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4. Grievances shall be resolved in the .following manner: <br /> STEP 1. An employee claiming a violation concerning the <br /> interpretation or application of this AGREEMENT shall within <br /> twenty-one (21) calendar days after such alleged viol- <br /> ation present such grievance to the employee's immediate <br /> supervisor designated by the EMPLOYER. The EMPLOYER-designated <br /> representative will give a final answer to Step 1 grievance <br /> within ten (10) calendar days. If a grievance is not resolved <br /> in Step 1, such grievance shall be placed in writing and <br /> referred to Step 2 within ten (10) calendar days after the <br /> EMPLOYER' S final answer in Step 1. Any grievance not referred <br /> in writing by the employee within ten (10) calendar days shall <br /> be considered waived. <br /> STEP 2 . The written grievance shall be presented personally <br /> to the employee's department head or other EMPLOYER-designated <br /> representative. A copy will be sent by registered mail, return <br /> requested to the City Manager. The EMPLOYER-designated repre- <br /> sentative shall give the employee the EMPLOYER'S Step 2 answer <br /> within ten (10) calendar days after receipt of such Step 2 <br /> grievance. If a grievance is not resolved in Step 2, such <br /> grievance shall be referred to Step 3 within ten (10) calendar <br /> days following the EMPLOYER-designated representative's final <br /> Step 2 answer. Any grievance not referred in writing by the <br /> employee within ten (10) calendar days shall be considered • <br /> waived. <br /> Step 3 . The written grievance shall be presented personally <br /> to the EMPLOYER-designated representative (City Manager) . The <br /> EMPLOYER-designated representative shall .give the EMPLOYER'S <br /> answer within ten (10) calendar days after receipt of such Step <br /> 3 grievance. If a grievance is not resolved in Step 3, such <br /> grievance shall be referred to Step 4 within ten (10) calendar <br /> days following the EMPLOYER-designated representative's final <br /> Step 3 answer. Any grievance not referred in writing by the <br /> employee within ten (10) days shall be considered waived. <br /> Step 4 . Unresolved grievances are subject to the arbitration <br /> provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Section 179.70. The arbitrator <br /> shall not have the right to amend, modify, nullify, ignore, add <br /> to, or subtract from the provisions of this AGREEMENT. He shall <br /> consider and decide only the specific issue submitted to him in <br /> writing by the EMPLOYER and the UNION and shall have no <br /> authority to make decision on any other issue not so submitted <br /> to him. The arbitrator shall be without power to make decisions <br /> contrary to or inconsistent with or modifying or varying in any <br /> way the application for laws, rules or regulations having the <br /> force and effect of the law. The arbitrator shall submit his <br /> decision in writing within thirty (30) days following the close <br /> of the hearing or the submission of briefs by the parties, <br /> whichever is later unless the parties agree to an extension. <br /> 10 <br />