RENEWAL AND ARBITRATION Sample Clauses

RENEWAL AND ARBITRATION. 36.01 Within twelve (12) months preceding the expiry of the Agreement, the Federation may send the Minister its written proposals in whole or in part on all matters that it feels should be amended. 36.02 The Federation and the Minister agree to begin negotiations and subsequently pursue them without delay, with diligence and good faith, with a view to renewing the Agreement. 36.03 The parties agree that matters of dispute at the time of renewal of the Agreement and subsequent agreements may, at the request of either party, be submitted to compulsory binding arbitration, with the exception of the following matters: − salary scales; − working hours; − payment for on-call work; − retirement plan; − tuition fees charged by universities; − therapeutic or diagnostic instruments; − the policy on determining the number of resident positions; nevertheless, such exclusion shall not have the effect of excluding from arbitration a working condition that would otherwise be arbitrable; − clinical teaching units. 36.04 No items involving any of the following matters and incurring additional expense for the establishment, except for items relating to situations specific to residents, shall be submitted to arbitration: − parking facilities; − uniforms and paging service; − room conditions; − meals; − statutory holidays; − special leave; − annual leave; − maternity, paternity and adoption leave; − sick leave, salary insurance, life insurance and health insurance. 36.05 Residents shall receive the basic salary scale adjustments and premiums and supplements already existing in the agreement granted to all technicians and professionals in the Health and Social Services network. 36.06 In the case of the following working conditions: − parking facilities; − uniforms and paging service; − room conditions; − meals; − statutory holidays; − special leave; − annual leave; − maternity, paternity and adoption leave; − sick leave, salary insurance, life insurance and health insurance; − tuition fees charged by universities; − therapeutic or diagnostic instruments; residents shall receive mutatis mutandis any changes that are made to these benefits for the group of unionized technicians and professionals in the Health and Social Services network. 36.07 To enforce the foregoing articles, either party may at any time, upon written notice to the other, refer the matters in dispute to an Arbitration Board. 36.08 The Arbitration Board shall be composed of a Chairman and a representative of ea...

RENEWAL AND ARBITRATION