ATCEMS EA Meet & Confer Agreement 2018

As used in this Article, a "grievant" means the ASSOCIATION President or an aggrieved Uniformed Staff member to whom this Agreement applies. A grievant who desires to file a grievance under this procedure must file his/her grievance with the Association Grievance Committee. A copy of the grievance shall be forwarded to the Chief; or designee, by the Association Grievance Committee within three (3) business days after receipt of the gnevance.

Response by Association Grievance Committee

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The Association Grievance Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, if a valid grievance exists. If the Association Grievance Committee determines that the grievance is valid, the grievance shall proceed to Step 2 of this procedure. If the Association Grievance Committee determines that the grievance is not valid, the ASSOCIATION President will notify the Chief that no further proceedings are necessary.

Any grievance found to be valid by the Association Grievance Committee shall be submitted to the Chiefwithin forty-five (45) business days after the grievant knew of or should have known of the facts or event(s) giving rise to the grievance. Each grievance shall be submitted on a form agreed to by the parties and must include:

a) A brief statement of the grievance and the facts or events upon which it is based, including the date when the grievant discovered such facts or events;

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The section(s) of the Agreement alleged to have been violated;

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The steps taken, if any, by the grievant to resolve the issue; and

d)

A proposed resolution of the grievance.

A grievance submitted in substantial compliance with this section shall not be denied on the basis of form. Within fifteen (15) business days after receipt of the Step 2 grievance, the Chief shall submit a written response to the Association Grievance Committee.

If a grievance is not resolved at Step 2, the ASSOCIATION may within fifteen (15) business days after receipt of the Chiefs Step 2 response, submit the grievance to arbitration in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The grievance arbitration procedure shall be implemented by the ASSOCIATION notifying the Chief in writing of its intent to submit the grievance to arbitration.

The arbitration hearing will be scheduled by agreement at the earliest date possible, preferably within thirty (30) business days after submitting the grievance to arbitration. The arbitrator will be selected as agreed or under the AAA process.

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