Mr. Speaker, Return to Written Question 15-13(4) asked by Mr. Erasmus to the chairman of the Financial Management Board concerning information on grievances.

Information on Grievances

First and Second Level Grievances:

First and second level grievances are addressed by individual departments. Statistics are not kept centrally and not all departments currently track grievance details. The information provided by departments to date for 1996 is as follows:

There were 55 first level grievances filed, 13 were resolved at this level. 59 grievances were moved to or filed at second level with 14 of these being resolved at that level.

I have provided a detailed breakdown of these statistics by department to Members under separate cover.

Third Level Grievances:

Third level grievances and arbitrations are dealt with centrally in Labour Relations and Compensation. A summary of third level grievance statistics is as follow:

1996 1995

- third level grievances filed: 96 141

- third level grievances resolved: 47 71

- grievances sent to arbitration: 26 33

Not all unresolved grievances have been forwarded to arbitration.

I have provided a chart of third level grievances and arbitrations by department for 1995 and 1996 under separate cover.