Common use of ARBITRATION OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION Clause in Contracts

ARBITRATION OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION. Section 1. No employee who has been employed in the bargaining unit described in Article 1 of this Agreement for nine (9) consecutive months or more, except for three consecutive years for teachers, shall be discharged, suspended, or demoted for disciplinary reasons without just cause. An employee who xxxxxx his/her employment with a Department/Agency must serve an additional probationary period upon re-employment with the same or another Department/Agency whether in the same or a different job title, unless said probationary period is mutually waived by the employee and the Department/Agency. A bargaining unit employee who accepts a bargaining unit position in a different agency without a break in service and is unsuccessful in the probationary period in the different agency shall return to his/her prior position in the previous agency, or, if the position he/she vacated is not available he/she shall be placed on a recall list within that job title and location. Upon issuance of discipline, including demotion, suspension, or termination, the Employer will carbon copy written notification sent to the employee to the Union.