Grievance Management & Tracking
Track and manage the full grievance lifecycle, from filing through arbitration. Sertus reads the collective agreement, assesses each case, and surfaces the precedents that apply. Most grievance tracking software just tracks. Sertus does the work.
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Built by the co-author of Canadian Labour Arbitration (Brown & Beatty), the reference text Canadian arbitrators cite.
Everything you need to run your caseload
Track and manage
Filing
Create grievances electronically or upload paper grievances as PDFs. The system scans and parses them automatically.
Step tracking
Follow each grievance through its steps, with dates and notes on every meeting, response, and outcome.
Deadlines
Never miss a filing or response deadline. Sertus tracks timelines across all active grievances on a calendar.
Evidence
Upload documents like emails, memos, schedules, and disciplinary letters, with automatic text extraction and search.
Costs and outcomes
Track legal costs, settlements, and how each grievance was resolved, whether settled, withdrawn, won, lost, or sent to arbitration.
Reporting
See grievance volumes by type, bargaining unit, and time period, plus resolution rates, step durations, and cost summaries.
Investigate, grounded in the actual record
Investigate and prepare
Case assessment
Weigh the evidence, the collective agreement, and the facts to assess strengths, weaknesses, and risks from both sides.
Fact extraction
Pull established facts out of uploaded evidence documents and organise them on the case record automatically.
Meeting preparation
Walk into step meetings ready, with talking points and argument outlines drawn from the case.
Case chat
Ask questions about the case and get answers grounded in the actual record, like whether the evidence supports a seniority violation.
Email drafting
Generate correspondence for grievance steps, settlement proposals, and meeting requests based on the case details.
Escalation from complaints
Complaints tracked in the system carry their data forward automatically when escalated to a grievance.
Beyond tracking
Grievance Tracking, Surpassed
Tracking software exists because earlier software couldn't read a collective agreement. It can now. Sertus does the work tracking software can only record.
Era 1
Paper & Spreadsheets
A binder of grievance files and an Excel sheet of deadlines. Accurate until someone forgets to update it.
Era 2
Tracking Software
A database wrapped in forms. It records what you type. It can’t read the agreement, assess the case, or draft the letter.
Era 3: Sertus
Labour Relations, Done Right
The software reads the agreement, extracts facts from evidence, assesses each case, and surfaces the precedents that apply. Tracking is the floor, not the product.
Tracking software says
- “You have 47 open grievances.”
- “Grievance #23 is at step 2. Due date: May 14.”
- “Attach evidence here.”
- “Status: open.”
Sertus says
- “Settle #23. The precedent is against you, and the employer will take a reasonable number.”
- “#41 has a timeliness problem. Article 9.3 gives the arbitrator grounds to dismiss. Fix or withdraw.”
- “Evidence on #12 contradicts the grievor's statement. Address before step 2 or the employer will.”
- “Three past awards match this fact pattern. The 2023 OPSEU decision is directly on point.”
Tracking tells you where the grievance is. Sertus tells you what to do next.
See it on your own files
See How It Works
We'll walk you through the platform with your own data or a sample case.