Grievance Handling
How many grievance-handling steps are there?
5
What does IRS stand for when discussing the OHS program?
Internal Responsibility System.
Who's responsibility is it to establish guilt in an employer investigation?
The employer.
Do Union Stewards need approval to leave their workstation to attend union business?
Yes
The Mentoring portion of this course is how many consecutive days?
2 Days
A written complaint alleging the employer has violated a worker's rights under the collective agreement?
A grievance.
What are the three (3) rights of workers under OHS legislation?
The Right to Refuse,
The Right to Participate, and
The Right to Know.
Did the employee do something wrong?
Does the punishment fit the crime?
What are the 6 W's
Who, What, Wehn, Where, Why, Want
When an issue goes to Arbitration, what grievance-handling documents can the union submit as evidence?
Investigation Notes, Grievance Forms, Formal Grievance Responses.
What are the two types of individual grievances?
Disciplinary and Non-Disciplinary
What are the three pieces of legislation that govern OHS in Alberta?
The Act,
OHS Regulations, and
the Code.
These factors help show an employee's clean record in a disciplinary meeting?
Mitigating Factors
This article in your collective agreement can identify the meanings of each word used in your collective agreement.
Definitions
An investigation where the employer is accused of wrongdoing?
Union Investigation
A complaint by the union that an employer's action (or its failure or refusal to act) violates the agreement and could affect all who are covered by the agreement.
Policy grievance.
What are the five (5) most common types of hazards in the workplace?
Physical, Ergonomic, Chemical, Biological and Psychological.
"when the severity of disciplinary actions increases upon repeat offences" is the definition of what?
Progressive Discipline
Timelines in most collective agreements outline what three (3) deadlines for grievances?
Initial filing, employer/management response, conveying from one step to the next.
Union members can make this type of complaint to the Alberta Labour Board, if they believe their grievance has been treated unfairly?
Duty of Fair Representation
How many people sit on the Grievance Review Board?
Three (3), Vice-Presidents
What are the five types of controls listed on the Hierarchy of Controls?
Elimination, Substitution, Engineering Controls, Administrative Controls, and PPE.
Rather than guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, Arbitrators look at what civil standard of proof?
Balance of Probabilities
Union Stewards have what three (3) rights when engaging in union business?
Equality, Not subject to retaliation or discrimination, Equal standard rule.
Safety, financial cost, size of the employer's operation, interchangeability of the workforce and facilities, Legitimate operational requirements at the workplace, and disruption of the collective agreement.