INC. The answer of the Human Resources Manager or their designee shall be given in writing within three working days following the meeting, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. If during the meeting there is a situation where further investigation is required by either party, the time limit for the written answer shall be extended by five working days. Any subsequent extensions shall be by mutual agreement only. If no resolution of the grievance is reached and the grievance involves the interpretation or application of this Agreement, the Union may appeal the grievance to arbitration. Should the Union allege that the Company has violated the Agreement in a manner that affects employees either as a group or individuals, the Union may submit a grievance at Step The right to process policy grievances will not be abused to circumvent the regular grievance procedure. If a satisfactory resolution of the grievance is not reached within days, the Union may appeal the grievance to arbitration. When an employee requires a Union Representative to assist with the processing of a grievance, the employee shall notify their Supervisor who will send for such representative promptly. The Supervisor of the Union Representative will arrange for a replacement where necessary so that the parties involved may meet to discuss or process the grievance as soon as reasonably possible. Committeepersons, of course, as well as other employees, have other duties to perform. Grievances may be presented or adjusted during working hours without loss of pay. No Plant Committee member may leave their job to handle a grievance for more than a reasonable length of time. All time taken shall be used for investigating and processing grievances. No Plant Committee member shall leave their job to handle a grievance until they have first obtained permission from their Supervisor and an employee has been assigned to relieve them when necessary. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld, and the Union Representative shall notify their Supervisor upon returning to their Department. If the Union does not agree with the answer from the Company at the third step in a matter pertaining to discipline in which reference was made to prior discipline in assessing the penalty, the Company will, upon request, supply to the Plant Chairperson a copy of the discipline referred to. The copy of the Canada Inc. Collective discipline will be made available to the Union to assess the matter and for this purpose only. Reprimands will be made available at grievance meetings regarding the reprimand in question. The time limits in the grievance procedure may be extended by mutual agreement. Agreements to extend time limits involving written grievances shall be in writing. Arbitration The Union may appeal grievances that are not resolved in Step to arbitration. The Union must provide the Company with its written appeal to arbitration within calendar days after the Company’s Step answer. If a timely appeal is not submitted, the grievance shall be closed. The Arbitrator shall be selected within ten days from the Company’s receipt of the appeal. The Arbitrator should be selected by mutual agreement between the Company and the Union. If such an agreement is not reached within five working days, the Union must then request the Ontario Minister of Labour to appoint an Arbitrator. The Arbitrator shall meet and hear the evidence and representations of both parties as soon as possible and shall render a decision promptly. The decision of the Arbitrator shall be final, conclusive, and binding, provided the Arbitrator shall not have authority to change, alter, or modify any of the provisions of this Agreement nor to substitute any new provisions, nor give any decision inconsistent with the intent or provisions of this Agreement. The expenses and fee of the Arbitrator shall be borne equally by the parties. No costs of any arbitration shall be awarded to, or against, either party. Arbitrations shall be held in London, Ontario. Grievances not appealed from the disposition of the Company’s representatives in any of the steps of the Grievance Procedure within the times and in the manner specified shall be resolved on the basis of the disposition last made and shall not be eligible for further appeal, subject to the right of the Arbitrator to set aside any question of time limits in accordance with the Labour Relations Act.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
INC. The answer Union shall advise the Company in writing of the Human Resources Manager or their designee amount of the weekly deduction to apply to each employee within its jurisdiction. If there should be any change in the amount of such deduction, the Company shall be given in writing within three working days following advised of such change by the meeting, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and HolidaysUnion two weeks prior to its effective date. If during An employee who authorizes the meeting there is a situation where further investigation is required by either party, deduction of his unions dues shall not have the time limit right to revoke his authorization for the written answer shall be extended by five working days. Any subsequent extensions shall be by mutual agreement only. If no resolution duration of the grievance is reached and contract year in which the grievance involves the interpretation or application of this Agreementauthorization was signed, the Union may appeal the grievance unless he ceases to arbitration. Should the Union allege that the Company has violated the Agreement in a manner that affects employees either as a group or individuals, the Union may submit a grievance at Step The right to process policy grievances will not be abused to circumvent the regular grievance procedure. If a satisfactory resolution of the grievance is not reached within days, the Union may appeal the grievance to arbitration. When an employee requires a Union Representative to assist with in the processing of a grievance, the employee shall notify their Supervisor who will send for such representative promptly. The Supervisor jurisdiction of the Union Representative will arrange for to which he has authorized payment. Such revocation shall be made in duplicate on the form set out as Exhibit of Appendix The Company shall be relieved of its check-off responsibility if it acts on a replacement where necessary so revocation in the honest belief that the parties involved may meet employee has the right to discuss or process the grievance as soon as reasonably possiblemake it. Committeepersons, of course, as well as other employees, have other duties to perform. Grievances may be presented or adjusted during working hours without loss of pay. No Plant Committee member may leave their job to handle a grievance for more than a reasonable length of time. All time taken An employee's check-off authorization shall be used automatically renewed from the end of one contract year to the end of the next, unless the Company receives, at least two (2) weeks before the end of the then current contract year, written notice from the employee, in duplicate on the form set out as Exhibit of Appendix that he does not intend to renew his authorization. Within one week of the receipt thereof, the Company shall forward to the designated official of the Union a signed copy of every authorization, revocation and notice of intention not to renew. With the monthly remittance of union dues the Company shall furnish the Union with a duplicate statement showing for investigating each week the total amount deducted and processing grievancesthe names of any employees for whom no deduction was made because their earnings were insufficient. No Plant Committee member shall leave their job to handle a grievance until they have first obtained permission from their Supervisor and an employee has been assigned to relieve them when necessary. Such permission The Company shall not be unreasonably withheldresponsible for collecting any past or future arrears in union dues, but shall be obliged only to check-off weekly a fixed amount as long as the wages owing and payable to the Union Representative shall notify their Supervisor upon returning employee are sufficient to their Departmentcover this deduction. If At the Union does not agree with request of the answer from the Company at the third step in a matter pertaining to discipline in which reference was made to prior discipline in assessing the penaltyUnion, the Company will, upon request, supply to must deduct union dues in arrears when it is responsible for the Plant Chairperson a copy error. For purposes of the discipline referred to. The copy of the Canada Inc. Collective discipline will be made available to the Union to assess the matter and for this purpose Article only. Reprimands will be made available at grievance meetings regarding the reprimand in question. The time limits in the grievance procedure may be extended by mutual agreement. Agreements to extend time limits involving written grievances shall be in writing. Arbitration The Union may appeal grievances that are not resolved in Step to arbitration. The Union must provide the Company with its written appeal to arbitration within calendar days after the Company’s Step answer. If a timely appeal is not submitted, the grievance shall be closed. The Arbitrator shall be selected within ten days from the Company’s receipt of the appeal. The Arbitrator should be selected by mutual agreement between the Company and the Union. If such an agreement is not reached within five working days, the Union must then request the Ontario Minister of Labour to appoint an Arbitrator. The Arbitrator shall meet and hear the evidence and representations of both parties as soon as possible and shall render a decision promptly. The decision of the Arbitrator shall be final, conclusive, and binding, provided the Arbitrator shall not have authority to change, alter, or modify any continuing in effect of the provisions of this Agreement nor to substitute any new provisions, nor give any decision inconsistent with the intent or provisions in virtue of this Agreement. The expenses and fee of the Arbitrator Article shall be borne equally by the parties. No costs of any arbitration shall be awarded to, or against, either party. Arbitrations shall be held in London, Ontario. Grievances not appealed from the disposition of the Company’s representatives in any of the steps of the Grievance Procedure within the times and in the manner specified shall be resolved on the basis of the disposition last made and shall not be eligible for further appeal, subject deemed to the right of the Arbitrator to set aside any question of time limits in accordance with the Labour Relations Actcommence a new contract year.
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Sources: Labour Agreement