Common use of Informal Resolution Process Clause in Contracts

Informal Resolution Process. It is desirable for a contractual dispute(s) between a Faculty member(s) and the Board to be resolved through free and informal communications, starting with the appropriate Administrator at the lowest administrative level. At any such informal meeting, the Faculty member(s) may be accompanied by another non- administrative member of the SIUC Faculty and the Administrator may be accompanied by another administrator. Other persons, mutually agreed upon, may attend any such informal meeting. Nothing in this agreement shall prohibit members of the Bargaining Unit who are serving as Acting/Interim Chairs/Directors from resolving a contractual dispute through this informal resolution process. In the event the dispute is resolved through the informal process, the resolution shall not be precedent-setting. In the event the dispute is not resolved through the informal process, the parties agree that this Article shall govern the filing and processing of grievances.

Informal Resolution Process. It is desirable for a contractual dispute(s) or grievance between a Faculty member(s) and the Board to be resolved through free and informal communications, starting with the appropriate Administrator at the lowest administrative level. At any such informal meeting, the Faculty member(s) may be accompanied by another non- administrative member of the SIUC Faculty and the Administrator may be accompanied by another administrator. Other persons, mutually agreed upon, may attend any such informal meeting. Nothing in this agreement shall prohibit members of the Bargaining Unit who are serving as Acting/Interim Chairs/Directors from resolving a contractual dispute through this informal resolution process. In the event the dispute or grievance is resolved through the informal process, the resolution shall not be precedent-setting. In the event the dispute is not resolved through the informal process, the parties agree that this Article shall govern the filing and processing of formal grievances.