Common use of Optional Grievance Mediation Clause in Contracts

Optional Grievance Mediation. After the Step 2 response, the Employer and the Union may mutually agree in writing to submit any unresolved grievance to mediation. The fees of the mediator and any costs for a mediation room will be borne equally by both parties. At any time during the mediation process either party, through written notice to the other, may terminate the mediation process. If the mediation is terminated the Union has twenty (20) days to refer the matter to Arbitration from the date of termination of the mediation.

Optional Grievance Mediation. After the Step 2 response, the Employer and 30 the Union may mutually agree in writing to submit any unresolved grievance to 31 mediation. The fees of the mediator and any costs for a mediation room will be borne equally by both parties. At any time during the mediation process either 1 party, through written notice to the other, may terminate the mediation process. If the mediation is terminated the Union has twenty (20) days to refer the matter to Arbitration from the date of termination of the mediation.