Option Choice and Timing. Either party may choose to implement the investigation procedure provided that all steps of the grievance procedure, prior to reference to arbitration, have been exhausted without a resolution of the difference. The party wishing to use the investigation procedure shall notify the other party of the decision, within five (5) working days of the receipt of the reply at the last step of the grievance procedure. Such notification must be in writing. The party receiving notification may refuse to accept the investigator procedure, in which case the arbitration provisions of this Agreement are then available and the time limit contained in that article begins to run from the date of the refusal decision being delivered in writing. No reasons for the refusal need be given, and such refusal must be submitted within five (5) working days.
Option Choice and Timing. (i) Either party may choose to implement the investigation procedure provided that all Steps of the Grievance Procedure, prior to reference to arbitration, have been exhausted without a resolution of the difference.
Option Choice and Timing. Either Party may choose to implement the investigation procedure provided that all steps of the grievance procedure, prior to reference to arbitration, have been exhausted without a resolution of the difference. The Party wishing to use the investigation procedure shall notify the other Party of the decision, within five (5) working days of the receipt of the reply at the last step of the grievance procedure. Such notification must be in writing.
Option Choice and Timing. Both parties must mutually agree to implement the investigation procedure, provided that all steps of the grievance procedure, prior to reference to arbitration, have been exhausted without a resolution of the difference. The party wishing to use the investigation procedure shall notify the other party of the decision. Such notification must be in writing. If the party receiving notification refuses to accept the investigator procedure, the arbitration provisions of this Agreement are then available and the time limit contained in that article begins to run from the date of the refusal decision being delivered in writing. No reasons for the refusal need be given, and such refusal must be submitted within fourteen (14) calendar days.
Option Choice and Timing. 32.03.3.1 Either party may choose to implement the Investigator/Mediator procedure after all steps of the grievance procedure and before arbitration.
