STEP. If an employee wishes to have a grievance or complaint taken up it will first be done orally with the supervisor within the area giving rise to the dispute. The employee will do this personally, however, an Association Representative from The Association Executive may be present and is at the discretion of the member. The complaint will be taken up within days after the incident giving rise to the grievance became known. The Supervisor will respond to the grievance orally within days after its presentation. The representative alone may represent the employee, at the employee’s request. STEP Any grievance requiring further processing will be referred to the Supervisor within the area giving rise to the dispute by The Association Representative within an additional days. The grievance shall be written and will state the nature of the grievance the section or sections of the agreement or policy allegedly violated and the redress sought. Within days the Supervisor will arrange to meet with the Association The Company and The Association may each be represented at this meeting by two individuals, one of which will be a representative from Human Resources. If the grievance is not settled at this meeting the Supervisor shall present their decision in writing to The Association Executive within days. STEP If the grievance requires further processing The Association will inform the Supervisor within the area giving rise to the dispute within days and a grievance meeting shall be arranged between the Grievance Committee and Management Representatives designated by the Executive of The Company. The grievance meeting will be held within a further days. After this meeting an answer will be given within days. The procedure for filing policy grievances is as follows: A Policy Grievance of general application which alleges that there has been a misinterpretation, violation or of the Agreement, by either party to this Agreement shall be submitted in writing to the other party within days after the incident giving rise to the grievance became known or should have become known to the grieving party. Within days of receipt of such notice a meeting will be held between the Company Representatives and the Association Grievance Committee. An Association consultant may be present at this stage when the grievance is discussed. The Party against whom the complaint has been made will give an answer in writing within days of this meeting. If the matter is not settled to the mutual sa...
STEP. In the event the Director of Human Resources or designate and the National Representative and Unit Chair are unable to reach a resolve in STEP either party may, by notice in writing given to the other, within twenty (20) days, submit the grievance to final and binding arbitration. The notice of the party referring the matter to arbitration shall include the name of the proposed sole arbitrator, which is to be mutually agreed upon. If the parties are unable to agree on the selection of an arbitrator within twenty (20) working days once formal notice is given, the Federal Minister of Labour shall be requested to appoint the Arbitrator. The Company and the Union local shall each pay one-half of the remuneration and expenses of the arbitrator. Neither party shall be obligated to pay any part of the cost of any stenographic transcript of an arbitration hearing without its express consent. Arbitrator The arbitrator shall not be authorized to alter, modify, or amend the provisions of this Agreement nor to make any decision inconsistent therewith. Where the Arbitrator determines that a disciplinary penalty or discharge is excessive, it may substitute such other penalty for the discipline or discharge as it considers just and reasonable in all the circumstances. Time Limits Any time limit mentioned under the grievance procedure shall be counted as working days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Statutory Holidays. The time limits imposed upon either party of any STEP in the Grievance Procedure may be extended by mutual written agreement. A request for extension of the time limit made prior to the expiry of such time limit shall not be denied on an arbitrary basis. Where no reply is given to a grievance within the time limits specified, and no extension was agreed to, the Union or the Company, as the case may be, shall be entitled to submit the grievance to the next step in the Grievance Procedure. Grievances involving the discharge or discipline of an employee may be submitted at STEP of the grievance procedure. The Company shall have the right to file a grievance in writing signed by the Director of Human Resources or designate, with the Union within ten (10) days of when the circumstances giving rise to the grievance were known or should reasonably have been known to the Company. A meeting will be held with the Union within ten (10) days of the presentation of the grievance and the Union shall give the Company its written reply to the grievance in ten (10) working...
STEP. 2— If the grieving party is not satisfied with the Step 1 disposition of the grievance, or if no disposition has been made within the Step 1 time limits, the grievance shall be submitted to the Employee Relations Department within seven (7) working days of the disposition, or expiration of the time limit. Within seven (7) working days of receipt of the grievance, Employee Relations shall schedule a meeting with the PBA and/or grieving party and shall indicate the disposition of the grievance in writing to the PBA and/or grieving party within seven (7) working days of the meeting.
STEP. A step is any shape in a process diagram, except for the start and the end shapes.
STEP. 1 If the complaint is not resolved within one (1) working day, the Grievance Procedure may be invoked by reducing the complaint to writing on a form supplied by the Company. The referral shall be by a Union Committeeperson or xxxxxxx to the Team Leader with a copy to, Human Resources. His/her Team Leader or Manager and Human Resources shall meet with the aggrieved employee, the Xxxxxxx and the Committeeperson within four (4) working days of the referral and Management shall respond in writing within two (2) working days of the grievance meeting.
STEP. The term "Step" when used herein in reference to the Compensation Schedule for Teaching Assignments (Appendix A) shall describe the vertical location of the compensation schedule cell in which a Member of the Bargaining Unit is placed.
STEP. The employee shall submit the grievance, in writing, and signed by him, to his immediate supervisor, The employee may be accompanied by a Union xxxxxxx. The immediate supervisor will deliver his decision in writing within five days following the day on which the written grievance was presented to him. Failing settlement then: Within five days following the decision under Step the employee, accompanied by a union xxxxxxx, or the union xxxxxxx shall submit the written grievance to his Department Head, who will deliver his decision in writing within five (5) days following the day on which the grievance was presented to him. This step may be omitted where the employee's immediate supervisor and Department Head are the same person. Failing settlement then: Step Within five (5) days following the decision in the immedi- ately preceding step, the grievance shall be submitted in writing to the Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital or the designated Hospital representative, A meeting will then be held between the Chief Executive Officer or the designated Hospital representative and the desig- nated union representatives who may be accompanied by the general representative of the Union, within five days of the submission of the grievance at Step unless extended by mutual agreement of the parties. The decision of the Hospital shall be delivered in writing within ten days following the date of such meeting.
STEP. 1 The Union shall have seven (7) calendar days after the grievance has arisen, to file a grievance to Step 1. The Company shall have seven (7) calendar days to render a written decision. Failing a satisfactory resolution, the grievance may be filed to Step 2.
STEP. If supervision does not settle the matter to the satisfaction of the employee within forty-eight (48) hours after the grievance has been submitted to them, under the provisions of Step hereof, the employee and the xxxxxxx may take up the matter directly with the Area’s or Department’s Head.
STEP. The word "step" when used in this Agreement shall mean an established pay level (rate of pay) within the pay range assigned a position or classification.
