Common use of Appeal to Personnel Board or Arbitrator Clause in Contracts

Appeal to Personnel Board or Arbitrator. If the matter has not been settled, the employee may, within seven (7) working days of the receipt of the appointing authority’s specification of intention, request in writing to the Human Resources Director that an investigation and decision of the matter be made by either, but not both, the Personnel Board or an arbitrator, subject, in cases submitted to arbitration, to the execution in writing of “An Agreement for Arbitration” signed by the employee, the employee’s representative (if any), and the City Manager. In appeals of disciplinary written reprimands, the arbitration procedure, if elected, shall be an expedited procedure as described below.