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Family member shall mean: Brother or sister of spouse, grandparents, grandparents of spouse, grandchild as well as any relative living in the employee's home. 15.05 Bereavement leave shall be exclusive of sick time or any other accumulated time. ARTICLE 16 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE 16.01 The term "grievance" shall mean an allegation by a bargaining unit employee that there has been a breach, misinterpretation, or improper application of this agreement. 16.02 A grievance may be filed by any member of the bargaining unit. Where a group of bargaining unit members desire to file a grievance involving a situation affecting more than one member of the bargaining unit in a similar manner, one member selected by such a group shall process the grievance. Such grievance shall be defined as a group grievance. The names of each member, on behalf of which the grievance is filed, shall be made available at the first hearing. Group grievances shall be presented in the first instance to the supervisor common to all employees in the group. The grievance procedure outlined in Section 16,05 shall be used tlu•oughout. 16.03 All grievances must be processed and answered at the proper step in the grievance progression to be considered at the next step. Any grievance that is not timely appealed to the next step of the procedure, will be deemed to have been settled on the basis of the Employer's a~lswer at the last completed step. Time limits set forth herein may only be extended by mutual agreement of the parties. The aggrieved may withdraw a grievance at any point by submitting, in writing, a statement to that affect, or by permitting the time requirements at any step to lapse without fiu-ther appeal. Any grievance not answered by the Employer or his designee within the stipulated time limits shall be considered to have been appealed to the next step in the grievance procedure. 16.04 Written grievances must be filed on the form provided by the FOP and shall contain, but not be limited to, the following information. 1. Date and time grievance occurred; 2. Description of incident giving rise to the grievance; 3. Articles and sections of the agreement involved; 4. Relief requested; 5. Signature of the employee. 16.05 The following steps shall be followed in the processing of a grievance. Step 1. Within five (5) working days of the incident or lalowledge of the incident (but in no case later than fifteen (15) calendar days from the actual facts which give rise to the grievance, the aggrieved employee shall submit his written grievance to the Shift Lieutenant, or his designee, who shall indicate the date and time of receipt of the grievance, and affix his ]o