Processing Grievances. The grievant shall be granted reasonable time off with pay from regularly scheduled duty hours to process a grievance, provided that the time off will be devoted to the prompt and efficient investigation and handling of grievances, subject to the following:
Processing Grievances. The Association Representative involved and the grieving supervisor shall not leave work or disrupt departmental routine to discuss grievances without first requesting permission from his/her immediate superior, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Association Representative and the grieving supervisor shall be allowed a reasonable amount of time during working hours while on the Appointing Authority's premises when a grievance is investigated or presented in Steps 1 and 2.
Processing Grievances. The Council Representative involved and the grieving employee shall not leave work or disrupt departmental routine to discuss grievances without first requesting permission from his/her immediate supervisor which shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Council Representative and the grieving employee shall be allowed a reasonable amount of time during working hours while on the Agency's premises to investigate and to present the employee's grievance to the Agency. The Council Representative and the grieving employee shall receive their regular pay when a grievance is investigated or presented during working hours in Steps 1 and 2. In addition, the Council Representative and the Council President or his/her designee, shall receive their regular pay if they participate in Step 2. If a class action grievance exists, only one of the grievants shall be permitted to appear without loss of pay as spokesperson for the class. The Council will designate the grievant in pay status. Class action grievances are defined as and limited to those grievances which cover more than one employee and which involve like circumstances and facts for the grievants involved.
Processing Grievances. It is recognized and accepted by the Employer and the Association that the processing of grievances as hereinafter provided is limited by the security requirements and the operational needs of the department and shall, therefore, be accomplished during working hours only when consistent with such needs. The grievance representatives (no more than two) involved and a grieving employee shall suffer no loss in pay when a grievance is processed during working hours provided the grievance representative and the employee have notified and received the approval of their supervisor(s) to be absent to process the grievance. If a class action grievance exists, only one of the grievants shall be permitted to appear without loss of pay as spokesperson for the class. The Association will designate the grievant in pay status. Class action grievances are defined as and limited to those grievances which cover more than one employee and which involve like circumstances and facts for the grievants involved.
Processing Grievances. Prior to a mutually scheduled meeting with management at each step of the grievance procedure, the grievant and his/her designated Xxxxxxx will be permitted a reasonable amount of time, not to exceed one-half (½) hour per Grievant (or for group grievances one-half (½) hour per grievance), without loss of pay for consultation and preparation for such grievance meeting, during their regularly scheduled hours of employment. Overtime is not authorized. One designated Xxxxxxx will be permitted to process a grievance without loss of pay. In a group grievance, two (2) grievants shall be entitled to appear without loss of pay. Grievance meetings as provided for in Step One (1) shall normally be held during the regularly scheduled hours of employment of the grievant. Grievance meetings as provided for in Step Two (2) shall normally be held during the regularly scheduled hours of employment of the grievant or, if the grievant works an afternoon or night shift, as conveniently as possible to the employee's shifts and normally immediately preceding or immediately following an employee's shift. For purposes of pay only, one (1) Local Union representative and the grievant(s) shall be permitted an equivalent amount of time off from scheduled work in accordance with Article 8, Section B. for grievance meetings as provided for in Step Three and for arbitration hearings. Such employees shall be placed on annual leave for this purpose. The annual leave shall be converted to administrative leave once it is determined how much time was involved in the meeting or hearing. The Employer is not responsible for compensating any employees for time spent processing grievances outside their regularly scheduled hours of employment. Unless mutually agreed otherwise, the Employer is not responsible for any travel or subsistence expenses incurred by grievants or Stewards in processing grievances. The issue of agencies where no Xxxxxxx or Chief Xxxxxxx is selected because of the small number or scattered distribution of Bargaining Unit employees and the option of waiving Steps One and Two in the grievance procedure shall be an appropriate subject of secondary negotiations in the Department of Corrections. Further, the issue of a Chief Steward, Steward, or Alternate Xxxxxxx from the jurisdictional area where the conference is to be held and his/her ability to represent the grievant at Step One (1), Two (2), or Three (3) without loss of pay or benefits shall also be an appropriate subject fo...
Processing Grievances. 4/10/1 Grievance representatives and grievants will be permitted a reasonable amount of time to process grievances during their regularly scheduled hours of employment.
Processing Grievances. Any questions arising out of and during the term of this Agreement involving its interpretation and application, which includes applicable provisions of the Schedule A Agreements, but not jurisdictional disputes or alleged violations of Section 8.1 and 8.5 and similar provisions, shall be considered a grievance and subject to resolution under the following procedures.
Processing Grievances. Grievance Committee members may investigate and 23 process grievances during working hours, within reasonable limits, without loss of 24 pay, and all efforts shall be made to avoid disruptions and interruption of work. The
Processing Grievances. 4/8/1 The grievant, including a Union official in a Union grievance, will be permitted a reasonable amount of time without loss of pay to process a grievance from pre-filing through Step Three (including consultation with designated representatives prior to filing a grievance) during his/her regularly scheduled hours of employment. The employee’s supervisor will arrange a meeting to take place as soon as possible for the employee with his/her Union representative through the Union representative’s supervisor. 4/8/2 Designated grievance representatives will also be permitted a reasonable amount of time without loss of pay to investigate and process grievances from pre-filing through Step Three (including consultations) in their jurisdictional areas during their regularly scheduled hours of employment. Only one designated grievance representative will be permitted to process any one grievance without loss of pay as above. Further, in a group grievance, only one grievant, appearing without loss of pay, shall be the spokesperson for the group. (Group grievances are defined as, and limited to, those grievances which cover more than one employee, and which involve like circumstances and facts for the grievants involved.) Group grievances must be so designated at the first step of the grievance procedure and set forth a list of all employees covered by the grievance.
Processing Grievances. Any questions arising out of and during the term of this Agreement that involve its interpretation and application, but not jurisdictional disputes or alleged violations of Section 7.1 and 7.4 and similar provisions, shall be considered a grievance and subject to resolution under the following procedures.
