Common use of Written Step Clause in Contracts

Written Step. The employee concerned and/or a xxxxxxx must submit the grievance in writing to the person designated by the Company within the ten (10) working days following knowledge of the facts or the decision leading to the grievance. The grievance form must be signed by the employee. In the event where a grievance is submitted to the written step in conformity with the present clause, and where the verbal step was not completed, the employee must ensure that he complies with the verbal step in the two (2) working days following notification by the Company. During these two (2) working days, the time limits set out in the written step will be suspended. At a monthly meeting established between the parties, the Company will meet with the Union to discuss and attempt to resolve the grievance. The Company will give its response to the grievance to the business agent in the ten (10) working days following the meeting or the expiry of the time limit set to hold such meeting. A copy of said response shall be submitted to the employee and the xxxxxxx concerned. In the case of an unsatisfactory answer or in the absence of an answer, the Union will inform the Company in writing of its intention to submit the grievance to arbitration in the twenty-five (25) working days following the meeting with the Company. The monthly meeting will be held on a mutually agreed upon predetermined date. It is understood that this meeting will be held in the establishment where the grievance originated or at a site mutually agreed upon.

Written Step. The employee concerned and/or a xxxxxxx must submit the grievance in writing to the person designated by the Company within the ten (10) working days following knowledge of the facts or the decision leading to the grievance. The grievance form must be signed by the employee. In the event where a grievance is submitted to the written step in conformity with the present clause, and where the verbal step was not completed, the employee must ensure that he she complies with the verbal step in the two (2) working days following notification by the Company. During these two (2) working days, the time limits set out in the written step will be suspended. At a monthly meeting established between the parties, the Company will meet with the Union to discuss and attempt to resolve the grievance. The Company will give its response to the grievance to the business agent in the ten (10) working days following the meeting or the expiry of the time limit set to hold such meeting. A copy of said response shall be submitted to the employee and the xxxxxxx concerned. In the case of an unsatisfactory answer or in the absence of an answer, the Union will inform the Company in writing of its intention to submit the grievance to arbitration in the twenty-five (25) working days following the meeting with the Company. The monthly meeting will be held on a mutually agreed upon predetermined date. It is understood that this meeting will be held in the establishment where the grievance originated or at a site mutually agreed upon.