Event dates: Oct. 28 – Nov 1, 2024
Location: Hamilton Regional OPSEU/SEFPO Office, 505 York Blvd, 2nd Floor, Hamilton, ON L8R 3K4
Application form: Please complete
this application formApplication deadline: Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024.
The Arbitration Process
After the grievance procedure has been exhausted, an unresolved grievance can be referred to the last stage to be decided at Arbitration. This Course is intended to inform Local Union activists regarding various elements of the process at an Arbitration Hearing in order to fully appreciate what occurs during the grievance procedure and how it affects the final outcome.Those selected for this Course will engage in a mixture of lecture-style review as well as role-play exercises. All the basic elements of what happens at a Hearing will be reviewed.This Course is intended for Local Union Officers and Stewards
who have taken Grievance Handling courses and
have extensive grievance handling experience up to the final stages of the grievance procedure. Having previously attended at Arbitration Hearings and/or Mediation would be an asset.Participants will be selected by the Education Committee from the applicants.
Important notes
No Fragrances, Nuts & Nut Products, Bottled Water, Coca-Cola ProductsPersons attending OPSEU events are to refrain from using perfume, cologne and other fragrances for the comfort of other participants.Participants are also to refrain from bringing nuts and nut products, bottled water and Coca-Cola products to OPSEU events.
Allowable expenses for this week long-course
Meal expenses:
- Breakfast: $22
- Lunch: $30
- Dinner: $39
Travel expenses
Round Trip mileage at the rate of:
- 65 cents per kilometer
- 70 cents with 1 passenger
- 75 cents with 2 passengers
- 80 cents with 3 passengers
- 85 cents with 4 passengers
Child / Family Attendant Care
Members will be reimbursed for child care claims for actual costs paid to the care provider subject to the limits set out in the policy: OPSEU/SEFPO’s rate of family care (child care/elder care/ dependent care) to be paid $15.00 per hour to a maximum of $220.00 within a 24 hour period, while doing union business. It is recognized that to guarantee meaningful access to union activities, child care both day and night may be necessary.Members are entitled to reimbursement of reasonable costs of family care (child/elder/dependent) provided by someone other than their partners/spouses as a result of absences from home arising from the conduct of union business. Such allowances are not intended to reimburse members for family care expenses that they would have normally incurred as a result of employment, except where the absence exceeds the normal work day or week.Claims must be signed by the service provider and may be verified by Head Office before payment is made.
Human Rights Accommodation Request
Complete the form if you require a Human Rights Accommodation to attend this week-long course.
Hotel
Only Members living 60 km or greater are entitled to hotel accommodation. (Hotel to be announced.)Members are reimbursed for the cost of hotel accommodation (the cost of the room + taxes),and are responsible for making their own reservations and paying the full cost of the room at checkout.
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