DISABILITY-RELATED GRIEVANCE PROCESS Sample Clauses

DISABILITY-RELATED GRIEVANCE PROCESS. A. The County shall ensure that grievance policies and procedures are readily available and accessible to all persons. 1. The County shall inform people of the disability grievance procedures, including, but not limited to, by posting notices throughout the Jail, ensuring the grievance procedures are explained in the orientation packet, and discussing the procedures with people with disabilities during the meeting with staff from the ADA Compliance Unit that occurs within seven days of a person being identified as having a disability. 2. The County shall ensure that the disability grievance procedures are effectively communicated to persons with disabilities affecting communication. B. The County shall track all grievances that request disability accommodations and/or raise any disability-based discrimination or violation of the ADA, this Remedial Plan, or Jail ADA-related policy. C. The County shall ensure that all persons, including people with disabilities, have meaningful access to the grievance process and to grievance forms. 1. The County shall ensure that grievance forms are readily available to people in custody, either by placing grievance forms in the housing units in areas accessible to people in custody or ensuring that staff provide grievance forms promptly upon request, irrespective of the type of grievance raised. 2. Jail staff can and should attempt to address grievances informally but may not, under any circumstances, refuse to provide a requested grievance form, destroy a grievance form, or otherwise obstruct or interfere with a person’s ability to submit a grievance form. 3. Jail staff shall assist people in custody who require accommodations to submit a grievance or to appeal a grievance response (e.g., people who are blind, have an Intellectual/Development Disability, have a learning disability, or who have physical disabilities that make it difficult or impossible for them to write, or are illiterate).
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DISABILITY-RELATED GRIEVANCE PROCESS. XII.A.1. Informing incarcerated persons of disability grievance procedures MS MS XII.A.2. Effectively communicate grievance procedures MS MS XII.B. Tracking of grievances that request disability accommodations MS MS XII.C.1. Availability of grievance forms MS MS
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  • Grievance Process (a) Either party, with the agreement of the other party, may submit a grievance to Grievance Mediation at any time within ten (10) working days after the Employer’s decision has been rendered at the step prior to arbitration. Where the matter is so referred, the mediation process shall take place before the matter is referred to Arbitrator. (b) Grievance Mediation shall be scheduled within twenty (20) working days of the grievance being submitted to mediation, or longer period as agreed by the parties. (c) No matter may be submitted to Grievance Mediation which has not been properly carried through the grievance procedure, provided that the parties may extend the time limits fixed in the grievance procedure. (d) The parties shall agree on a mediator. (e) Proceedings before the Mediator shall be informal. Accordingly, the rules of evidence will not apply, no record of the proceedings shall be made and legal counsel shall not be used by either party, unless otherwise mutually agreed. (f) If possible, an agreed statement of facts will be provided to the Mediator, and if possible, in advance of the Grievance Mediation Conference. (g) The Mediator will have the authority to meet separately with either party. (h) If no settlement is reached within five (5) working days following Grievance Mediation, the parties are free to submit the matter to Arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the collective agreement. In the event that a grievance which has been mediated subsequently proceeds to arbitration, no person serving as the Mediator may serve as an Arbitrator, unless otherwise mutually agreed. Nothing said or done by the mediator may be referred to Arbitration. (i) The Union and Employer will share the cost of the Mediator, if any.

  • Group Grievance Where a number of employees have identical grievances and each employee would be entitled to grieve separately they may present a group grievance in writing signed by each employee who is grieving to the Administrator or her designate within ten (10) days after the circumstances giving rise to the grievance have occurred or ought reasonably to have come to the attention of the employee(s). The grievance shall then be treated as being initiated at Step No. 1 and the applicable provisions of this Article shall then apply with respect to the processing of such grievance.

  • Grievance Processing Union stewards or Union officials shall be permitted to have time off without loss of pay for the investigation and processing of grievances and arbitrations. Requests for such time off shall be made in advance and shall not be unreasonably denied. The Union will furnish the Employer with a list of Union stewards and their jurisdictions. The Union shall delineate the jurisdiction of Union stewards so that no xxxxxxx need travel between work locations or sub-divisions thereof while investigating grievances. Grievants shall be permitted to have time off without loss of pay for processing their grievances through the contractual grievance procedure, except that for class action grievances no more than three (3) grievants shall be granted such leave.

  • GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE (Continued 6. The Board and the Administration will cooperate with any investigation of any grievance, and will furnish such information insofar as possible. Costs, if any, shall be paid by the requesting party. The cost of the copies shall comply with board policy. 7. Forms for filing a grievance and written decisions shall be given appropriate distribution to administrators, supervisors, and teachers. These forms will be readily available in each school office or from an Association representative. 8. The P.R.&R. Committee and such administrative personnel as designated by the Superintendent shall meet at least once annually to discuss and agree upon how grievances are to be handled. Such meetings shall be held prior to or during the first day of the school year. Such meetings shall be co-chaired by the chairman of the P.R.&R. Committee and a designee of the Superintendent and shall be conducted within the regular work day so far as possible. 9. A grievance must be initiated within fifteen (15) days following the act or condition or knowledge of the act which is the basis for said grievance. 10. The number of days indicated at each step shall be considered as maximum. If the aggrieved fails to file the grievance within the time limits specified in the succeeding sections of this procedure, it shall be presumed that said incident or grievance has been resolved. If the responding party fails to comply with any time limit in the succeeding sections of this procedure, the grievance may automatically be appealed to the next step in the grievance procedure. Both parties may, however, in writing, mutually agree to extend the time limits. 11. It shall be mutually agreed that the handling of any professional grievance may be conducted within the regular work day if such can be done without interruption of the students’ educational program. 12. In the event a grievance is carried to Step Four, the grievant and a member of the P.R.&R. Committee shall be granted released time with pay to attend hearings held by the arbiter if the hearing is held within a contract day.

  • Grievance Redressal In case of any grievance on shortfall penalty, the Contractor may appeal to the Director (Technical) of the Subsidiary Company. Director (Technical) and Director (Finance) shall jointly dispose off the appeal within 15 days by passing suitable order based on the merit of the case. No further committee shall be constituted for redressal of such grievance.

  • CENTRAL GRIEVANCE PROCESS The following process pertains exclusively to grievances on central matters that have been referred to the central process. In accordance with the School Boards Collective Bargaining Act central matters may also be grieved locally, in which case local grievance processes will apply.

  • Adjustment of Grievance The School Board and the employee will attempt to adjust all grievances which may arise during the course of employment of any employee within the School District in the following manner:

  • Statement of Grievance The grievance shall contain a statement of: (a) The specific situation, act or acts complained of as an agreement violation; (b) The inequity or damage suffered by the employee; and (c) The relief sought.

  • Individual Grievance Subject to clause 19.5 and as provided in section 208 of the PSLRA, an employee is entitled to present a grievance in the manner prescribed in clause 19.10 if the employee feels aggrieved (a) by the interpretation or application in respect of the employee, of (i) a provision of a statute or regulation, or a by-law, direction or other instrument made or issued by the Council, dealing with terms and conditions of employment; or (ii) a provision of a collective agreement or an arbitral award; or (b) as a result of any other occurrence or matter affecting the employee’s terms and conditions of employment.

  • Management Grievance The Employer may initiate a grievance at Step 3 of the grievance procedure by the Employer or designate presenting the grievance to the President of the Union or designate. Time limits and process are identical to a union grievance.

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