The Canadian Joint Grievance Panel

Get a Quick, Well-Informed Decision

An arbitrator, in consulatation with two panelists, renders decisions in a one day hearing.

Schedule 2 Hearings

A Schedule 2 hearing incorporates a mutually agreed upon Arbitrator with one panelist from the union and one from the company. Under a Schedule 2 format, 1 to 2 grievances can be heard in a one-day hearing. This hearing usually involves more serious issues such as: discipline/discharge, contract language interpretation or cases that are politically sensitive. Outside legal counsel and case law are not permitted. As in Schedule 1, the grievor has the opportunity to give their side of the issue as does the supervisor involved in the incident. Both parties feel they get their “day-in-court”. A decision is rendered the same day by the Arbitrator in consultation with the Panelists, documented by the Coordinator and sent to the parties within 48 hours. The decisions are final and binding and non-precedent setting.

A well respected Arbitrator in the East has now Chaired three dismissal Schedule 2 hearings and after doing so made these comments: “I've told a few friends in the field that I chaired a Board which heard and disposed of not one, but two dismissal cases, from start to finish in one day. The reaction: disbelief. Your process is what labour arbitration should be all about: consensual, accessible, informal, efficient, effective and final!”