Discipline – Advisory Arbitration Sample Clauses

The 'Discipline – Advisory Arbitration' clause establishes a process for resolving disciplinary disputes through non-binding arbitration. Under this clause, if a disciplinary issue arises that cannot be settled through normal procedures, the parties may submit the matter to an arbitrator whose decision serves as a recommendation rather than a final, enforceable ruling. This approach allows both sides to receive an impartial assessment of the dispute, promoting fair resolution and potentially guiding further negotiations without immediately resorting to binding legal action.
Discipline – Advisory Arbitration. As an alternative, the Union may elect to appeal discipline to advisory arbitration before discipline is imposed. (A) The arbitrator shall be selected from a list provided by the American Arbitration Association or the State Mediation and Conciliation Service. A list of seven names shall be requested from either source in a manner to be jointly agreed upon by the City and Union. The City and the Union, shall alternatively delete names from the list. (B) The arbitrator so selected shall conduct a hearing as expeditiously as possible at a time and place convenient to the City, the employee and the Union. (C) The arbitrator shall have the authority to convene the hearing, receive evidence through testimony and documents and to make findings of fact and conclusion whether the discipline was for just cause and whether the discipline was appropriate. The arbitrator may recommend an outcome, but the final authority rests with the City Manager. (D) Within thirty (30) calendar days after the hearing, the arbitrator shall submit in writing his/her advisory recommendations to the City Manager and the employee. (E) Within fourteen (14) calendar days of receipt of the arbitrator’s advisory recommendations, the City Manager shall issue a final decision. The City Manager’s decision shall be final. (F) Any costs associated with the arbitration hearing shall be borne equally by the City and Union. (G) City employees who are employed "at-will," or who are temporary or probationary, are not subject to the requirement of good cause, and are not entitled to these discipline procedures.
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Discipline – Advisory Arbitration. As an alternative, the Union may elect to appeal discipline to advisory arbitration before discipline is imposed. (A) The arbitrator shall be selected from a list provided by the American Arbitration Association or the State Mediation and Conciliation Service. A list of seven names shall be requested from either source in a manner to be jointly agreed upon by the City and Union. The City and the Union, shall alternatively delete names from the list. (B) The arbitrator so selected shall conduct a hearing as expeditiously as possible at a time and place convenient to the City, the employee and the Union. (C) The arbitrator shall have the authority to convene the hearing, receive evidence through testimony and documents and to make findings of fact and conclusion whether the discipline was for just cause and whether the discipline was appropriate. The arbitrator may recommend an outcome, but the final authority rests with the City Manager. (D) Within thirty (30) calendar days after the hearing, the arbitrator shall submit in writing his/her advisory recommendations to the City Manager and the employee. 2016-2019 City of Petaluma / AFSCME Unit 3 MOU 30 (E) Within fourteen (14) calendar days of receipt of the arbitrator's advisory recommendations, the City Manager shall issue a final decision. The City Manager' s decision shall be final. (F) Any costs associated with the arbitration hearing shall be borne equally by the City and Union. (G) City employees who are employed "at-will," or who are temporary or probationary, are not subject to the requirement of good cause, and are not entitled to these discipline procedures.
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  • Advisory Arbitration Any dispute or grievance which has not been resolved by the grievance procedure may be submitted to advisory arbitration by the Association Representative or the City without the consent of the other party providing it is submitted within ten (10) working days, following its termination in the grievance procedure. The following Advisory Arbitration procedures shall be followed: (1) The requesting party will notify the other party in writing of the matter to be arbitrated and the contract provision(s) allegedly violated. Within five (5) working days of the receipt of this notice, the parties may agree upon an arbitrator, or a panel of three arbitrators trained in conducting grievance hearings. If agreement on an arbitrator cannot be reached, the State Department of Industrial Relations shall be requested by either or both parties to provide a list of five arbitrators. Both the City and the Association shall have the right to strike two names from the list. The party requesting the arbitration shall strike the first name; the other party shall then strike one name. The process will be repeated and the remaining person shall be the arbitrator. (2) The arbitrator shall hear the case within twenty (20) working days after the arbitrator has been selected. The arbitrator may make a written report of their findings to the Association and the City within fifteen (15) working days after the hearing is concluded. The arbitrator shall make rules of procedure. The decision of the arbitrator shall be advisory to the City Manager who shall render a final decision within ten (10) working days. The arbitrator shall have no authority to amend, alter, or modify this agreement or its terms and shall limit recommendations solely to the interpretation and application of this agreement. The above time limits of this provision may be extended by mutual agreement. (3) Each grievance or dispute will be submitted to a separately convened arbitration proceeding except when the City and the Association mutually agree to have more than one grievance or dispute submitted to the same arbitrator. (4) The City and the Association shall share the expense of arbitrators and witnesses and shall share equally any other expenses, including those of a stenographer, if required by either party. If either party elects not to follow the advisory decision rendered by the arbitrator, that party shall pay the entire cost of the arbitration process, including the expense of the arbitrator, witnesses, and/or stenographer.

  • GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION Full-Time and Part-Time 8.01 For the purpose of this Agreement, a grievance or complaint is defined as a difference arising either between a member of the bargaining unit and the Hospital or between the parties hereto relating to the interpretation, application, administration or alleged violation of the Agreement. 8.02 The grievance shall identify the nature of the grievance, the remedy sought, and should, where possible specify the provisions of the Agreement which are alleged to have been violated. 8.03 At the time formal discipline is imposed or at any stage of the grievance procedure, an employee shall have the right to the presence of his/her ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. In the case of suspension or discharge, the Hospital shall notify the employee of his right in advance. Where the Hospital deems it necessary to suspend or discharge an employee, the Hospital shall notify the Union of such suspension or discharge in writing, within three (3) days. 8.04 It is the mutual desire of the parties hereto that complaints shall be adjusted as quickly as possible, and it is understood that an employee has no grievance until he has first given his immediate supervisor the opportunity of adjusting his complaint. The grievor may have the assistance of a Union ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ if he so desires. Such complaint shall be discussed between the employee and his or her immediate supervisor within five (5) days after the circumstances giving rise to it have occurred or ought reasonably to have come to the attention of the employee. Failing settlement within the five (5) days, it shall then be taken up as a grievance within five (5) days following his immediate supervisor’s decision in the following manner and sequence: Step 1 The Union shall submit the grievance, in writing, and signed by him or her, to the immediate supervisor or designate . The employee may be accompanied by a Union ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. The immediate supervisor or designate will deliver his or her decision in writing within five (5) days following the day on which the written grievance was presented to him or her. The Union and the Hospital may meet to discuss the grievance at a time and place suitable to both parties. Failing settlement, then: Within five (5) days following the decision in the immediately preceding step, the grievance shall be submitted in writing to the Human Resources Department or designate. A meeting will then be held between the Human Resources Department or designate and the Union Representatives who may be accompanied by the Union ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇(s) or Grievance Committee as applicable of the Union, within five (5) days of the submission of the grievance at Step 2, unless extended by mutual agreement of the parties. The decision of the Hospital shall be delivered in writing within ten (10) days following the date of such meeting to the Union Representative.

  • Step 4 - Arbitration If a grievance is not satisfactorily resolved at Step 3, the Union may submit the grievance to Arbitration. If a written notice of intent to file under the Arbitration Procedure is not received by the Manager of Labor Relations (or designee) within fourteen

  • 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.

  • Mediation/Arbitration a. In the event of any dispute under this Agreement, the parties hereto desire to avoid litigation. Accordingly, the aggrieved party will give notice of the dispute to the other party and both parties will attempt to settle the dispute during the thirty (30) day period following such notice. If such dispute remains unsettled, the parties agree to then submit such dispute to mediation. If the parties cannot agree on a mediator, each will select a mediator and the two chosen mediators will select a third mediator who shall alone hear the dispute. Such mediation will, if possible, be conducted during the sixty (60) day period following expiration of the thirty (30) day period. If such mediation fails to resolve the dispute, the parties agree such dispute will be submitted to final and binding arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Unless otherwise directed by the arbitrator, such arbitration must be concluded within ninety (90) days of the expiration of the sixty (60) day period previously specified for mediation. If the parties cannot agree on a single arbitrator, each will select an arbitrator, and the two chosen arbitrators will select a third arbitrator who shall alone decide the dispute. Any mediation or arbitration conducted hereunder will be conducted in Knoxville, Tennessee. The parties hereto shall equally share the costs of mediation (including the mediator’s fees and expenses and costs directly related to the conduct of the mediation, but excluding each party’s direct costs for transportation, attorneys, etc., for which each will be responsible). If any party fails to participate in mediation or arbitration after receipt of notice thereof, then each party hereto agrees that the other party shall have the right to proceed immediately to arbitration and that such other party shall be entitled to select the arbitrator in its sole discretion. Each party further agrees that, in such event, such arbitrator shall have the right to decide the dispute as if the non- participating party were participating in the arbitration and that such decision shall be final and binding upon each party hereto.