Informal Conflict Resolution Process. An employee who believes they are a victim of harassment should make their objection known to the alleged harasser, directly or through a third party, and is encouraged to resolve the matter wherever possible on an informal basis. The employee may choose to ask for help from their local manager and/or Union representative to facilitate a meeting between the parties. The Union representative and local manager will meet the complainant together to review their concerns and subsequently meet the respondent. The Company and the Union will undertake to meet in order to resolve the matter quickly and appropriately in the spirit of establishing a better working relationship/environment. At any point the Company or the Union may decide to discontinue the informal process and escalate the matter to Stage 2. While the informal conflict resolution process will not make a determination on whether harassment occurred, the Company may need to address inappropriate behavior on the part of individuals involved in the dispute, and warn that future incidents of inappropriate behavior may result in discipline and the more formal investigation process of Stage 2. Stage 1 resolutions should be completed within two (2) weeks from the date of the initial complaint. When complaints are resolved at this stage, the Company and Union will keep a brief summary of the conflict and its resolution in a confidential conflict resolution file for a period of one (1) year from the date of the complaint, at which time the summary will be removed from both the Company and Union’s conflict resolution file. The sole purpose of retaining the summary is to address situations of repeated behaviours during this period and to preserve records in the event that a complaint is filed before the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
Informal Conflict Resolution Process. An employee who believes they are a victim of harassment should make their objection known to the alleged harasser, directly or through a third party, and is encouraged to resolve the matter wherever possible on an informal basis. The employee may choose to ask for help from their local manager and/or Union representative to facilitate a meeting between the parties. The Union representative and local manager will meet the complainant together to review their concerns and subsequently meet the respondent. The Company and the Union will undertake to meet in order to resolve the matter quickly and appropriately in the spirit of establishing a better working relationship/environment. At any point the Company or the Union may decide to discontinue the informal process and escalate the matter to Stage 2. At any point the Parties with mutual agreement may select to outsource the complaint to a mutually agreed to third party investigator and equally share all costs associated with the third party investigation. While the informal conflict resolution process will not make a determination on whether harassment occurred, the Company may need to address inappropriate behavior on the part of individuals involved in the dispute, and warn that future incidents of inappropriate behavior may result in discipline and the more formal investigation process of Stage 2. Stage 1 resolutions should be completed within two (2) weeks from the date of the initial complaint. When complaints are resolved at this stage, the Company and Union will keep a brief summary of the conflict and its resolution in a confidential conflict resolution file for a period of one (1) year from the date of the complaint, at which time the summary will be removed from both the Company and Union’s conflict resolution file. The sole purpose of retaining the summary is to address situations of repeated behaviors during this period and to preserve records in the event that a complaint is filed before the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
