System Board Hearings Sample Clauses
The 'System Board Hearings' clause establishes the procedures and authority for resolving disputes or grievances through a designated board within an organization or system. Typically, this clause outlines how hearings are initiated, the composition of the board, and the process for presenting evidence and arguments. For example, it may specify timelines for filing grievances, the rights of parties to representation, and the manner in which decisions are rendered. The core function of this clause is to provide a structured, fair, and internal mechanism for dispute resolution, thereby promoting consistency and reducing the need for external litigation.
System Board Hearings. (A) Witnesses who are Company employees will receive free non-revenue positive space (NRPS) transportation over the lines of the Company from the point of duty or assignment to the point at which they must appear as witnesses and return, to the extent permitted by law.
(B) Witnesses testifying at the hearing may be required to do so under oath if requested by either party.
(C) Evidence presented at the hearing may include sworn depositions, written evidence, or oral testimony.
(D) Notwithstanding Section B.2.b above regarding stenographic records generally, if a stenographic record of a Step 4 System Board hearing is requested by either party, the cost will be shared equally between the parties.
(E) Each party will assume the compensation, travel expense and other expenses of the witnesses it calls or summons. The expenses of the Chairperson will be shared equally by the Company and the Union.
(F) No post hearing briefs will be required following System Board hearings, but either party will be entitled to submit a brief if it so chooses.
System Board Hearings. 1. System Board hearings will take place in the city where the general offices of the Company are located or another site mutually agreeable to the Company and the Union.
2. The Chairperson will preside at the System Board hearing and will be responsible for scheduling the hearing on a date mutually agreeable to the Company and the Union and guiding the parties in the presentation of testimony, exhibits and argument at the hearing.
3. The Union shall provide the Company with notice of its necessary participants in a System Board hearing sufficient to include such absence in the Flight Attendant’s preferential bid schedule. When such notice may not reasonably be provided, Flight Attendants that are necessary Union participants at a System Board hearing will be released from duty, when necessary, in order to attend the hearing, so long as such release will not unreasonably interfere with the operations of the Company.
4. Unless the Company and the Union agree upon a combination of grievances to be presented to the System Board, each grievance will be presented as a separate case.
5. The reasonable expenses and reasonable compensation of the Chairperson will be borne equally by the Company and the Union. The Company and the Union will also equally share the cost of the hearing meeting room. Each of the parties will assume the compensation, travel expense and other expenses of the System Board member selected by it, witnesses called by it, and its participants at the hearing (including attorney’s fees).
6. A stenographic report of a System Board hearing will be taken unless mutually agreed otherwise, with the cost to be borne equally by the Company and the Union.
7. A majority vote of the members of the System Board shall be competent to reach a decision. Decisions of the Board properly referable to it shall be final and binding.
System Board Hearings. (A) Witnesses who are Company employees will receive free non-revenue positive space (NRPS) transportation over the lines of the Company from the point of duty or assignment to the point at which they must appear as witnesses and return, to the extent permitted by law.
(B) Witnesses testifying at the hearing may be required to do so under oath if requested by either party.
(C) Evidence presented at the hearing may include sworn depositions, written evidence, or oral testimony.