Common use of Formal Proceedings Clause in Contracts

Formal Proceedings. Any settlement between the University and the Union at any stage of the formal procedure shall be binding on the University, the Union and any grievant(s). Any disposition of a grievance from which no appeal is taken within the time limits specified herein shall be deemed resolved and shall not thereafter be subject to any further processing under the grievance and arbitration provisions of the Agreement. This shall not preclude the grieving of different occurrences of matters of a like or similar nature. Failure on the part of the University to answer a grievance at any step shall not be deemed acquiescence thereto, and the grieving party may proceed to the next step in the grievance process. Step 1 - No later than ten (10) working days after the receipt of a final answer at the informal step, the grievance must be filed in writing on a grievance form (Appendix C) with the Head of Labor Relations in the Office of Human Resources with a copy forwarded at the same time to the Union by the grievant. The grievance must cite the article(s) allegedly violated, misinterpreted, or misapplied, the date(s) of the events which are the subject of the grievance, the persons present at the events if applicable, the facts supporting the grievance, and the requested remedy.

Formal Proceedings. Any settlement between the University and the Union at any stage of the formal procedure shall be binding on the University, the Union and any grievant(s). Any disposition of a grievance from which no appeal is taken within the time limits specified herein shall be deemed resolved and shall not thereafter be subject to any further processing under the grievance and arbitration provisions of the Agreement. This shall not preclude the grieving of different occurrences of matters of a like or similar nature. Failure on the part of the University to answer a grievance at any step shall not be deemed acquiescence thereto, and the grieving party may proceed to the next step in the grievance process. Step 1 - No later than ten (10) working days after the receipt of a final answer at the informal step, the grievance must be filed in writing on a grievance form (Appendix C) with the Head of Labor Relations Executive Director Human Resources Services in the Office of Human Resources with a copy forwarded at the same time to the Union by the grievant. The grievance must cite the article(s) allegedly violated, misinterpreted, or misapplied, the date(s) of the events which are the subject of the grievance, the persons present at the events if applicable, the facts supporting the grievance, and the requested remedy. Step 2 - If the grievance is not resolved at Step 1, the grievant may submit the grievance in writing to the Executive Director Human Step 3 - If the grievance is not resolved at Step 2 then within thirty (30) working days after the date of the Step 2 decision, the Union alone may submit the grievance to binding arbitration.