Investigator. Where the Parties mutually agree to refer a matter to an Investigator the following procedure may apply: Where a difference arises between the parties relating to the dismissal, discipline, or suspension of an employee, or to the interpretation, application, operation, or alleged violation of this Agreement, including any question as to whether a matter is arbitrable, during the term of the Collective Agreement, a member of the Association of Arbitrators or a substitute agreed to by the parties shall, at the request of either party: (a) investigate the difference; (b) define the issue in the difference; and (c) make written recommendations to resolve the difference; within five (5) days of the date of receipt of the request and for those five (5) days from that date, time does not run in respect of the grievance procedure. In the event the parties are unable to agree on an Investigator, either party may apply to the Minister of Labour for the Province of British Columbia to appoint such person. The Parties agree that this procedure will not be invoked until the grievance procedure has been completed.
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Investigator. Where the Parties mutually agree to refer a matter to an Investigator the following procedure may apply: Where a difference arises between the parties relating to the dismissal, discipline, or suspension of an employee, or to the interpretation, application, operation, or alleged violation of this Agreement, including any question as to whether a matter is arbitrable, during the term of the Collective Agreement, a member of the Association of Arbitrators or a substitute agreed to by the parties shall, at the request of either party:
(a) investigate Investigate the difference;
(b) define Define the issue in the difference; and
(c) make Make written recommendations to resolve the difference; within Within five (5) days of the date of receipt of the request and for those five (5) days from that date, time does not run in respect of the grievance procedure. In the event the parties are unable to agree on an InvestigatorInvestigator within a period of thirty (30) days from the date this Collective Agreement is signed, either party may apply to the Minister of Labour for the Province of British Columbia to appoint such person. The Parties agree that this procedure will not be invoked until the grievance procedure has been completed.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Investigator. Where the Parties mutually agree to refer a matter to an Investigator the following procedure may apply: Where a difference arises between the parties relating to the dismissal, discipline, or suspension of an employee, or to the interpretation, application, operation, or alleged violation of this Agreement, including any question as to whether a matter is arbitrable, during the term of the Collective Agreement, a member of the Association of Arbitrators or a substitute agreed to by the parties shall, at the request of either party:
(a) investigate Investigate the difference;
(b) define Define the issue in the difference; and
(c) make Make written recommendations to resolve the difference; within Within five (5) days of the date of receipt of the request and for those five (5) days from that date, time does not run in respect of the grievance procedure. In the event the parties are unable to agree on an InvestigatorInvestigator within a period of thirty (30) days from the date this Collective Agreement is signed, either party may apply to the Minister of Labour for the Province of British Columbia to appoint such person. The Parties agree that this procedure will not be invoked until the grievance procedure has been completed.
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Samples: Collective Agreement