Common use of Employee Rights and Restrictions Clause in Contracts

Employee Rights and Restrictions. 1. The employee has the right to the assistance of one representative to represent the employee in formal grievance meetings with Management. 2. A County employee selected as a representative in a grievance is required to obtain the permission of his/her immediate supervisor to absent him/herself from his/her duties to attend a grievance meeting. The employee representative shall give his/her supervisor reasonable advance notice, no less than 24 hrs. notice, to ensure that his/her absence will not unduly interfere with Departmental operations. 3. An employee may present his/her grievance to Management on County time. In scheduling the time, place and duration of any grievance meeting, both the employee and Management will give due consideration to the duties each has in the essential operations of the department. No employee shall lose his/her rights because of Management imposed limitations in scheduling meetings. 4. XXXX agrees to encourage an employee who files a formal written grievance to state clearly and concisely the specific action being grieved, the article(s) violated and the specific remedy requested. 5. Only County employees who have direct, first-hand knowledge of the event giving rise to the grievance may be called on as witnesses by the grievant. Such witnesses may attend formal grievance hearings on paid County time.

Employee Rights and Restrictions. 1. The employee has the right to the assistance of one representative to represent the employee in formal grievance meetings with Management. 2. A County employee selected as a representative in a grievance is required to obtain the permission of his/her immediate supervisor to absent himhimself/herself from his/her duties to attend a grievance meeting. The employee representative shall give his/her supervisor reasonable advance notice, no less than 24 hrs. hours’ notice, to ensure that his/her absence will not unduly interfere with Departmental operations. 3. An employee may present his/her grievance to Management on County time. In scheduling the time, place and duration of any grievance meeting, both the employee and Management will give due consideration to the duties each has in the essential operations of the department. No employee shall lose his/her rights because of Management imposed limitations in scheduling meetings. 4. XXXX AFSCME Local 1967/PMA agrees to encourage an employee who files a formal written grievance to state clearly and concisely the specific action being grieved, the article(s) violated and the specific remedy requested. 5. Only County employees who have direct, first-hand knowledge of the event giving rise to the grievance may be called on as witnesses by the grievant. Such witnesses may attend formal grievance hearings on paid County time.