Procedure and Time Limits. Step One
Procedure and Time Limits. 4.5.1 Step One
4.5.1.1 Following receipt of the written grievance, the Board-designated administrative agent shall arrange a meeting to discuss the grievance with the grievant(s) and with the AAUP Contract Officer or person designated by the AAUP Executive Committee. This discussion shall be completed within fifteen (15) days after the grievance is filed. If the grievance is adjusted to the satisfaction of the Board and Association, the adjustment will be reduced to writing and signed by the AAUP Contract Officer or person designated by the AAUP Executive Committee and the PVPAA or designee. If there is no mutually agreeable adjustment, the PVPAA or designee shall provide the AAUP Contract Officer or person designated by the AAUP Executive Committee with a written answer stating the reasons for denial of the grievance within fifteen (15) days of the Step One meeting.
4.5.2 Step Two: Review Board
4.5.2.1 If the grievance is not adjusted in Step One, the Association may, within fifteen (15) days of the Step One written answer, submit the grievance through the PVPAA or designee to a Review Board. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, membership on the Review Board shall be limited to three (3) administrative staff members designated by the PVPAA and three (3) Association members designated by the Association. The Review Board shall promptly arrange a meeting to discuss the grievance and the written answer and appeals. This discussion shall be completed within fifteen (15) days after the filing of a request to have the grievance considered in Step Two. If the grievance is satisfactorily adjusted, the adjustment will be reduced to writing and signed by the appropriate representatives of the Board and the Association. If there is no mutually agreeable adjustment, the PVPAA or designee shall provide the Association with a written answer stating the reasons for denial of the grievance within 15 days of the Step Two meeting.
4.5.3 Step Three: Binding Arbitration
4.5.3.1 If the grievance is not satisfactorily adjusted in Step Two, the Association may submit the grievance to binding arbitration. Within fifteen (15) days of the Association’s receipt of the written response of the Board at Step Two, the Association shall serve upon the designated administrative agent its written notice of intent to arbitrate. If within fifteen (15) days following the written notice of intent to arbitrate the parties are unable mutually to agree upon a selection of an arbitrator, the ...
Procedure and Time Limits. Arbitration
Procedure and Time Limits. Arbitrator’s Decision and Award
Procedure and Time Limits. Extension of Time Limits: Time limitations set out in the above grievance procedure may be extended by mutual agreement between the parties and must be in writing. Time Limits: Time limits and procedures contained in this grievance procedure are mandatory. Failure to pursue a grievance within the prescribed time limits and in accordance with the prescribed procedures shall result in abandonment of the grievance and all rights and recourse to the grievor. Failure to reply to a grievance in a timely fashion shall advance the grievance to the next level. Grievances so advanced shall be subject to time limits as if a reply had been made on the last allowable day of the preceding level in the procedure.
Procedure and Time Limits. Arbitration If the UPSEU is not satisfied with the response of the County Administrator, the UPSEU may elect to submit the matter to arbitration by filing a Demand for Arbitration with the American Arbitration UPSEU in accordance with its rules and procedures. The Demand for Arbitration must be filed within fifteen (15) workdays from receiving the response from the County Administrator, or when the response should have been received. Failure to file the Demand within said fifteen (15) days shall make the matter ineligible for arbitration or any other appeal and the case will be deemed to be closed. All decisions rendered in such arbitration shall be final and binding upon both parties. The arbitrator’s fees shall be shared equally by the UPSEU and the Employer. Time limits may be extended by mutual agreement between the UPSEU and the Employer.
Procedure and Time Limits. Arbitration If the UPSEU is not satisfied with the response to the grievance at Step Two, and the grievance involves the application or interpretation of this Agreement, the UPSEU may submit the matter to arbitration by filing a Demand of Arbitration with the American Arbitration UPSEU in accordance with its rules and regulations. The arbitration decision will be final and binding on the parties. The Demand for Arbitration must be filed within fifteen (15) workdays from receiving the Step Two response, or when the Step Two response should have been received. Failure to file the Demand within said fifteen (15) days shall make the grievance ineligible for arbitration or any other appeal, and the case will be deemed to be closed.
Procedure and Time Limits. Arbitration 401 If the grievance is not adjusted at Step Three, the Association may submit the grievance to 402 final binding arbitration. Within ten (10) working days of receipt of the Review Board 403 disposition of the grievance at Step Three, or within ten (10) working days after the Board 404 has concluded its consideration of the grievance if no disposition is forthcoming, the 405 Association shall notify the Office of the Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, of 406 its intention to submit the dispute to arbitration and the Assistant Vice President for 407 Academic Affairs, and the Association shall meet for the purpose of selecting a neutral 408 person to arbitrate the dispute. In the event the parties are unable to agree upon the selection 409 of a neutral person, the selection shall be made in accordance with the procedural rules of the 410 American Arbitration Association. Submission to the American Arbitration Association 411 shall be written, with simultaneous written notice to EMU, and if not filed and noticed within 412 thirty (30) calendar days after the receipt of the Review Board disposition, or thirty (30) 413 calendar days after the Board has concluded its consideration of the Grievance if no 414 disposition is forthcoming, the grievance shall be barred. An Arbitration requested hereunder 415 may be conducted under the Expedited Labor Arbitration procedures of the American 416 Arbitration Association, if the procedure is agreed upon by both EMU and the Association. 417 If the parties do not agree on the expedited procedure, then the grievance will be arbitrated 418 under the then current voluntary labor arbitration rules of the American Arbitration 419 Association through its conventional process. All arbitration proceedings initiated hereunder 420 shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Article VII.I. in this Agreement.
Procedure and Time Limits. Arbitrator’s Decision and Award 422 The arbitrator shall have no power to add to, subtract from, or modify the terms of this 423 Agreement, nor shall they exercise any responsibility or function of EMU or the Association. 424 This is not intended to restrict the authority of the arbitrator to the determination of issues of 425 procedural compliance only, and they shall have authority to determine substantive questions 426 properly presented in accordance with the terms of the Grievance Procedure. The decision of 427 the arbitrator shall be final and binding on both parties and may be enforced in any court of 428 competent jurisdiction. The parties to this Agreement shall bear their own expenses 429 individually and share the arbitrator’s fee and expenses equally.
Procedure and Time Limits. At Step 1, all grievances must be reduced to writing and must be made known no later than fifteen (15) working days after the grievance occurs or from when the grievant should have had reasonable knowledge thereof. Grievances must be submitted to the Vice President of Labor Relations, Chief Human Resources Officer or designee. Management will invite the union and grievant to a grievance meeting within (10) working days of the submission of the grievance to attempt to resolve the problem. If no resolution is forthcoming or the Union is unsatisfied with the proposed resolution, the Vice President of Labor Relations, Chief Human Resources Officer or designee shall issue a written response within
