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c) If a grievance affects a group of employees working in different locations, with different principals, or associated with an employer-wide controversy, it may be submitted in Step 3. d) Nothing contained herein shall be construed as limiting the right of any employee having a grievance to discuss the matter informally with any appropriate member of the administration within the chain of command of the Police Department and having said matter informally adjusted without the intervention of the OPBA, provided that the adjustment is not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement. In the event that the grievance is adjusted without formal determination, pursuant to this procedure, while such adjustment shall be binding upon the grievant and shall, in all respects, be final, adjustment shall not create a precedent or ruling binding upon the Employer in future proceedings. e) The grievant may choose whomever he wishes to represent him at any step of the grievance procedure after Step 1. f) The existence of this Grievance Procedure, hereby established, shall not be deemed to require any employee to pursue the remedies herein provided and shall not impair or limit the right of any employee the right to pursue any other remedies available under law, except that any employee that pursues any other available remedy other than provided by this procedure, shall automatically have waived and forfeited any remedies provided by this procedure. g) The time limits provided herein will be strictly adhered to and any grievance not filed initially or appealed within the specified time limits will be deemed waived and void. If the Employer fails to reply within the specified time limit, the grievance shalt automatically be sustained in favor of the grievant. The time limits specified for either party may be extended only by written mutual agreement. h) This procedure shall not be used for the purposes of adding to, subtracting from, or altering in any way, any of the provisions of this Agreement. SECTION 4: All grievances shall be administered in accordance with the following steps in the grievance procedure. Step I: An employee who believes he may have a grievance shall notify his immediate supervisor, on the shift that the grievance occurred, of the possible grievance within five (5) days of the occurrence of the facts giving rise to the grievance. The supervisor will schedule an informal meeting with the Administrative Captain of the Police Department or his designee, the employee and an OPBA representative, if such representation is requested by the employee, within five (5) days of the notice by the employee, at which time the issue in dispute will be discussed with the objective of resolving the matter informally. . ? _ ? ??,,