TIME ALLOWANCE. (a) An employee having a grievance or complaint, or a potential grievance or complaint, may confer with his Union Xxxxxxx or with Management or attend a grievance presentation during his scheduled working hours, and (b) Union Stewards, Chief Stewards or Local Officers may handle grievances, or attend meetings with the Company, during their scheduled working hours, without deduction of the time so occupied in the computation of the time worked for the Company, and without deduction of wages in respect thereof provided, however, that each employee, Union Xxxxxxx, Chief Xxxxxxx or Local Officer must arrange with his immediate supervisor, subject to service requirements, for all time off the job required for the above purposes. (c) Any grievance related activities other than those referred to in this Section are to be considered as other Union business and the provisions of Section 5.03 shall apply. 5.02 The Company will encourage managers to discuss required time off for grievance handling with the employee requesting such time to ensure that the necessary, reasonable amount of time is given, subject to service requirements.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
