STEP. In the event the Director of Human Resources or designate and the National Representative and Unit Chair are unable to reach a resolve in STEP either party may, by notice in writing given to the other, within twenty (20) days, submit the grievance to final and binding arbitration. The notice of the party referring the matter to arbitration shall include the name of the proposed sole arbitrator, which is to be mutually agreed upon. If the parties are unable to agree on the selection of an arbitrator within twenty (20) working days once formal notice is given, the Federal Minister of Labour shall be requested to appoint the Arbitrator. The Company and the Union local shall each pay one-half of the remuneration and expenses of the arbitrator. Neither party shall be obligated to pay any part of the cost of any stenographic transcript of an arbitration hearing without its express consent. Arbitrator The arbitrator shall not be authorized to alter, modify, or amend the provisions of this Agreement nor to make any decision inconsistent therewith. Where the Arbitrator determines that a disciplinary penalty or discharge is excessive, it may substitute such other penalty for the discipline or discharge as it considers just and reasonable in all the circumstances. Time Limits Any time limit mentioned under the grievance procedure shall be counted as working days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Statutory Holidays. The time limits imposed upon either party of any STEP in the Grievance Procedure may be extended by mutual written agreement. A request for extension of the time limit made prior to the expiry of such time limit shall not be denied on an arbitrary basis. Where no reply is given to a grievance within the time limits specified, and no extension was agreed to, the Union or the Company, as the case may be, shall be entitled to submit the grievance to the next step in the Grievance Procedure. Grievances involving the discharge or discipline of an employee may be submitted at STEP of the grievance procedure. The Company shall have the right to file a grievance in writing signed by the Director of Human Resources or designate, with the Union within ten (10) days of when the circumstances giving rise to the grievance were known or should reasonably have been known to the Company. A meeting will be held with the Union within ten (10) days of the presentation of the grievance and the Union shall give the Company its written reply to the grievance in ten (10) working...
STEP. The employee shall submit the grievance, in writing, and signed by him, to his immediate supervisor. The employee may be accompanied by a Union xxxxxxx. The immediate supervisor will "deliver his decision in writing within five days following the day on which the written grievance was presented to him. Failing settlement then: \ Within five days following the decision under Step the employee, accompanied by a union xxxxxxx, or the union xxxxxxx shall submit the written grievance to his Department Head, who will deliver his decision in writing within five (5) days following the day on which the grievance was presented to him. This step may be omitted where the employee's immediate supervisor and Department Head are the same person. Failing settlement then: Step Within five days following the decision in the immedi- ately preceding step, the grievance shall be submitted in writing to the Chief Executive Officer the Centre or the des- ignated Centre representative. A meeting will then be held between the Chief Executive Officer or the designated Centre representative and the desig- nated union representatives who may be accompanied by the general representative of the Union, within five days of the submission of the grievance at Step unless extended by mutual agreement of the parties. The decision of the Centre shall be delivered in writing within ten days following the date of such meeting. Policy Grievance A complaint or grievance arising directly between the Centre and the Union concerning the interpretation, application or alleged violation of the Agreement shall be originated at Step within ten days following the circumstances giving rise to the grievance. It is expressly understood, however, that provisions of this may not be used with respect to a grievance directly affecting an employee which he could have instituted himself and the regular grievance procedure shall not be thereby Where the grievance is a Centre grievance it shall be filed with each
STEP. 2— If the grieving party is not satisfied with the Step 1 disposition of the grievance, or if no disposition has been made within the Step 1 time limits, the grievance shall be submitted to the Employee Relations Department within seven (7) working days of the disposition, or expiration of the time limit. Within seven (7) working days of receipt of the grievance, Employee Relations shall schedule a meeting with the PBA and/or grieving party and shall indicate the disposition of the grievance in writing to the PBA and/or grieving party within seven (7) working days of the meeting.
STEP. A step is any shape in a process diagram, except for the start and the end shapes.
STEP. The term "Step" when used herein in reference to the Compensation Schedule for Teaching Assignments (Appendix A) shall describe the vertical location of the compensation schedule cell in which a Member of the Bargaining Unit is placed.
STEP. The employee shall submit the grievance, in writing, and signed by him, to his immediate supervisor. The employee may be accompanied by a Union xxxxxxx. The immediate supervisor will deliver his decision in writing within five (5) days following the day on which the written grievance was presented to him. Failing settlement, then: Within five (5) days following the decision under Step the employee, accompanied by a union xxxxxxx, or the union xxxxxxx shall submit the written grievance to his Department Head, who will deliver his decision in writing within five (5) days following the day on which the grievance was presented to him. This step may be omitted where the employee's immediate supervisor and Department Head are the same person. Failing settlement, then: Within five (5) days following the decision in the immediately preceding step, the grievance shall be submitted in writing to the Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital or the designated Hospital representative. A meeting will then be held between the Chief Executive Officer or the designated Hospital representative and the designated union representatives who may be accompanied by the general representative of the Union, within five (5) days of the submission of the grievance at Step unless extended by mutual agreement of the parties. The decision of the Hospital shall be delivered in writing within ten (IO) days following the date of such meeting.
STEP. 1 – A grievance shall be discussed with the immediate Manager by the grievor or the grievor accompanied by the Union Representative. The immediate Manager shall have ten (10) working days from the date of this discussion in which to render an oral decision.
STEP. If the decision of the operations Manager or his designate is not acceptable to the Union, then the grievance must be submitted to the director of operations or his designate who shall within five (5) working days of receipt of the grievance hold a meeting with the union grievance committee who may be accompanied by a staff representative of the international union. A decision in writing will be sent to the Union within five (5) working days of the meeting Any mutually agreed to decision of the parties at any step in the grievance procedure, as well as the arbitrator's decision, will be final and binding upon the Employer, the Union and the involved.
STEP. If a satisfactory settlement has not been obtained under the previous step, then the or the Union representative may, within fifteen (15) days of the receipt of the Employer’s decision under Step render the grievance in writing, including the redress requested, to the level of management above the Employer representative referred to in Step with a copy to Human Resources. This level of management (Employer representative) shall call a meeting and render a decision within ten (10) days of the receipt of the grievance.
STEP. If supervision does not settle the matter to the satisfac- tion of the employee within forty-eight (48) hours after the grievance has been submitted to them, under the provisions of Step hereof, the employee and the xxxxxxx may take up the matter directly with the Area's or Department's Head.
