Procedure, Steps and Time Limits. STEP 1 Any bargaining unit employee with or without representation may file a grievance in writing with employee’s Fire Captain, within ten (10) days from the date of the cause giving rise to the grievance. The Fire Captain shall then attempt to adjust the matter and shall respond to the employee or Union within ten (10) business days with a solution or a scheduled conference from which a response shall be given within ten (10) business days. STEP 2 If the grievance remains unsettled in Step 1, and the Union with or without the employee may appeal the grievance to the Fire Chief within ten (10) business days of the Step 1 response. The written grievance shall be signed and shall set forth all relevant facts, the provisions of the Agreement allegedly violated and a requested remedy. The Chief or his designee shall meet and discuss the grievance within ten (10) business days of the receipt of the Notice of Appeal with the employee and authorized Union Representative at a time mutually agreeable to the parties. If no settlement is reached, the Chief or his designee shall give the employee a written answer to the Union within ten (10) business days following their meeting. STEP 3 If the grievance remains unresolved at Step 2, within ten (10) business days after the reply of the Chief or his designee, the Union may refer the grievance to the City Manager who shall meet and confer with the Union within ten (10) business days and give his response within ten (10) business days of their meeting. STEP 4 If the parties are unable to settle the grievance at Step 3, then the Union, within ten (10) business days of the Step 3 response, may request that the matter be submitted to binding arbitration in accordance with Section 3 herein.
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Procedure, Steps and Time Limits. STEP Step 1 Any bargaining unit employee The employee, with or without representation may file a Union representative (or the Union alone in the case of a Union grievance) shall take up the grievance or dispute in writing or orally with the employee’s Fire Captain, immediate supervisor within ten six (106) business days from the date that the grievant became aware, or should reasonably have become aware of the cause occurrence giving rise to the complaint; if at that time the employee or Union Xxxxxxx is unaware of the grievance, the employee or Union Xxxxxxx shall take it up within six (6) business days of the date the Union or employee reasonably should have known of its occurrence. The Fire Captain supervisor shall then attempt to adjust the matter and shall respond to the employee or and the Union within ten six (10) business days with a solution or a scheduled conference from which a response shall be given within ten (106) business days. It is understood that the immediate supervisor has no authority to adjust any economic matters involving a grievance.
STEP Step 2 If the grievance remains unsettled unadjusted in Step 1, 1 and the Union employee, with or without a Union representative (or the employee may Union alone in the case of a Union grievance) wishes to appeal the grievance to Step 2 of the Grievance Procedure, it shall be referred in writing to the Fire Chief within ten six (106) business days after the receipt of the answer in Step 1 response1. The written grievance shall be signed and shall set forth all relevant facts, the provisions provision(s) of the Agreement allegedly violated violated, and a the requested remedy. The Fire Chief or his designee shall meet and discuss the grievance within ten (10) business days of the receipt of the Notice notice of Appeal appeal with the employee and authorized Union Representative representative(s) at a time mutually agreeable to the parties. If no settlement is reached, the Fire Chief or his designee shall give the employee a his written answer to the Union within ten (10) business days following their meeting.
STEP Step 3 If the grievance remains unresolved at unadjusted in Step 2, within ten 2 and the employee with or without a Union representative (10) business days after the reply of the Chief or his designee, the Union may refer alone in the case of a Union grievance) wishes to appeal the grievance to the City Manager who shall meet and confer with the Union within ten (10) business days and give his response within ten (10) business days of their meeting.
STEP 4 If the parties are unable to settle the grievance at Step 3, then the Union, within ten (10) business days 3 of the Step 3 responseGrievance Procedure, may request that it shall be referred in writing to the matter be submitted to binding arbitration in accordance with Section 3 herein.Village Manager within ten
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Procedure, Steps and Time Limits. STEP 1 Any bargaining unit employee 1. The employee, with or without representation may file a Union Representative (or the Union Xxxxxxx alone in the case of a Union grievance), shall take up the grievance or dispute in writing with employee’s Fire Captain, the Shift Commander within ten fourteen (1014) calendar days from of its occurrence; if at that time the date employee or Union Xxxxxxx is unaware of the cause giving rise to grievance, the grievanceemployee or Union Xxxxxxx shall take it up within fourteen (14) calendar days of his knowledge of its occurrence. The Fire Captain Shift Commander shall then attempt to adjust the matter and shall respond to the employee or and the Union Xxxxxxx within ten seven (10) business days with a solution or a scheduled conference from which a response shall be given within ten (107) business days.
STEP 2 2. If the grievance remains unsettled unadjusted in Step 1, and the Union Union, with or without the employee may employee, wishes to appeal the grievance to Step 2 of the Grievance Procedure, it shall be referred in writing to the Fire Chief within ten five (105) business days after the receipt of the Employer’s answer in Step 1 response1. The written grievance shall be signed and shall set forth all relevant facts, the provisions provision(s) of the Agreement allegedly violated violated, and a the requested remedy. The Fire Chief or his designee shall meet and discuss the grievance within ten (10) business days of the receipt of the Notice notice of Appeal appeal with the employee and the authorized employee Union Representative at a time mutually agreeable to the parties. If no settlement is reached, the Fire Chief or his designee shall give the employee a Employer’s written answer to the Union within ten (10) business days following their meeting.
STEP 3 3. If the grievance remains unresolved at unsettled after the Fire Chief’s response in Step 2, then the Union may, within five (5) days of said response, present the grievance in writing to the Mayor, giving its reasons for rejecting the Fire Chief’s response. The Mayor may at his or her discretion, schedule a conference after receipt of the Union’s appeal. In the event no such conference is scheduled, the Mayor shall issue a written response to the grievance within twenty (20) days of receipt of the Union’s appeal. If the Mayor schedules a conference, he or she shall (a) schedule such conference within fifteen (15) days of the receipt of the Union’s appeal from Step 2, and (b) issue a written response within ten (10) business days after the reply of the Chief or his designeeconference.
STEP 4. If the grievance is not settled in Step 3 and the Union wishes to appeal the grievance, the Union may refer the grievance to the City Manager who shall meet and confer with the Union within ten (10) business days and give his response within ten (10) business days of their meeting.
STEP 4 If the parties are unable to settle the grievance at Step 3arbitration, then the Unionas described below, within ten (10) business days of receipt of the Mayor’s response in Step 3 response, may request that the matter be submitted to binding arbitration in accordance with Section 3 herein3.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement