Grievance Resolution Panel. Within fourteen (14) days of receiving the Step 1 decision, the Union may move the grievance to the Grievance Resolution Panel referenced in Article 10 (“Panel”). The request will be sent to DOC Headquarters Labor Relations Office and must include: 1. A copy of the grievance; 2. A copy of the Step 1 response; and 3. The reason(s) the Step 1 response is unacceptable. Any majority decision rendered by the Grievance Resolution Panel is final and binding on all parties to the case. If the panel is unable to reach a joint decision on the grievance, except those related to oral and written reprimands, the Union may file a demand to arbitrate the dispute. and the DOC Headquarters Labor Relations Office within fourteen (14) days of the Grievance Resolution Panel hearing. Within fourteen (14) days of the receipt of all of the required information, the OFM/LRO will either: 1. Schedule a telephonic pre-arbitration review meeting or if mutually agreed upon by the parties hold a pre-arbitration review meeting in person with the OFM/LRO Director or designee, an agency representative, and the Union’s Business Representative to review and attempt to settle the dispute. or 2. Notify the Union in writing that no pre-arbitration review meeting will be scheduled. The proceedings of any pre-arbitration review meeting will not be reported or recorded in any manner, except for agreements that may be reached by the parties during the course of the meeting. Statements made by or to any party or other participant in the meeting may not later be introduced as evidence, may not be made known to an arbitrator or hearings examiner at a hearing, or may not be construed for any purpose as an admission against interest, unless they are independently admissible.
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Grievance Resolution Panel. Within fourteen (14) days of receiving the Step 1 decision, the Union may move the grievance to the Grievance Resolution Panel referenced in Article 10 (“Panel”). The request will be sent to DOC Headquarters Labor Relations Office and must include:
1. A copy of the grievance;
2. A copy of the Step 1 response; and
3. The reason(s) the Step 1 response is unacceptable. Any majority decision rendered by the Grievance Resolution Panel is final and binding on all parties to the case. If the panel is unable to reach a joint decision on the grievance, except those related to oral and written reprimands, the Union may file a demand to arbitrate the dispute. (OFM/LRD) and the DOC Headquarters Labor Relations Office within fourteen (14) days of the Grievance Resolution Panel hearing. Within fourteen (14) days of the receipt of all of the required information, the OFM/LRO LRD will either:
1. Schedule a telephonic pre-arbitration review meeting or if mutually agreed upon by the parties hold a pre-arbitration review meeting in person with the OFM/LRO LRD Assistant Director or designee, an agency representative, and the Union’s Business Representative to review and attempt to settle the dispute. or
2. Notify the Union in writing that no pre-arbitration review meeting will be scheduled. The proceedings of any pre-arbitration review meeting will not be reported or recorded in any manner, except for agreements that may be reached by the parties during the course of the meeting. Statements made by or to any party or other participant in the meeting may not later be introduced as evidence, may not be made known to an arbitrator or hearings examiner at a hearing, or may not be construed for any purpose as an admission against interest, unless they are independently admissible.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement