Common use of Pre-hearing Meeting Clause in Contracts

Pre-hearing Meeting. Within ten (10) days of being appointed by the parties as an Appeals Committee, the Appeals Committee will convene a meeting of the Appellant and appropriate Director or equivalent for the purpose of determining whether there are any potential conflicts of interest or reasonable apprehensions of bias on the part of any of the Appeals Committee members and the appellant/advocate/Elder and/or the appropriate Director or equivalent. In the event a potential conflict of interest or reasonable apprehension of bias exists, the relevant Appeals Committee member(s) shall step down from the Committee and new appointment(s) shall be made as per the procedures set out in Article 37.9.3. The Appeals Committee will review these General Procedures with the Appellant/advocate/Xxxxx and the appropriate Director or equivalent. Following a review of the procedures, the Appeals Committee will: set a hearing date that is mutually convenient for everyone; establish a time frame for the exchange of documentation between the Appellant and the Director/equivalent prior to the commencement of the Appeal hearing; and, establish an agreed upon time-frame by which all relevant documents and materials and written submissions, if any, are to be filed with the Appeals Committee. Human Resources will designate an employee from within Human Resources to help facilitate this work of the Appeals Committee. Both the Association and the University are entitled to have an observer in attendance at the pre-hearing meeting and at the Appeals hearing. The parties will provide the names of their respective observers to each other prior to the commencement of both the pre-hearing meeting and the Appeals hearing.

Pre-hearing Meeting. Within ten (10) days of being appointed by the parties as an Appeals Committee, the Appeals Committee will convene a meeting of the Appellant and appropriate Director or equivalent for the purpose of determining whether there are any potential conflicts of interest or reasonable apprehensions of bias on the part of any of the Appeals Committee members and the appellant/advocate/Elder and/or the appropriate Director or equivalent. In the event a potential conflict of interest or reasonable apprehension of bias exists, the relevant Appeals Committee member(s) shall step down from the Committee and new appointment(s) shall be made as per the procedures set out in Article 37.9.37.7.3. The Appeals Committee will review these General Procedures with the Appellant/advocate/Xxxxx and the appropriate Director or equivalent. Following a review of the procedures, the Appeals Committee will: set a hearing date that is mutually convenient for everyone; establish a time frame for the exchange of documentation between the Appellant and the Director/equivalent prior to the commencement of the Appeal hearing; and, establish an agreed upon time-frame by which all relevant documents and materials and written submissions, if any, are to be filed with the Appeals Committee. Human Resources will designate an employee from within Human Resources to help facilitate this work of the Appeals Committee. Both the Association and the University are entitled to have an observer in attendance at the pre-hearing meeting and at the Appeals hearing. The parties will provide the names of their respective observers to each other prior to the commencement of both the pre-hearing meeting and the Appeals hearing.

Pre-hearing Meeting. Within ten (10) days of being appointed by the parties as an Appeals Committee, the Appeals Committee will convene a meeting of the Appellant and appropriate Director or equivalent for the purpose of determining whether there are any potential conflicts of interest or reasonable apprehensions of bias on the part of any of the Appeals Committee members and the appellant/advocate/Elder and/or the appropriate Director or equivalent. In the event a potential conflict of interest or reasonable apprehension of bias exists, the relevant Appeals Committee member(s) shall step down from the Committee and new appointment(s) shall be made as per the procedures set out in Article 37.9.37.7.3. The Appeals Committee will review these General Procedures with the Appellant/advocate/Xxxxx Elder and the appropriate Director or equivalent. Following a review of the procedures, the Appeals Committee will: set a hearing date that is mutually convenient for everyone; establish a time frame for the exchange of documentation between the Appellant and the Director/equivalent prior to the commencement of the Appeal hearing; and, establish an agreed upon time-frame by which all relevant documents and materials and written submissions, if any, are to be filed with the Appeals Committee. Human Resources will designate an employee from within Human Resources to help facilitate this work of the Appeals Committee. Both the Association and the University are entitled to have an observer in attendance at the pre-hearing meeting and at the Appeals hearing. The parties will provide the names of their respective observers to each other prior to the commencement of both the pre-hearing meeting and the Appeals hearing.