GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATION. Should any dispute or grievance arise be tween the Employer and the Union or be tween the Employer and its employees, con cerning the application and/or construction of this Contract, the parties agree that such matter shall be adjusted, if possible, by ne gotiations. In the event the dispute or griev ance cannot be resolved by negotiations within fifteen (15) days after the inception of the matter in dispute, then it shall be sub mitted immediately to a Board of Arbitra tion, consisting of three (3) persons, for final and binding decision. Either party may in stitute said arbitration proceedings by giving the other party notice thereof in writing, naming one person to act on his behalf on said Arbitration Board; and the other party shall, within five (5) days after receipt of such written notice, name one person to act on his behalf on said Arbitration Board. These two so selected shall designate the third member or referee of the Board. In the event these two so selected shall be unable, within fifteen (15) days, to agree upon the third member or referee, then the third mem ber of the Board shall forthwith be desig nated under the rules and procedures of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The Board shall hold hearings and render its decision in writing within thirty (30) days with respect to a dispute under Article I, Section 1.2(d) and within ninety (90) days with respect to any other dispute. The Board’s decision shall be final and binding upon the grievant employee, the Union and the Employer. The decision of any two mem bers of the Board shall be the decision of the Board. If the parties shall agree upon one person to act as Arbitrator, his decision shall be as binding as that of a Board of Arbitra tion. The compensation and expense, if any, of witnesses and the cost of other evidence shall be borne by the party on whose behalf witnesses are called or the evidence is in troduced. Each party shall pay for the com pensation and expenses of the Arbitrator appointed by it. The compensation and ex penses of the third Arbitrator and all other costs incurred in conducting the arbitration proceedings shall be borne equally by the parties hereto.
GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATION. Section 7.1 The Lodge may file a grievance concerning the meaning, interpretation, application, or alleged violation of the terms and provisions of this Agreement. No matter shall be entertained as a grievance hereunder unless written notice is filed within the time periods referenced in Sections 7.4 and 7.5 after the occurrence of the event or after the Employee or Lodge becomes aware of or reasonably should have been aware of the event giving rise to the grievance. Grievances on subjects listed in Section 7.4 shall only be submitted per Section 7.4. Grievances on subjects listed in Section 7.5 shall only be submitted per Section 7.5.
Section 7.2 The Grievance Committee, hereinafter referred to as "Committee", may assist the Lodge or any member(s) of the bargaining unit with the preparation and submission of a grievance at any level. Three (3) members of Committee may attend a grievance hearing with no loss of pay. Committee may investigate and consider any grievance submitted, and may meet to consider a single grievance or several grievances collectively. Committee shall consist of the Lodge President and the Board of Directors of the Lodge. Committee shall be vested with complete, final and exclusive authority to accept, reject, or otherwise weigh or determine the merits of grievances submitted hereunder by Employees. Employees shall process all grievances through the Lodge and Employer shall only respond to those grievances processed through Committee, presented on the proper Lodge grievance form and signed by a member of the Lodge Grievance Committee. If a grievance is rejected by Committee it shall be considered resolved or withdrawn. The decision by Committee with respect to such matters shall be binding upon the Employee(s) aggrieved.
Section 7.3 In computing any period of time prescribed herein, the day of the act or event from which the designated period of time begins shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, or Sunday or a designated City holiday, in which event the period shall continue until the end of the next day which is not one of the aforementioned days. Provided that all time limits set forth may be extended by the mutual written consent of the grievant'(s) and Employer's representatives. Failure of the Employer to respond to a grievance within the prescribed time period shall automatically initiate the next grievance step as well as the grievant's obligations to comply wit...
GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATION. A. The Union shall have the right to desig nate a job xxxxxxx and an alternate when nec xxxxxx, to handle such Union business as may from time to time be delegated to them by the Union Executive Board and to handle disputes and complaints that arise over the interpreta tion or application of the rules as specified in this Agreement. Any dispute over the interpre tation or application of the terms of this Agreement may become the subject of confer ence as follows:
1. Between the Store Xxxxxxx and the Store Manager.
2. In the event of failure to adjust the com plaint, the Union District Business Agent shall discuss it with the District Supervisor.
3. If this discussion fails to bring about a satisfactory settlement, the complaint shall be referred to the Financial Secretary of the Union, who will discuss it with the Personnel Representative.
4. If this discussion fails to bring about a satisfactory settlement, the complaint shall be referred to the President of the Union, who will discuss it with the Area Superintendent.
5. In the event that this meeting fails to settle satisfactorily the complaint, it shall be referred to the Board of Arbitration.
B. Any dispute over the interpretation of or application of the terms of this Agreement arising between the parties shall be submitted to the Board of Arbitration in the event satis factory adjustment cannot be made between the parties, with the understanding that such disputes, grievances and controversies must be brought to the attention of the party concerned in writing within thirty (30) days after the in cident occurs, if the incident is to be consid ered cause for grievance. This time limit, how ever, shall not apply in cases of incorrect ap plication of wage schedules. Arbitration as in this Agreement contemplated shall be by an Arbitration Board consisting of one representa tive of the Company and one representative of the Union. The Board is to be selected within two (2) days after representatives of the Union and the Company fail to reach a decision ac ceptable to both parties on the question in volved. Should the Arbitration Board fail to agree, the two members shall request the Xx xxxxxx of the Federal Mediation and Concilia tion Service to furnish a panel of Arbitrators from which the third (3rd) member of the Board shall be chosen. The third (3rd) member of the Board shall be the one who represents neither the Union nor the Company and shall be the Chairman and presiding officer of th...
GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATION. Section 1. Having a desire to create and maintain labor relations harmony between them, the parties hereto agree that they will promptly attempt to adjust all disputes involving the interpretation, application or alleged violation of a specific provision of this Agreement and associated supplemental agreements. Addendum B, attached hereto, shall be utilized to resolve grievances.
Section 2. During the processing of any matter under this Article, the Federation agrees not to strike, render unfair reports or cause slowdowns, and the Employer agrees not to lock out employees represented by the Federation.
GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATION. Section 5.1. A grievance shall be considered to exist when there is a disagreement involving the interpretation or application of the Agreement. A grievance shall be presented within ten (10) administrative work days after the date of its occurrence or after the date on which the condition causing the disagreement becomes known to the affected employee or the Union, whichever is later. In no event, however, may a grievance be filed more than thirty (30) days following the date of the occurrence from which the grievance arose. This thirty (30) day limit is designed to accommodate employees who were on leave status including vacation, at the time of the occurrence. An employee returning from leave has ten (10) administrative work days to file a grievance over an occurrence during the term of his leave, provided the thirty (30) day limit is not exhausted. For purposes of this Article, the Union shall be defined as the President and Business Agent of Local 400, or his designee.
Section 5.2. Grievances or disputes which may arise between the parties shall be settled in the following manner:
Step 1. The Union Xxxxxxx, with the complaining employee, shall present the grievances or dispute in writing to the Chief of Police within ten (10) administrative work days after the date of its occurrence or the date on which the condition causing the disagreement becomes known to the Union, but under no circumstances longer than thirty (30) days following the date of the occurrence. This thirty (30) day limit is designed to accommodate employees who were on leave status including vacation, at the time of the occurrence. An employee returning from leave has ten (10) administrative work days to file a grievance over an occurrence during the term of his leave, provided the thirty (30) day limit is not exhausted. All written grievances should contain the following information:
A. Aggrieved employee's name;
B. Aggrieved employee's classification;
X. Xxxx grievance is being filed in writing;
D. Date and time grievance occurred;
E. Description of incident giving rise to the grievance;
F. Articles and sections of Agreement violated; and
G. Resolution requested. The Chief shall attempt to adjust the matter and shall respond to the Union Xxxxxxx within five (5) administrative work days.
Step 2. If after the grievance has been presented to the Chief of Police the grievance has not been satisfactorily resolved, the Union Xxxxxxx and the complaining employee shall, within five (5) admi...
GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATION. Section 1. Where an officer has the right to process a grievance through either the procedure provided herein or through the Pennsylvania Civil Service Commission and files an appeal with the Commission, either the contract grievance procedure shall cease, if the officer has submitted a contract grievance, or the officer shall not be entitled to institute proceedings under the contract grievance procedure. If the appeal to the Commission is withdrawn by the officer or not accepted by the Commission within 15 working days of the date of the occurrence of the action giving rise to the grievance, the processing of a contract grievance filed within the time limits set forth in Section 2 shall be permitted.
Section 2. Any grievance or dispute which may arise during the term of this Agreement, concerning the application, meaning, or interpretation of this Agreement, except for grievances alleging a violation of Article 23, (Classification) shall be processed in the following manner:
STEP 1. The officer, either alone, or accompanied by an FOP Lodge #114 Representative, or the FOP Representative, where entitled, shall present the grievance in writing to the Game Commission’s Labor Relations Coordinator within 15 working days of the date of the occurrence giving rise to the dispute, or when the officer knew or by reasonable diligence should have known of the occurrence.
STEP 2. If the Step 1 response is not satisfactory or a response has not been received by the FOP within 15 working days of the Step 1 meeting, the FOP shall have 15 working days after the Commonwealth’s response is received or due to appeal the decision by filing its grievance with the Joint Pennsylvania State Committee. The FOP shall file the grievance in writing to the Office of Administration, Bureau of Labor Relations (404 Finance Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120) in accordance with established procedures. The Bureau of Labor Relations will officially "docket" all grievances submitted by the FOP and will furnish official notice confirming the docketing of all cases scheduled to be heard by the Joint State Committee, along with the date, place, and time of the scheduled meeting. Dockets will be sent to the Pennsylvania Game Commission and to the FOP, Conservation Police Officers Lodge #114.
STEP 3. An appeal from a deadlocked decision at Step 2 may be initiated by the FOP by written notice of the intent to proceed to arbitration. This notice must be sent within 15 working days after the deadlocked...
GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATION. 1. For the purpose of this Agreement, a grievance is defined as a complaint, dispute, or controversy between the parties to the application or interpretation of this Agreement. All grievances shall be presented by either party to the other within five (5) working days of their origin in order to be raised in a timely fashion. All grievances not raised in a timely fashion or not processed in accordance with the time periods set out below shall be considered waived and abandoned.
2. The following procedure shall be followed exclusively in the settlement of all grievances arising under this Agreement.
Step 1. The first step of the grievance procedure shall be between the employee and/or the shop xxxxxxx and the employee’s supervisor. If the employee is dissatisfied with the action taken by the supervisor on his grievance, the employee shall reduce the grievance to writing and present the written grievance to his supervisor within two (2) working days of the supervisor’s verbal response.
Step 2. If the grievance is not resolved in Step 1, then the shop xxxxxxx shall forward the written grievance to the department head within three (3) working days of the response of the supervisor.
Step 3. In the event that the grievance is not adjusted satisfactorily after the timely presentation of the written grievance to the department head, then a meeting between the Union Business Agent and a designated representative of the Hotel shall be arranged.
Step 4. In the event that the grievance is not adjusted satisfactorily at Step 3, then the matter may be referred to the American Arbitration Association for final and binding arbitration within fourteen (14) calendar days of the unsatisfactory response to Step 3. It is understood that the parties, by mutual agreement, may extend the time periods for processing grievances. In the event that the Employer is the aggrieved party, the Employer may begin the processing of the grievance at Step 3. Grievances shall not be processed by shop stewards or Union officials during working hours, unless mutually agreed to between the Union and the Company. In the event that a grievance is referred to arbitration, the grievance shall be submitted to the Industrial Arbitration Tribunal of the American Arbitration Association with the request that the Association send to the parties a list of arbitrators pursuant to its procedures. A grievance in dispute shall be heard by the arbitrator, and his decision or award shall be final and binding upo...
GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATION. Section 1. Having a desire to create and maintain harmonious labor relations, the parties hereto agree that they will promptly attempt to adjust all disputes arising between them involving questions of interpretation or application of the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
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GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATION. Section 1. Having a desire to create and maintain labor relations harmony between them, the parties agree that they will promptly attempt to resolve any employee grievance. A grievance shall be defined as a complaint involving the interpretation or application of the terms and provisions of this Agreement by an employee or group of employees.
