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GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE PROCESSING. A weekday shall mean Monday through Friday exclusive of fixed-date City holidays. All written grievances and responses shall be dated and signed by the appropriate Union or City representative. In the absence of the Union Representative or either party to the Grievance Procedure, the party whom he or she represents may designate an alternate to act in his or her place. Both City and Union representatives will acknowledge receipt of a grievance or management response in writing. Such acknowledgment will be properly signed and dated. A grievance not filed or advanced to the next higher level within the time limit provided in this Agreement shall be deemed permanently withdrawn. A grievance not responded to within the time limit provided in this Agreement shall automatically move to the next step upon expiration of the response period. In no event shall an employee or Union representative leave his or her work for grievance purposes without first notifying and obtaining the approval of his or her immediate supervisor. The Supervisor in turn shall make every effort to provide for the relief of the employee, if such is required. No grievance award shall be made to a person other than the specific individual so entitled as eligible under appropriate section(s) of the agreement. The Union and Management recognize the value of early involvement of the parties in the processing of grievances. Accordingly, the Municipality will afford the International Business Representative the right to visit a plant facility with advance notification to plant management for the purpose of gathering data and facts. Meeting spaces to accommodate private discussions with the Shop Xxxxxxx will be provided. Visiting rights are not intended to give rise to employee meetings or interfere with the operations of the facility. An employee may be released for such discussions only with prior approval of management. This provision shall not substitute for nor be used in lieu of any existing step in the Grievance Procedure. The sole intent is to facilitate fact-finding in conjunction with the processing of grievances. APPENDIX B GREENUP: HOURS OF WORK

GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE PROCESSING. A weekday shall mean Monday through Friday exclusive of fixed-date City holidays. All written grievances and responses shall be dated and signed by the appropriate Union or City representative. In the absence of the Union Representative or either party to the Grievance Procedure, the party whom he or she represents may designate an alternate to act in his or her place. Both City and Union representatives will acknowledge receipt of a grievance or management response in writing. Such acknowledgment will be properly signed and dated. A grievance not filed or advanced to the next higher level within the time limit provided in this Agreement shall be deemed permanently withdrawn. A grievance not responded to within the time limit provided in this Agreement shall automatically move to the next step upon expiration of the response period. In no event shall an employee or Union representative leave his or her work for grievance purposes without first notifying and obtaining the approval of his or her immediate supervisor. The Supervisor in turn shall make every effort to provide for the relief of the employee, if such is required. No grievance award shall be made to a person other than the specific individual so entitled as eligible under appropriate section(s) of the agreement. The Union and Management recognize the value of early involvement of the parties in the processing of grievances. Accordingly, the Municipality will afford the International Business Representative the right to visit a plant facility with advance notification to plant management for the purpose of gathering data and facts. Meeting spaces to accommodate private discussions with the Shop Xxxxxxx will be provided. Visiting rights are not intended to give rise to employee meetings or interfere with the operations of the facility. An employee may be released for such discussions only with prior approval of management. This provision shall not substitute for nor be used in lieu of any existing step in the Grievance Procedure. The sole intent is to facilitate fact-finding in conjunction with the processing of grievances. APPENDIX B GREENUP: HOURS OF WORK.