proceeding shall be de novo. Nothing said or done by the parties or the mediator during grievance mediation with respect to their positions concerning resolution or offers of settlement may be used or referred to during arbitration.

Grievance Mediation. ‌ 1. This procedure is an alternate dispute resolution and does not supersede the provision of Article11, Grievance Procedure. 2. Only those grievances which meet the requirements for submission to arbitration pursuant to Article11, Section 8, can be submitted to grievance mediation. Both Local 721 660 and Management must mutually agree to submit a qualifying grievance g rievance to grievance mediation. 3. After completion of the third level of the grievance procedure and by mutual agreement, either Management or Local 721 660 may request the assistance of a mediator from the State Mediation and Conciliation Service to resolve the grievance. It is the intent of the parties that the grievance mediation session shall begin as soon as practicable consistent with the mediator’s schedule. 4. The parties agree that no stenographic record of the session will be made, there will be no representation by Counsel, and there will be no pre- or post-hearing briefs filed. 5. The mediator’s role shall be to assist the parties to reach an agreement. The mediator shall not have authority to impose a settlement on the parties. Any final settlement of the grievance shall be reduced to writing and signed by Management, Local 721660, and the grievant. The final agreement shall be binding on all parties. Final agreements reached by the parties shall not be published or precedent setting in any other dispute. 6. The mediator may provide the parties with a private, informal, non-binding assessment of the procedural and substantive merits of the dispute, and how an arbitrator may likely decide the grievance. 7. All mediation sessions shall be confidential. The content of the mediation proceedings including, but not limited to, settlement proposal or any concessions agreed to or offered during mediation shall not be admissible in an arbitration of this grievance or any other similar dispute. 8. The parties agree that the provisions of this Article shall not be subject to arbitration.