Grievances of the employee shall be advanced to the Superintendent, but nothing in this Article shall prevent individual employees from presenting their own grievances, and any settlement of such individual grievances shall not be inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Superintendent expects employees and supervisors to make a sincere effort to reconcile their differences.

Grievances of the employee shall be advanced to the Superintendent, but nothing in this Article shall prevent individual employees from presenting their own grievances, and any settlement of such individual grievances shall not be inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Superintendent expects employees and supervisors to make a sincere effort to reconcile their differences.

Step 2 If no satisfactory settlement of the grievance is reache d at the first step, the grievance may be appealed to the Board of Selectmen. Such appeal shall be taken in writing and shall be submitted to the Board of Selectmen within seven (7) working days: of the receipt of the answer at the first Step of the grieva nce procedure.

Step 2- If no satisfactory settlement of the grievance is reached at the first step, the grievance may be appealed to the Board of Selectmen. Such appeal shall be taken in writing and shalt be submitted to the Board of Selectmen within seven (7) working days of the receipt of the answer at the first step of the grievance procedure. The Board of Selectmen shall hold a meeting with the grieving procedure.

The purpose of this Article is to provide an orderly method for the settlement of grievances, which are disputes between the parties over a claimed violation of a specific provision of this Agreement. Grievances must be processed in accordance with the following steps, time limits, and conditions set forth in this article. B. Grievances concerning suspensions and other discipline may be brought under the procedure set forth in this Article.

Step4: If no satisfactory settlement of the grievance is made, it may be appealed to arbitration by written notice served upon the Town Administrator within thirty (30) working days after the written decision on Appeal of the Town Administrator under Step 3.

Step 4: If no satisfactory settlement of the grievance is made, it may be appealed to arbitration by written notice served upon the Town Administrator within thirty 0) working days after the written decision on Appeal of the Town Administrator under Step 3.

ARTICLE 5: GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE 5.01 The purpose of this article is to establish a procedure for the settlement of grievances. It is the intent of the parties that most of the day to day problems will be discussed and resolved between the employee and/or the Union Representative, and the Town Administrator.

The Town and the Union agree to use every reasonable effort to prevent grievances from arising and to accomplish just and reasonable settlements. Section 2. A grievance must be presented within ten (10) working days of the time of the occurrence of the alleged contract violation, and must be processed in accordance with the steps, time limits and conditions set forth below in this article: A.

As per previous grievance settlement (10/27/2010), the Town and the Union agree for the purpose of clarity that members of the bargaining unit who are absent from work or injured on duty leave shall be subject to the same use it or lose it policy on vacation leave that all officers comply with , and are subject to.