401 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE |
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| 401.01 | No grievance shall be considered where circumstances giving rise to such grievance could reasonably have been known to the Employee more than ten (10) working days prior to the filing of any grievance. A grievance shall be defined as any dispute or difference arising from the interpretation, application, operation or alleged violation of the Collective Agreement. |
| 401.02 | In the event of a disciplinary or other action which may be grieved under the terms of the Agreement, personnel records used as evidence shall be limited to the issues currently being grieved. |
| 401.03 | A Policy/Union grievance is a grievance involving questions of general application of this Agreement and may be commenced at Step Three (3) of the grievance procedure. |
| 401.04 | (a) Time limits at any step in the grievance procedure may be extended upon mutual agreement, in writing, between the parties.
(b) i) Should the Union fail to comply with any time limit in the Grievance Procedure, the grievance will be considered abandoned.
ii) Should the Employer fail to comply with any time limit in the Grievance Procedure, the grievance will be considered conceded by the Employer. |
| 401.05 | The Grievance Procedure shall be as follows:
Step I - A grievance shall be presented in writing to the Vice-President affected.
Step 2 - The Vice-President shall provide a response, in writing, to the Union no later than five (5) working days after having received it.
Step 3 - Failing resolution and having received a written response at Step 2 from the Vice-President, the Union shall refer the matter, in writing to the President and CEO. The President and CEO shall have ten (10) working days to respond, in writing, to the Union.
Step 4 - Upon receipt of the President and CEO's response at Step 3, the Union may forward the matter to a Board of Arbitration in accordance with the Labour Relations Code within ten (10) working days. |
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