DISCHARGE OR DISCIPLINE. 1. No employee covered under Section 75 of the New York State Civil Service Law shall be discharged, dismissed, or disciplined except for just cause. Should there be any dispute between the employer and any employee concerning the existence of good and sufficient cause of discharge or discipline, such dispute shall be adjusted in accordance with the terms of this ARTICLE, The disciplinary procedure for incompetence or misconduct prescribed in this ARTICLE shall be available to appropriate County employees as an alternative to the procedure described in Section 75 and/or Section 76 of the New York State Civil Service Law. Said employees shall include:
a) All permanent competitive class employees and those employees as defined in ARTICLE 26.1 of this agreement.
b) An employee shall have the right to choose either but not both alternative procedures to grieve such disciplinary action.
2. In the event that a Department Head sees fit to impose disciplinary action on an employee, a notice of such disciplinary decision shall be made in writing and served on the employee and the Commissioner of Human Resources. The specific act(s) alleged that warrant disciplinary action and the proposed sanction(s) shall be specified in the note of discipline.
a) The Union shall be advised by registered or certified mail that said notice of discipline has been served on an employee, within 48 hours of service;
b) Said notice of discipline shall be accompanied by a written statement that:
i) an employee served with a notice of discipline has the right to object by filing for a disciplinary hearing within eight days or by exercising his rights under Section 75 and/or 76 of the New York State Civil Service law;
ii) in the event said employee does object, then the employee must file written notice specifying their choice of procedure, subject to the provisions of this ARTICLE, with the employer and the Union no later than the eighth day after receiving such notice of discipline;
iii) the disciplinary grievance procedure provides for a hearing by an independent arbitrator at its final stage;
iv) the employee has the right to be represented by the Union, or by an attorney, at every stage of the proceeding.
c) An employee who has been served with a notice of discipline may be suspended without pay for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days.
DISCHARGE OR DISCIPLINE. A. No employee shall be discharged, disciplined, or reprimanded without just cause.
B. The Board shall notify the employee in writing of alleged deficient performance or conduct and indicate expected corrections. The Union shall be notified, in writing, of disciplinary or discharge action within three (3) work days of the date of such action. An employee shall be entitled to have present a representative of the Union when he/she is being disciplined for any infraction of rules or at any meeting with the Employer which the employee reasonably believes may result in discipline. No employee shall be publicly reprimanded. Upon request, the Employer or its designated representative will discuss the discharge or discipline with the employee and the Union representative.
DISCHARGE OR DISCIPLINE. No non-probationary employee shall be disciplined without just cause and no non-probationary employee shall be discharged without just cause. Any such non-probationary employee discipline or discharge shall be subject to the grievance procedure, hereinafter set forth in Article V, including arbitration. Any probationary employee discipline or discharge shall be subject to the grievance procedure, excluding arbitration. The specific grounds for disciplinary action will be presented in writing to the bargaining unit member and the Union utilizing Appendix A. The employer will follow a policy of progressive discipline, unless the seriousness of the offense warrants accelerated discipline. In imposing discharge or discipline on a current charge, the employer will not take into account prior discipline less than suspensions that occurred more than four years previously. A bargaining unit member shall be entitled to have present a representative of the Union during any meeting that will or may lead to disciplinary action by the Employer.
DISCHARGE OR DISCIPLINE. The Company shall have the right to discipline or discharge associates for just cause in accordance with the established, reasonable Company rules and regulations, which may be modified from time to time by the Company. In the case of the discharge of an associate, the Company shall furnish the discharged associate a signed statement giving the reason for discharge. The Company shall also supply a copy of the signed statement to the President of Local 81408 as well as the representing xxxxxxx. Disciplinary actions, when necessary, will follow a three-step progression as follows:
DISCHARGE OR DISCIPLINE. After completion of the probationary period, employees may be discharged or disciplined only for just cause. All employees shall have the right of representation during matters of suspension and/or discharge. The employee may appeal an issue related to discipline and/or discharge pursuant to the Administrative Appeals Process established in the Education Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
DISCHARGE OR DISCIPLINE. No employee having seniority shall be discharged or disciplined except for just cause and all terminated employees shall be advised of the reason(s) for termination.
DISCHARGE OR DISCIPLINE. The Employer shall utilize the concept of corrective and progressive discipline.
DISCHARGE OR DISCIPLINE. Discharge and discipline shall only be imposed for just cause.
DISCHARGE OR DISCIPLINE. A. The Employer agrees promptly upon the discharge or discipline of any employee to notify, in writing, the Union President.
B. The discharged or disciplined employee will be allowed to discuss the discharge or discipline with the Union President and the Employer will make available an area where they may do so, before the employee is required to leave the property, of the Employer. Upon request, the Employer or designee will discuss the discharge or discipline with the employee and/or the Union President.
C. Should the discharged or disciplined employee or the Union President consider the discharge or discipline to be improper, a complaint shall be presented in writing, through the Union to the Employer, within five
DISCHARGE OR DISCIPLINE. No employee shall be discharged or disciplined without just cause. The Corporation agrees that whenever a disciplinary meeting is held with an employee an Association Representative shall be invited to be present. Such a meeting, once requested, shall take place as soon as possible at a time mutually agreed to by the parties. It is understood that the holding of the meeting does not prevent the employee from being relieved of duty by the Corporation prior to the meeting.
