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used with respect to a grievance directly affecting an employee which such employee could
himself, institute and the regular grievance procedure shall not be thereby bypassed.
7.05 Group Grievance
Where a number of employees have identical grievances and each employee would be entitled
to grieve separately they may present a group grievance in writing identifying each employee
who is grieving to the Health Services Manager or designate within ten (10) calendar days after
the circumstances giving rise to the grievance have occurred or ought reasonably to have come
to the attention of the employee(s). The grievance shall then be treated as being initiated at
Step No. 2 and the applicable provisions of this Article shall then apply with respect to the
processing of such grievance.
7.06 Suspension and Discharge Grievance
The release or discharge of an employee during the probationary period shall not be subject of a
grievance or arbitration. A claim by an employee who has completed his probationary period
that he has been unjustly discharged or suspended shall be treated as a grievance if a written
statement of such grievance is lodged by the employee with the Employer at Step No. 2 within
ten (10) calendar days after the date the discharge or suspension is in effect. Such special
grievance may be settled under the Grievance and Arbitration Procedure by:
(a)
(b)
(c)
reinstating the employee with or without full compensation for the time lost; or
by any other arrangement which may be deemed just and equitable.
Wherever the Employer deems it necessary to suspend or discharge an employee, the Employer
shall notify the Union of such suspension or discharge in writing. The Employer agrees that it
will not suspend, discharge or otherwise discipline an employee who has completed his
probationary period, without just cause.
7.07 Employer Complaints
It is understood that the Employer may bring forward at any meeting held with the committee
any complaint with respect to the conduct of the Union, its officers or committee members or a
member, which may affect the corporation, and that if such complaint is not settled to the
mutual satisfaction of the conferring parties, it may be treated as a grievance and reduced to
writing and the written grievance sent to the Vice -­‐President of the local or to his designate
representative of the said local.
If such complaint is not settled to the satisfaction of the Employer, the Vice-­‐President or
designate shall, within ten (10) days after the mailing or delivery of the written grievance by the
Employer, give a reply in writing to the Employer.
If the written reply has not settled the grievance to the satisfaction of the Employer, or if no
written reply is received by the Employer within ten (10) days after the mailing or delivery of the
written grievance to the Vice-­‐President of the local union or his designated representative, the
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Local 4807 Collective Agreement