Common use of GREIVANCE PROCEDURE Clause in Contracts

GREIVANCE PROCEDURE. SECTION 1 For the purpose of this Agreement, a grievance is defined as any dispute or disagreement between the employee or employees and the Company of the Union and the Company as to interpretation of this Agreement. A grievance to be timely must be presented within five (5) scheduled working days from the time the employee involved first knew, or could have known of the facts giving rise to the grievance. STEP 1: The aggrieved employee or employees shall record their grievance on a grievance blank and present the same to the Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. The Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will then attempt to settle the grievance with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or immediate supervisor of the employee as soon as possible. The Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall be advised by the employee's immediate supervisor within three (3) working days after submission of the written grievance as to the terms, if any, upon which the Company is willing to adjust the grievance. STEP 2: If no satisfactory adjustment is agreed upon, the matter shall be referred by the Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ to the Plant Superintendent, or some other executive officer of the Company, with authority to act, who shall review the alleged grievance and offer a decision within five (5) working days after receipt of the grievance. STEP 3: If the grievance is not resolved in Step 2, the grievance shall be referred to Step 3 within five (5) working days of the Company's answer in Step 2. The General Manager and/or his designee shall meet with the appropriate Local Union Representative to attempt to resolve the dispute. Such meeting will be held within fifteen (15) working days of the Company's answer in Step 2. The Company will provide a written response to the Union within five (5) scheduled working days of the meeting. STEP 4: If the grievance is not resolved in Step 3, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service may be requested to supply a panel of seven (7) arbitrators. The parties will thereafter meet or otherwise confer to select the arbitrator. The Union and the Company shall each have the right to strike three (3) names, and the last remaining named person shall be the arbitrator. The procedure set forth herein may be invoked only by the authorized Union representative or the Employer, and the time limits may be extended by mutual agreement. SECTION 2 Any grievance involving discharge must be presented within ten (10) calendar days from the date of discharge. SECTION 3 The arbitrator shall have no authority to modify, amend, revise, add to or subtract from any of the terms of this Agreement and shall be strictly limited to the interpretation or application of the express provisions of this Agreement. The decision and award of the arbitrator shall be in writing and shall be final and binding upon the parties to the Agreement subject to any remedies at law. The fees and expenses of the arbitrator shall be borne and divided equally between the Company and the Union. Any expenses connected with the calling of any witness shall be borne by the party calling such witness.

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement (Morgan Products LTD)

GREIVANCE PROCEDURE. SECTION 1 For 7.1 An employee who has a complaint relating to the purpose interpretation or alleged violation of this AgreementAgreement shall discuss their complaint with their Supervisor. If such complaint is not resolved to the satisfaction of the employee, a grievance is defined as any dispute or disagreement between the employee or employees may file a formal grievance at Step One. The following grievance procedure shall apply with the time limits strictly observed as set out by this Article. STEP 1 Should the employee be dissatisfied with the Supervisor's disposition of the complaint, the employee may refer such matter in writing to their Supervisor (and in so doing may have the Company assistance of the Union Representative if the employee so desires) and the Company as Supervisor shall answer the grievance in writing within seven calendar days. The complaint shall constitute a formal grievance at Step 1 and shall be filed within seven calendar days of receipt of the reply of the Supervisor to interpretation the complaint. The grievance shall specify the article or articles of this Agreement. A grievance to be timely must be presented within five (5) scheduled working days from the time the employee involved first knewAgreement of which a violation is alleged, or could have known contain a brief statement of the facts giving rise to relied upon, indicate the grievancerelief sought and be signed by the employee. STEP 1: The aggrieved 2 Should the employee or employees shall record their grievance on a grievance blank and present be dissatisfied with the same to the Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. The Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will then attempt to settle disposition of the grievance with at Step 1 the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or immediate supervisor of the employee as soon as possible. The Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall be advised by the employee's immediate supervisor within three (3) working days after submission of the written grievance as to the terms, if any, upon which the Company is willing to adjust the grievance. STEP 2: If no satisfactory adjustment is agreed upon, the matter shall be referred by the Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ to the Plant Superintendent, or some other executive officer of the Company, with authority to act, who shall review the alleged grievance and offer a decision within five (5) working days after receipt of the grievance. STEP 3: If the grievance is not resolved in Step 2, the grievance shall be referred to Step 3 within five (5) working days of the Company's answer in Step 2. The General Manager and/or his designee Union representative shall meet with the appropriate Local Union Representative to attempt to resolve the dispute. Such meeting will be held within fifteen (15) working days representatives of the Company's answer in Step 2. The Company will provide a written response to the Union within five (5) scheduled working days of the meeting. STEP 4: If the grievance is not resolved in Step 3, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service may be requested to supply a panel of seven (7) arbitrators. The parties will thereafter meet or otherwise confer to select the arbitrator. The Union and the Company shall each have the right to strike three (3) names, and the last remaining named person shall be the arbitrator. The procedure set forth herein may be invoked only by the authorized Union representative or the Employer, and the time limits may be extended by mutual agreement. SECTION 2 Any grievance involving discharge must be presented management within ten (10) calendar days from or a time mutually agreed to discuss the date grievance. The grievor may be in attendance at the request of dischargeeither party. If a settlement is not reached within five (5) calendar days of this meeting, it may be referred to arbitration as hereinafter provided. SECTION 3 7.2 The arbitrator shall have no authority to modify, amend, revise, add to Union or subtract from any the Employer may initiate a grievance beginning at Step 2 of the terms of this Agreement and Grievance Procedure. Such grievance shall be strictly limited filed within ten working days of the incident giving rise to the interpretation complaint and be in the form prescribed in Step I. Any such grievance may be referred to arbitration under Article 9 by either the Union in the case of a Union grievance or application the Employer in the case of an Employer grievance. The Union may not institute a grievance directly affecting an employee or employees, which such employee or employees could themselves institute and the regular Grievance Procedure shall not thereby be by-passed. 7.3 Any complaint or grievance which is not commenced or processed through the next step of the express provisions of this Agreement. The decision and award of Grievance or Arbitration Procedures within the arbitrator time specified shall be deemed to have been dropped. However, time limits specified in the Grievance Procedure may be extended by mutual agreement in writing and shall be final and binding upon the parties to the Agreement subject to any remedies at law. The fees and expenses of the arbitrator shall be borne and divided equally between the Company Employer and the Union. Any expenses connected with the calling of any witness . 7.4 Employees who are covered by this Agreement shall be borne by required to follow the party calling such witness.procedures laid down in Article 7.2 and any employee shall not appeal directly to any Board member or Official of the Employer

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Sources: Collective Agreement

GREIVANCE PROCEDURE. SECTION 1 For 9.01 It is the purpose of this Agreement, a grievance is defined as any dispute or disagreement between the employee or employees and the Company mutual desire of the Union and the Company as to interpretation Parties hereto that complaints of this Agreement. A grievance to be timely must be presented within five (5) scheduled working days from the time the employee involved first knew, or could have known of the facts giving rise to the grievance. STEP 1: The aggrieved employee or employees shall record be adjusted as quickly as possible and it is understood that an Employee or the Union on their behalf, has no grievance on a grievance blank and present until the same to the Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. The Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will then attempt to settle the grievance with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or employee’s immediate supervisor of the employee as soon as possible. The Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall be advised by the employee's immediate supervisor within three (3) working days after submission of the written grievance as to the terms, if any, upon which the Company is willing has been given an opportunity to adjust the grievance. STEP 2: complaint. If no satisfactory adjustment is agreed upon, the matter an employee has a complaint s/he shall be referred by the Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ to the Plant Superintendent, or some other executive officer of the Company, discuss it with authority to act, who shall review the alleged grievance and offer a decision within five (5) working days after receipt of the grievance. STEP 3: If the grievance is not resolved in Step 2, the grievance shall be referred to Step 3 within five (5) working days of the Company's answer in Step 2. The General Manager and/or her/his designee shall meet with the appropriate Local Union Representative to attempt to resolve the dispute. Such meeting will be held immediate supervisor within fifteen (15) working days after the employee would reasonably be expected to have become aware of the circumstances giving rise to the complaint. The immediate supervisor shall be allowed seven (7) days to communicate her/his answer to the complainant. Failing settlement, it may then be taken up as a grievance. In the case of a job competition grievance, it is understood that the appropriate supervisor will be the recruiting supervisor. A grievance is defined as a complaint with respect to the application, interpretation, administration or alleged violation of this Agreement. At any stage of the grievance procedure (including the verbal complaint stage) the grievor may be accompanied by a Union representative, who maybe an employee of the University. Step 1 Within seven (7) days of the Company's answer supervisor’s decision the employee or the Union may present the alleged grievance in writing, on a form agreed to by the University and the Union, to her/his supervisor. Each written grievance shall be signed by the grievor or the Union and shall include: (a) the date of presentation; (b) the nature of the grievance; (c) the remedy sought; (d) the paragraph or paragraphs of this Agreement allegedly violated or the alleged occurrence said to have caused the grievance. The employee may be assisted in the presentation of the grievance by a Union representative who may be an employee of the University. Failing an immediate settlement, the supervisor shall deliver the decision in writing to the employee and to the Union within seven (7) days following the presentation of the grievance to her/him. Step 2 If not settled at Step 1, the grievor or the Union may submit the grievance to her/his supervisor’s supervisor within seven (7) days of the reply at Step 1. The supervisor’s supervisor may meet with the grievor within seven (7) days to discuss the grievance and shall deliver her/his decision in writing to the employee and to the Union within seven (7) days of the meeting. If no meeting takes place the decision shall be delivered in writing to the employee and the Union within seven (7) days. If not settled at Step 2, the grievor or the Union together with a representative of the Union Grievance Committee, as hereinafter constituted, may submit the alleged grievance to the Assistant Vice-President Human Resources or designate within seven (7) days of the reply of Step 2. The Company will provide a written response to Assistant Vice President Human Resources or designate shall meet with the grievor, the Union within five (5) scheduled working days of the meeting. STEP 4: If the grievance is not resolved in Step 3, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service may be requested to supply a panel of seven (7) arbitrators. The parties will thereafter meet or otherwise confer to select the arbitrator. The Union and the Company shall each have the right to strike three (3) namesGrievance Committee, and the last remaining named person shall be the arbitrator. The procedure set forth herein may be invoked only by the authorized Local Union representative or the Employer, and the time limits may be extended by mutual agreement. SECTION 2 Any grievance involving discharge must be presented President within ten (10) calendar days from the date of discharge. SECTION 3 The arbitrator shall have no authority to modify, amend, revise, add to or subtract from any of the terms presentation of this Agreement and the grievance. A Representative of the International Union may also be in attendance if requested by either Party. The Assistant Vice-President Human Resources, or designate shall be strictly limited render her/his decision in writing to the interpretation or application grievor and to the Chair of the express provisions of this Agreement. The decision and award Union Grievance Committee within ten (10) days of the arbitrator shall be in writing and shall be final and binding upon the parties to the Agreement subject to any remedies at law. The fees and expenses of the arbitrator shall be borne and divided equally between the Company and the Union. Any expenses connected with the calling of any witness shall be borne by the party calling such witnessabove meeting.

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Sources: Collective Agreement