Common use of Collaborative Meetings Clause in Contracts

Collaborative Meetings. At least every two months, representatives of the Guild and the Department shall meet collaboratively to discuss issues of importance to either party. The purpose of the meetings shall be to increase communication between the parties about issues of concern and to reach solutions in an informal environment. In advance of each meeting, each party shall submit a list of the issues which it wishes to discuss at the meeting. Each December, the Guild President and the Chief of Police or his/her designee shall develop an annual schedule for the collaborative meetings. If an employee or the Guild has an issue which could be the subject of a grievance, the employee or the Guild shall have the option of submitting the issue in writing to the next collaborative meeting. If such an issue is submitted to the next collaborative meeting, any time limits in the grievance procedure shall be held temporarily in abeyance from the date the issue is submitted to the meeting until 10 days after the conclusion of the meeting. Nothing in this article shall prevent the parties from reaching solutions to any issue submitted to a collaborative meeting prior to the date of the meeting.

Collaborative Meetings. FINAL DRAFT At least every two months, representatives of the Guild and the Police Services Department shall meet collaboratively to discuss issues of importance to either party. The purpose of the meetings shall be to increase communication between the parties about issues of concern and to reach solutions in an informal environment. In advance of each meeting, each party shall submit a list of the issues which it wishes to discuss at the meeting. Each December, the Guild President and the Chief of Police or his/her designee shall develop an annual schedule for the collaborative meetings. If an employee or the Guild has an issue which could be the subject of a grievance, the employee or the Guild shall have the option of submitting the issue in writing to the next collaborative meeting. If such an issue is submitted to the next collaborative meeting, any time limits in the grievance procedure shall be held temporarily in abeyance from the date the issue is submitted to the meeting until 10 days after the conclusion of the meeting. Nothing in this article shall prevent the parties from reaching solutions to any issue submitted to a collaborative meeting prior to the date of the meeting. Collaborative meetings are not a replacement for the collective bargaining process.