Common use of - Arbitration Release Time Clause in Contracts

- Arbitration Release Time. The following statement on nurse participation in grievance arbitration hearings is agreed to: a) The nurse on whose behalf the grievance has been filed will be granted release time for the entire hearing. Release time to serve as a witness will be granted on a scheduled basis, i.e., when the nurse is scheduled to appear. In the case of a group grievance, release time will be granted for the designated spokesperson for the entire hearing. Release time also will be granted to the appropriate Unit Representative. b) Other requests for leave for the purpose of participation in a grievance arbitration hearing will also be granted and charged to the nurse's own leave time - provided the absence does not unduly interfere with the performance of service.