Disciplinary Grievance Process Sample Clauses

Disciplinary Grievance Process. (a) Investigation/initiation of charges/informal hearing (1) Upon receiving information that indicates an employee may have committed a disciplinary infraction, or upon an employee being barred from work under the provisions of paragraph D of this Section 201, the Director, Deputy Director or Assistant Director will place a notice in the Union Section Officer’s mail box indicating that he/she is initiating a comprehensive investigation to determine if disciplinary charges are appropriate. The Authority will provide a mail box at each location that has a Section Officer. Time limits under this section shall not begin to run until such notice has been afforded. In the case of an investigation triggered by the suspicion that an employee is engaged in knowingly improper fare registration, theft, fraud, or criminal misconduct, the Authority may conduct an investigation to gather evidence of new acts of misconduct that would serve as a basis to discipline an employee without prior notice to the Union, provided, however, that within two (2) working days of obtaining such evidence, notice shall be provided to the Union Section Officer along with all documents, reports and other information related to the matter. (2) During the investigation, the Director, Deputy Director or Assistant Director will provide all relevant information, e.g. employee and witness statements to the Section Officer, as this information becomes available, and the Union will similarly provide such information to the Director, Deputy Director or Assistant Director. If, upon completion of the investigation, which must be completed within thirty (30) calendar days of notification that an investigation has begun unless extraordinary circumstances exist, disciplinary charges are to be issued, the Director, Deputy Director or Assistant Director will meet with the employee being charged and the Section Officer at an informal hearing held within seven (7) calendar days of the completion of the investigation to discuss the charges, to provide copies of and review all the evidence supporting the charges, to obtain the employee’s explanation, and to indicate a proposed disposition of the charges. If the disposition of the matter is not acceptable to the employee or the Union either may request a formal hearing within five working days of being advised of the Authority’s proposed disposition of the matter. No discipline will be issued prior to the formal hearing which will be scheduled by the Director, ...