Common use of Grievance Mediation/Arbitration Clause in Contracts

Grievance Mediation/Arbitration. At any point in the grievance/arbitration process, the parties, by mutual consent in writing, may elect to resolve the grievance by using grievance mediation. The parties shall agree on the individual to be the mediator and the time frame in which a resolution is to be reached. The time lines in the grievance/arbitration procedure shall be frozen at the time the parties mutually agree in writing to use the grievance mediation procedure. Upon written notification of either party to the other party indicating that the grievance mediation is to be terminated, the time lines in the grievance/arbitration procedure shall continue from the point at which they were frozen. The parties shall equally share all costs associated with the grievance mediation procedure in this article.

Grievance Mediation/Arbitration. At any point in the grievance/arbitration process, the parties, by mutual consent in writing, may elect to resolve the grievance by using grievance mediation. The parties shall agree on the individual to be the mediator and the time frame in which a resolution is to be reached. The time lines timelines in the grievance/arbitration procedure shall be frozen at the time the parties mutually agree in writing to use the grievance mediation procedure. Upon written notification of either party to the other party indicating that the grievance mediation is to be terminated, the time lines timelines in the grievance/arbitration procedure shall continue from the point at which they were frozen. The parties shall equally share all costs associated with the grievance mediation procedure in this article.