Agreement - Writers Guild of Canada

epresentatives, and any witnesses they intend to call, and provide a copy of
all documents, including all correspondence, to which they intend to refer
during the course of the meeting, as well as a summary:
i) identifying the issues in the grievance
ii) outlining the relevant facts of the grievance
iii) setting out a succinct statement of the submissions that each party
intends to make the Joint Standing or Arbitration; and
iv) identifying the remedy sought.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Joint Standing Committee, Arbitrator or
Board of Arbitration may accept any documents or evidence that it
considers necessary to reach a fair conclusion.
A514 The Joint Standing Committee members shall appoint a chair-person from
among themselves. The Joint Standing Committee may establish its own
procedures and guidelines for the hearing, including the recording of
minutes or notes. The Joint Standing Committee shall be governed by the
following principles:
i) both parties shall have full opportunity to be heard;
ii) neither party shall be surprised by evidence or facts adduced before
the Joint Standing Committee; and
iii) the Joint Standing Committee may recognize common industry
practice where reasonable to do so under the circumstances.
A515 The hearing portion of the Joint Standing Committee meeting shall be scheduled
for no more than a total of four hours, and will proceed as follows:
i) the Grievor shall have up to fifty (50) minutes to make oral
representations, which shall be consistent with the material filed;
ii)
the Respondent shall have up to fifty (50) minutes to make oral
representations including response to the Grievor’s submissions,
which representations shall be consistent with the material filed;
iii) the Association acting as Intervenor shall have up to fifty (50)
minutes to make oral representations including response to the
submissions, which representations shall be consistent with the
material filed;
iv)
the Grievor shall have up to twenty (20) minutes to respond to the
Respondent’s submissions;
v) the Joint Standing Committee shall have up to sixty (60) minutes to
ask questions and clarify issues raised by the material and oral
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