Agenda - Council Work Session - 06/08/2021

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51cpl. An EMPLOYEE claiming a violation concerning the nteipitatio11 or application of this AGREEMENT shall, witbintWefltY0fle (21) calendar days after such alleged violation has ourred, present such GRIEVANCE to the EMPLOYEE'S supervisor as designated by the EMPLOYER. The EMPLOYER - designated representative will discuss and give an answer to such Step 1 GRIEVANCE within ten (10) calendar days after receipt. A GRIEVANCE not resolved by the operation of Step 1 of the grievance procedure maybe appealed by the Union by filing a notice to that effect with the EMPLOYER designated represeiitatiVe Such notice shall set forth the nature of the GRIEVANCE, the facts on which it is based, the provision or provisions of the AGREEMENT allegedly violated, and the remedy requested. Such notice shall be filed within ten (10) calendar days after the EyjpOyBRdeSig11ated representative's final answer in Step 1. 'Any GRIEVANCE not appealed in writing to Step 2 by the UNION within ten (10) calendar days shall be considered waived. • Step 2. If appealed, the EMPLOYER designated representative shall conduct a conference with the .union and the EMPLOYEE in an attempt to resolve the grievance. At such conference, the union shall present the grievance in writing signed by the affected EMPLOYEE and the union. The EMPLOYER -designated representative shall give the UNION the EMPLOYER'S Step 2 answer in writing within ten (10) calendar days after receipt of such Step 2 GRIEVANCB A GRIEVANCE not resolved in Step 2 may be appealed to Step 3 within ten. (10) ealendar days following the EMPLOYER -designated representative's final Step 2 answer. Any GRIEVANCE not appealed in writing to Step 3 by the UNION within ten (10) calendar days shall be considered waived. ipi A GRIEVANCE unresolved in Step 2 and appealed in Step 3 may be submitted to the Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services. A GRIEVANCE not resolved in Step 3 may be appealed to Step 4 within ten (10) calendar days following the EMPLOYER'S final answer in Step 3. Step 4, A GRIEVANCE unresolved in Step 3 and appealed to Step 4 shall be submitted to arbitration before a single arbitrator to be selected from a list to be supplied by the Bureau of Mediation Services pursuant to its rules Any GRIEVANCB not appealed in writing to Step 4 by the ITNION within ten (10) calendar days shall be considered waived. 7.3 ARBITRATOR'S AUTHORITY A. The arbitrator shall have no right to amend, 'modify, nullify, ignore, add to, or subtract from the terms and conditions of AGREEMENT. The arbitrator shall consider and decide only the specific issue(s) submitted in writing by the EMPLOYER and the UNION, and shall have no authority to make a decision on any other issue not so submitted. B. The arbitrator shall be without power to make decisions contrary to, or inconsistent with, or modify or vary in any way the application of laws, rules, or regulations having the force and effect of law. The arbitiatorS decision shall be submitted in wdting within thirty (30) days following the close of the hearing or the submissiofl