Review of Job Classification. If an employee believes that he/she meets the criteria for advancement to Respiratory Therapist III or IV, he or she will first make written application to the Department Manager/Director for consideration for advancement. The Department Manager/Director, if he or she does not believe that the employee qualifies for advancement shall respond in writing to the employee, identifying the criteria that the employee fails to meet. If the employee wishes, he/she may request, within seven (7) days of his/her receipt of such response, that the Manager/Director’s conclusion be reviewed by a committee consisting of three full-time employees in the level to which the employee wishes to advance at the Hospital at which the employee works. The committee shall be selected by the Hospital and the Union each selecting one (1) member and the two (2) members selecting the third member. In the event that the committee concludes that the employee meets the criteria for advancement it shall issue a written report to the Manager/Director recommending that the employee be advanced, detailing the criteria that the employee has met for qualification for advancement. If the Hospital accepts the committee’s recommendation, it will implement the committee’s recommendation retroactive to the first pay period commencing after the employee’s written request for advancement. If the Hospital denies the committee’s recommendation it will advise the committee, the Union and the employee in writing within ten (10) days of receipt of the committee’s report and the Union may take the matter to arbitration by filing a grievance directly at Step 4 within thirty (30) days of its receipt of the Hospital’s rejection of the committee’s recommendation. In such arbitration, the burden shall be on the Hospital to prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the committee’s conclusion on the matter was in error.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Review of Job Classification. If an employee believes that he/she meets the criteria for advancement to Respiratory Therapist III or IV, he or she will first make written application to the Department Manager/Director for consideration for advancement. The Department Manager/Director, if he or she does not believe that the employee qualifies for advancement shall respond in writing to the employee, identifying the criteria that the employee fails to meet. If the employee wishes, he/she may request, within seven (7) 7 days of his/her receipt of such response, that the Manager/Director’s conclusion be reviewed by a committee consisting of three full-time employees in the level to which the employee wishes to advance at the Hospital at which the employee works. The committee shall be selected by the Hospital and the Union each selecting one (1) member and the two (2) members selecting the third member. In the event that the committee concludes that the employee meets the criteria for advancement it shall issue a written report to the Manager/Director recommending that the employee be advanced, detailing the criteria that the employee has met for qualification for advancement. If the Hospital accepts the committee’s recommendation, it will implement the committee’s recommendation retroactive to the first pay period commencing after the employee’s written request for advancement. If the Hospital denies the committee’s recommendation it will advise the committee, the Union and the employee in writing within ten (10) 10 days of receipt of the committee’s report and the Union may take the matter to arbitration by filing a grievance directly at Step 4 within thirty (30) 30 days of its receipt of the Hospital’s rejection of the committee’s recommendation. In such arbitration, the burden shall be on the Hospital to prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the committee’s conclusion on the matter was in error.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Review of Job Classification. If an employee Employee believes that he/she meets the criteria for advancement to Respiratory Therapist III or IV, he or she will first make written application to the Department Manager/Director for consideration for advancement. The Department Manager/Director, if he or she does not believe that the employee Employee qualifies for advancement shall respond in writing to the employeeEmployee, identifying the criteria that the employee Employee fails to meet. If the employee Employee wishes, he/she may request, within seven (7) days of his/her receipt of such response, that the Manager/Director’s conclusion be reviewed by a committee consisting of three full-time employees Employees in the level to which the employee Employee wishes to advance at the Hospital at which the employee Employee works. The committee shall be selected by the Hospital and the Union each selecting one (1) member and the two (2) members selecting the third member. In the event that the committee concludes that the employee Employee meets the criteria for advancement it shall issue a written report to the Manager/Director recommending that the employee Employee be advanced, detailing the criteria that the employee Employee has met for qualification for advancement. If the Hospital accepts the committee’s recommendation, it will implement the committee’s recommendation retroactive to the first pay period commencing after the employeeEmployee’s written request for advancement. If the Hospital denies the committee’s recommendation it will advise the committee, the Union and the employee Employee in writing within ten (10) days of receipt of the committee’s report and the Union may take the matter to arbitration by filing a grievance directly at Step 4 within thirty (30) days of its receipt of the Hospital’s rejection of the committee’s recommendation. In such arbitration, the burden shall be on the Hospital to prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the committee’s conclusion on the matter was in error.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement