Common use of Appeals to the City Manager Clause in Contracts

Appeals to the City Manager. Upon receiving a Department Head's recommendation to demote, terminate or suspend a FLSA exempt or non-exempt employee for more than three (3) working days, or upon receiving the Union's appeal of a decision to suspend for three (3) or less working days, the City Manager or his or her designee shall review the recommendation or the appeal and shall meet with the grievant and his or her Union representative. The City Manager shall issue a decision sustaining, modifying or rejecting the Department Head's recommendation or the Union's appeal within fifteen (15) working days of the meeting. The City Manager's decision shall be sent by certified mail to the affected employee with a copy simultaneously sent by certified mail to his or her Union. The Union shall have twenty-five (25) working days from receipt of the City Manager's decision within which to file a formal written request for arbitration.

Appeals to the City Manager. Upon receiving a Department Head's recommendation to demote, terminate or suspend a FLSA exempt or non-non- exempt employee for more than three (3) working days, or upon receiving the Union's appeal of a decision to suspend for three (3) or less working days, the City Manager or his or her designee shall review the recommendation or the appeal and shall meet with the grievant and his or her Union representative. The City Manager shall issue a decision sustaining, modifying or rejecting the Department Head's recommendation or the Union's appeal within fifteen (15) working days of the meeting. The City Manager's decision shall be sent by certified mail to the affected employee with a copy simultaneously sent by certified mail to his or her Union. The Union shall have twenty-five (25) working days from receipt of the City Manager's decision within which to file a formal written request for arbitration.