Sentences with phrase «grievance processes»

While mediation is popular among employees, mediation is also favored by managers, HR directors, financial officers and CEO's who find that mediation is a cost effective alternative to time - consuming and a costly formal grievance processes or legal actions, and, as importantly, quality mediation is a demonstration of responsiveness to employees, colleagues, or valued long term clients.

It's about robust and accountable decision making at a collective level with transparent grievance processes that protect privacy.

«It's started to affect grievance processes, staff relationships, team - building, and a whole range of things.

• Research and install a new attendance equipment and training procedures to ensure employee turn - up and motivation • Spearhead a comprehensive review of company policies in order to redesign the process of accountability by establishing tight targets • Plan and direct all operational and administrative activities of the facility • Ensure compliance with legal guidelines and standards • Prepare annual budget and monitor performance of facility • Recruit and train qualified staff and rotate duties as needed • Maintain records and inventory • Manage grievance processes for patients and families

Simon provides training sessions on all areas of employment law with his most popular sessions being: how to conduct fair disciplinary and grievance processes, anti-discrimination training, mock disciplinary hearings and mock employment tribunals.

Oliver is a specialist employment solicitor providing, in particular, cost effective support and practical advice on day to day employment issues including restructures, performance management issues, ill health absence, disciplinary and grievance processes, severance arrangements and Employment Tribunal proceedings.

Sensitive internal investigations — we advise clients on the strategic aspects of sensitive internal investigations (e.g. disciplinary and grievance processes as well as the client's reporting obligations - internally and externally).

Harassment, as a civil wrong, had developed within the administrative structure of human rights tribunals and grievance processes under collective agreements but there was no generally recognized common law «tort» of harassment.

Sarah, based in the Central Lancashire office, specialises in employment law and advises on, among other things, settlement agreements, disciplinary and grievance processes, TUPE and restructure.

The policy should include harassment definitions, remedies, consequences, reporting procedures, grievance process, and anti-retaliation language.

The actual grievance process is a much state business as the supervisor writing up the employee is.

Theresa May proposed that a new system be set up for Westminster employees, with a hotline for abuse to be reported, and an independent grievance process.

She said that, if elected, expanding public education about the grievance process would be a goal of hers.

As the governor's action affects all members of the bargaining units on a statewide basis, CSEA filed the grievance at Step 3 of the grievance process.

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The parties in the grievance process shall be the person (s) filing the grievance and the person (s) responsible for the act or omission that gave rise to the grievance.

In truth, unions seem to navigate the grievance process more adroitly than district officials, but that is only partly due to resources.

Chargeable activities: collective bargaining; preparations for strikes; grievance processing; «communications with bargaining unit members regarding services they receive»; professional development; NEA award programs; union «leadership and management skills training and techniques; and costs associated with the union's representative bodies.»

In order to realize those goals, the NSTA supports the forging of collective bargaining agreements designed to guarantee substitute teachers development and training programs, improved wages and health benefits, a fair evaluation and grievance process, and the right to full unbiased consideration for contractual employment.

Prior to engaging in the Grievance Process, CEI strongly encourages school members to resolve grievances at the school level.

If both parties can not reach a mutually acceptable resolution, the grievant is entitled to initiate a grievance following the process outlined in the PICCS Evaluation and Performance - based Compensation Grievance Process.

Respond to staff and parent concerns as appropriate in a progressive appeals and grievances process, and advise the CEO on all related matters when necessary.

COMPLAINT & GRIEVANCE PROCESS — The state MUST develop a formal complaint and grievance process that includes tracking and resolving issues within 30 days.

A sceptical view of the grievance process has always been that it was no more than the first step in litigation.

The program offered practical skills and information on how to constructively use the grievance process to resolve disputes and questions regarding contract interpretation.

The union is exclusive bargaining agent for all members of the bargaining unit and has representational duties — such as in collective bargaining, the grievance process, workforce adjustments, prosecuting complaints, and conducting strike votes.

Prior to joining Ogilvy Renault, he served as an officer in the Canadian Forces, where his duties included assisting in grievance processing, conducting administrative and disciplinary investigations and a period of deployment as a peacekeeper in Bosnia.

In the ruling, the Supreme Court held an appeal by the school board should be dismissed, after the board objected to having committee members who were present at the meeting testify as part of the grievance process.

So when we established our attorney - consumer assistance program — which is housed in Tallahassee which served as our intake program — one of the purposes of that program was to hopefully avoid lawyers from becoming part of the grievance process and moving on to the system and having their file move on to the different branch offices and potentially, ultimately, Michelle and I at DRC.

In this episode of The Florida Bar Podcast, Adriana Linares interviews Adria Quintela, Florida Bar director of lawyer regulation, and Michelle Suskauer, chairperson of the Disciplinary Review Committee, about trends in the way the Florida Supreme Court is treating disciplinary actions, the top issues causing lawyers to receive complaints, and the proper course of action within the grievance process.

Adria Quintela: If I could say two things, I would say number one, if you want to avoid being part of the grievance process at all, just talk to your client.

Include the details of what has happened and the efforts you have made to resolve the situation, including the grievance process.

The determination I must make under s. 27 (1)(f) is not whether the grievance process dealt with the substance of the complaint in precisely the same way as this Tribunal would have done; it is to determine if it was appropriately dealt with.

When problems arise, we will support you throughout the disciplinary and grievance process and help you make a decision that follows best practice and protects your business from a potential claim.

The tribunal will examine the disciplinary or grievance process and has the discretion to increase or decrease any amount of compensation by 25 %, depending on whether the ACAS Code of Practice has been complied with.

Legislation with significant changes to the grievance process has passed the House of Commons.

The court noted that complex judicial review proceedings and trials are often disposed of in less time and that the delays in the grievance process «stretch the boundaries of tolerance».

But the AG will know how to deal with the NRLB, the union and the corporation, and will know if there are possible conflicts of interest in the contracts, the grievance process and the decisions, and the possibilities of corruption.

Compressing the grievance procedure (eliminating steps in the grievance process, imposing deadlines for scheduling hearings, selecting arbitrators and issuing of decisions).

Using the internal grievance process as the discovery process, rather than waiting until the first day of the hearing.

Claude Ducloux, an Austin lawyer who represents attorneys in the State Bar of Texas grievance process and is knowledgeable about legal ethics but who is not involved in the case, says the Supreme Court's ruling assures lawyers that when they have an unambiguous agreement with a client, that agreement is going to be valid and the client can not inject testimony into the case that the agreement says something else.

The grievance process is described in detail (i.e how both sides agree to an independent arbitrator; and appeals: the appeals board must include a «former judge»); of particular interest to your hypothetical, «The NFLPA and the NFL will engage in good faith efforts to schedule grievances involving suspension of a player by a Club prior to the Club's next scheduled game».

«There's no question that officers who feel they have been treated unfairly recognize that the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario is a more open and transparent process than the (labour) grievance process,» Champ said.

As a Union member, Mr. Ghomeshi's interests in the grievance process

Information about the grievance process and contact information for the grievance committees is available at http://www.nycourts.gov/attorneys/grievance/.

When you have a problem with an auto, home, health or life insurance company, both the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and individual state insurance commissions recommend that you first try to resolve the issue by following the company's grievance process.

Managed client grievance process and response.

Advised, counseled, and assisted security personnel with occupational and personal issues, and resolved grievances and provided guidance to employees on formal grievance process.

Participate in managing the organization's conflict and grievances processes.

She was the co-architect of the state's mediator grievance process, The MPME Ombudsman Program, and was subsequently appointed as Chair in 2003 of the Mediator Ombudsman Program for the Maryland Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office.