Time Limits and Application Clause Samples

Time Limits and Application. (a) The time limits specified in any step of this procedure may be extended in any specific instance, by mutual agreement. (b) A grievance filed at an inappropriate step of the griev- ance procedure will be considered as properly filed, but the time limits for answering the complaint shall not begin until the grievance is referred to the appropriate step. (c) In the event that the immediacy of the grievance re- quires an employee to meet with his/her Principal or Head- master suddenly (on a non-scheduled occasion) he/she shall be allowed to have his/her Union representative present at the meeting, provided he/she first makes this request of the Princi- pal or Headmaster. (d) A failure by a teacher or the Union to process the griev- ance from one step to the next step, within the time limits pro- vided for will result in an automatic appeal of the grievance to the next step. A failure of a Committee representative to an- swer a grievance at any step of the grievance procedure within the time limits provided shall be considered a denial of the grievance at that step.