Common use of Employee Notification Form Clause in Contracts

Employee Notification Form. The faculty member shall be provided a Notification Form with the following information: 1. The District takes a neutral stance when investigating possible misconduct and no findings of wrong-doing have been made; 2. The District maintains the confidentiality of the investigation to the fullest extent possible; 3. No findings will be made prior to completion of the investigation, and the investigation will not be closed until after the scheduled date of the employee’s interview; 4. The information received could lead to discipline and the employee is entitled to have union representation at the meeting; 5. The investigation is confidential and the employee should refrain from discussing it with other members of the campus community while the investigation is pending (except for the purpose of receiving representation during the investigation or exercising other rights as recognized under the Educational Employment Relations Act (EERA)); 6. Every effort will be made to complete the investigation within ninety (90) days of when the District first received the complaint or information triggering the investigation (or sooner if required pursuant to Title IX or other applicable law that regulates the conduct of investigations.) Where this is not possible two things will occur: (1) the employee will receive a status update on where the District is in its investigation and when it expects to be completed; and (2) when AFT is representing the employee, the District and AFT will have a check-in via email regarding a status update and a follow up telephone call for questions or points of clarification if necessary; 7. The employee will receive notice of the findings of the investigation, and whether the allegations investigated were or were not sustained; 8. In the event the investigation leads to disciplinary action, the employee will be afforded all of the pre-discipline due process rights to which the employee is entitled. This includes providing the employee, and AFT with the employee’s consent, with a copy of the information relied upon to issue the charges; and 9. District policy and law prohibit retaliation of any kind against anyone the employee believes to have provided information or otherwise cooperated in the investigation, and that such conduct constitutes an independent basis for serious discipline up to and including termination.