Procedural Guidelines for Hearing. 1. The parties may designate who will represent them at the hearing. Each Representative may have up to two other persons present to provide administrative support. Other persons may be present at the hearing upon mutual agreement of the representatives.
Procedural Guidelines for Hearing i The parties may designate who will represent themat the hearing. Each representative may have up to two (2) other persons present to provide administrative support. Other persons may be present at the hearing upon mutual agreement of the representatives. ii Prior to the hearing, the designated representatives will meet in a prehearing conference. The purpose of this meeting will be to do the following: C Develop stipulations as to the issue and pertinent facts. The stipulated issue and facts, along with those facts that are not agreed upon, will be submitted in writing to the board at least three (3) days prior to the hearing. If no agreement is reached on a statement of the issue, each party will provide a statement of the issue as they see it, and it will be left to the board to decide which issue statement is appropriate prior to the start of the hearing. No facts may be raised at the hearing that have not been presented to the board in the written statement referenced herein, unless mutually agreed by the representatives. Additionally, the board may limit the presentation of evidence on disputed facts they believe are not relevant for them to render a decision.
Procedural Guidelines for Hearing i The parties may designate who will represent themat the hearing. Each representative may have up to two other persons present to provide administrative support. Other persons may be present at the hearing upon mutual agreement of the representatives. ii Within 15 days after appeal to the Labor Management Board is requested, the designated representatives will meet in a pre-hearing conference. The purpose of this meeting will be to do the following: C Develop stipulations as to the issue and pertinent facts. The stipulated issue and facts, along with those facts that are not agreed upon, will be submitted in writing to the board at least three (3) days prior to the hearing. If no agreement is reached on a statement of the issue, each party will provide a statement of the issue as they see it and it will be left to the board to decide which issue statement is appropriate prior to the start of the hearing. No facts may be raised at the hearing that have not been presented to the board in the written statement referenced herein, unless mutually agreed by the representatives. Additionally, the board may limit the presentation of evidence on disputed facts they believe are not relevant for them to render a decision. C Exchange witness lists. Each representative may call up to five (5) witnesses, unless there is mutual agreement between the representatives or the board determines it is necessary to allow more to be called. All department witnesses will be required to attend, will be paid if off-duty, and will not suffer any loss of pay if on-duty. Association witnesses will not suffer any loss of pay if on-duty. C Exchange exhibits. All exhibits will be exchanged by the representatives and no other exhibits will be allowed in the hearing unless it is necessary to dispute testimony or validity of exhibits. The parties will exchange witness lists and exhibits at least seven (7) days prior to the hearing. In the event this exchange is not completed in a timely fashion and there is no agreement by the parties to accept the late submission, the board will accept the exhibits and witnesses, make a determination if any prejudice might arise as a result of the late submission and, based on that determination, may reset the hearing.
