Common use of Formal Levels Clause in Contracts

Formal Levels. Level 1: If the grievant is not satisfied with the written answer provided at Informal Resolution Level, the grievant may, within seven (7) days from the receipt of such answer, file a written grievance with the Undersheriff. The grievant must provide a copy of his or her written grievance to the County’s Personnel Officer. The written grievance must be duly signed and dated and contain the following information: a. A detailed statement of the grievance; including the section of this Agreement which has allegedly been violated, factual information detailing that the issue being grieved is not in regards to a topic which is the exclusive right of management, and the remedy requested; b. The date the facts constituting a grievance were discovered, and the date of the incident giving rise to the grievance; c. The date of submission of the grievance orally to the grievant’s supervisor, or a statement that the grievance was not orally submitted to the grievant’s supervisor; d. The following statement: “Failure to respond within fourteen (14) days of the submission of this written grievance will allow the employee to move the grievance to the next step of the grievance process as if the grievance had been denied.” e. The grievant will be responsible for moving the grievance to the next step in the grievance process. Within fourteen (14) days of receipt of the written grievance, the Undersheriff, or his/her designee, shall investigate the grievance which may include a meeting with the grievant and any concerned parties and, thereafter, the Undersheriff, or his/her designee, shall issue a give written answer to the grievance to the grievant within fourteen (14) days of the Undersheriff’s receipt of the written grievance.

Formal Levels. Level 1: A. Step One - If an alleged violation is not resolved through the informal step to the satisfaction of a grievant, a formal grievance may be initiated. Such grievance must be initiated no later than twenty (20) workdays after the occurrence of the act or omission giving rise to the grievance. The grievant must present such grievance in writing and shall state the facts giving rise to the grievance, shall identify by appropriate reference the provisions of this Agreement alleged to be violated, shall state the contention of the Unit Member with respect to these provisions, and shall indicate the specific relief requested. Within ten (10) workdays after the initiation of the formal grievance, the immediate supervisor shall investigate the grievance and give his/her decision in writing to the grievant. 7 Article 7- Sections 2 and 8.d. Amended 12/03; B. Step Two - If the grievance is not resolved in Step One, the grievant may, within ten (10) workdays of receipt of the supervisor’s answer at Step One, submit to the Associate Superintendent/Student Programs and Services, or his/her designee, a written statement of the grievance. Such grievance shall include a copy of the original grievance, the decision rendered, and a clear, concise statement of the reasons for the appeal. The Associate Superintendent/Student Programs and Services or designee shall communicate a decision within ten (10) workdays of the filing of the appeal to Step Two. Such response shall state the Associate Superintendent/Student Programs and Services or his/her designee’s views of the facts and his/her conclusions regarding the contentions of the grievant on appeal. C. Step Three - In the event the grievant is not satisfied with the written answer provided decision at Informal Resolution LevelStep Two, the grievant may, may appeal the decision in writing within seven ten (710) days from workdays to the receipt of such answer, file a written grievance with the UndersheriffEmployer. The grievant must provide a copy of his Employer or her written grievance to the County’s Personnel Officer. The written grievance must be duly signed and dated and contain the following information: a. A detailed statement of the grievance; including the section of this Agreement which has allegedly been violated, factual information detailing that the issue being grieved is not in regards to a topic which is the exclusive right of management, and the remedy requested; b. The date the facts constituting a grievance were discovered, and the date of the incident giving rise to the grievance; c. The date of submission of the grievance orally to the grievant’s supervisor, or a statement that the grievance was not orally submitted to the grievant’s supervisor; d. The following statement: “Failure to respond within fourteen (14) days of the submission of this written grievance will allow the employee to move the grievance to the next step of the grievance process as if the grievance had been denied.” e. The grievant will be responsible for moving the grievance to the next step in the grievance process. Within fourteen (14) days of receipt of the written grievance, the Undersheriff, or his/her designee, designee shall investigate the grievance which as fully as deemed necessary, and may include a meeting provide for conferences with the grievant grievant. The Employer or designee shall respond within ten (10) workdays of the appeal, to the grievant. Such response shall state the Employer’s views of the facts and any concerned parties and, thereafter, the Undersheriff, or his/her designee, shall issue a give written answer to decisions respecting the grievance to contentions of the grievant within fourteen (14) days of the Undersheriff’s receipt of the written grievanceon appeal.

Formal Levels. a) Level 1: I If the grievant is not satisfied with the written answer provided decision at Informal Resolution Levelthe informal level, the grievant must, within ten (10) days of District-issued email notification of this decision, present the grievance in writing on the District's grievance form to the first-level manager or the person occasioning the grievance. If the grievant has asked for Association Page 18 representation, the Association shall review the grievance and notify the grievant and the District whether it will act as a party to the grievance. This shall be a clear, concise statement of the grievance, the circumstances involved, the specific Agreement provision allegedly violated, the decision rendered at the informal conference, and the specific remedy sought. The recipient of the grievance (i.e. the first-level manager or person occasioning the grievance) shall communicate via District-issued email a decision to the bargaining unit member within five (5) days after receiving the grievance. If the recipient of the grievance does not respond within the time limits, the grievant may appeal to the next level. Within the above time limits, the recipient of the grievance may request a personal conference with the grievant with the stipulation that the grievant may be accompanied by an Association representative. At any point in the process of Formal Level 1 and after the grievance has been submitted, the parties can mutually agree to submit the issue to the Labor Management Committee for resolution. Once submitted to the Labor Management Committee, the timelines of Formal Level I and II are suspended until either party withdraws the issue in writing from the Labor Management Committee. At that point the applicable timeline is resumed and the formal grievance process continues. b) Level II If the grievant is not satisfied with the decision at Level I, the grievant may, within seven (7) days from the receipt of such answer, file a written grievance with the Undersheriff. The grievant must provide a copy of his or her written grievance to the County’s Personnel Officer. The written grievance must be duly signed and dated and contain the following information: a. A detailed statement of the grievance; including the section of this Agreement which has allegedly been violated, factual information detailing that the issue being grieved is not in regards to a topic which is the exclusive right of management, and the remedy requested; b. The date the facts constituting a grievance were discovered, and the date of the incident giving rise to the grievance; c. The date of submission of the grievance orally to the grievant’s supervisor, or a statement that the grievance was not orally submitted to the grievant’s supervisor; d. The following statement: “Failure to respond within fourteen (14) days of the submission of this written grievance will allow the employee to move the grievance to the next step of the grievance process as if the grievance had been denied.” e. The grievant will be responsible for moving the grievance to the next step in the grievance process. Within fourteen (14) days of receipt of the written grievance, the Undersheriff, or his/her designee, shall investigate the grievance which may include a meeting with the grievant and any concerned parties and, thereafter, the Undersheriff, or his/her designee, shall issue a give written answer to the grievance to the grievant within fourteen (14) days of the Undersheriff’s receipt of the written grievance.five

Formal Levels. At any point during the formal grievance process, the parties can mutually agree to submit the issue to the Labor Management Committee for resolution. Once submitted to the Labor Management Committee, the timelines are suspended until either party withdraws the issue in writing from the Labor Management Committee or a mutually satisfactory agreement is reached. If either party withdraws, the applicable timeline is resumed, and the formal grievance process continues. a) Level 1: I If resolution has not been reached, the first-level grievance must be filed within fifteen (15) days after the grievant becomes aware of the alleged occurrence of the act or the omission giving rise to the grievance. The grievant must present the grievance in writing on the District's grievance form, via the District issued email system,If the grievant is not satisfied with the written answer provided decision at Informal Resolution Levelthe informal level, the grievant must, within ten (10) days of District-issued email notification of this decision, present the grievance in writing on the District's grievance form to the first-level manager or the person occasioning the grievance. If the grievant has asked for Association representation, the Association shall review the grievance and notify the grievant and the District whether it will act as a party to the grievance. This shall be a clear, concise statement of the grievance, the circumstances involved, the specific Agreement provision allegedly violated, the decision rendered at the informal conference, and the specific remedy sought. The recipient of the grievance (i.e. the first-level manager or person occasioning the grievance) shall communicate via District-issued email a decision to the bargaining unit member within five (5) seven (7) days after receiving the grievance. If the recipient of the grievance does not respond within the time limits, the grievant may appeal to the next level. Within the above time limits, the recipient of the grievance may request a personal conference with the grievant with the stipulation that the grievant may be accompanied by an Associationa representative. At any point in the process of Formal Level 1 and after the grievance has been submitted, the parties can mutually agree to submit the issue to the Labor Management Committee for resolution. Once submitted to the Labor Management Committee, the timelines of Formal Level I and II are suspended until either party withdraws the issue in writing from the Labor Management Committee. At that point the applicable timeline is resumed and the formal grievance process continues. b) Level II If the grievant is not satisfied with the decision at Level I, the grievant may, within five (5) seven (7) days from of District-issued email notification of this decision, appeal the receipt of such answer, file a written grievance with decision on the Undersheriffappropriate form to the superintendent/president or designee. The grievant must provide This statement shall include a copy of his or her written grievance to the County’s Personnel Officer. The written grievance must be duly signed original grievance, the decision rendered at Level I, and dated and contain the following information: a. A detailed a clear, concise statement of the grievance; including reasons for the section of this Agreement which has allegedly been violated, factual information detailing that the issue being grieved is not in regards to appeal. The superintendent/president or designee shall communicate a topic which is the exclusive right of management, and the remedy requested; b. The date the facts constituting a grievance were discovered, and the date of the incident giving rise to the grievance; c. The date of submission of the grievance orally decision to the grievant’s supervisor, District-issued email account within five (5)seven (7) days. If the superintendent/president or a statement that the grievance was designee does not orally submitted to the grievant’s supervisor; d. The following statement: “Failure to respond within fourteen (14) days of the submission of this written grievance will allow the employee to move the grievance to the next step of the grievance process as if the grievance had been denied.” e. The grievant will be responsible for moving the grievance to the next step in the grievance process. Within fourteen (14) days of receipt of the written grievancetime limits provided, the Undersheriff, grievant may proceed to mediation or his/her designee, shall investigate the grievance which may include a meeting with the grievant and any concerned parties and, thereafter, the Undersheriff, or his/her designee, shall issue a give written answer to the grievance to the grievant within fourteen (14) days of the Undersheriff’s receipt of the written grievance.arbitration...

Formal Levels. (a) Level 1: I If the grievant is not satisfied with the written answer provided decision at Informal Resolution Levelthe informal level, the grievant must, within ten (10) days, present the grievance in writing on the District's grievance form to the first-level manager or the person occasioning the grievance. This shall be a clear, concise statement of the grievance, the circumstances involved, the specific Agreement provision allegedly violated, the decision rendered at the informal conference, and the specific remedy sought. The recipient of the grievance (i.e. the first-level manager or person occasioning the grievance) shall communicate a decision to the bargaining unit member in writing within five (5) days after receiving the grievance. If the recipient of the grievance does not respond within the time limits, the grievant may appeal to the next level. Within the above time limits, the recipient of the grievance may request a personal conference with the grievant with the stipulation that the grievant may be accompanied by an Association representative. At any point in the process of Formal Level 1 and after the grievance has been submitted, the parties can mutually agree to submit the issue to the Labor Management Committee for resolution. Once submitted to the Labor Management Committee, the timelines of Formal Level I and II are suspended until either party withdraws the issue in writing from the Labor Management Committee. At that point the applicable timeline is resumed and the formal grievance process continues. (b) Level II If the grievant is not satisfied with the decision at Level I, the grievant may, within seven five (75) days from days, appeal the receipt of such answer, file a written grievance with decision on the Undersheriffappropriate form to the superintendent/president or designee. The grievant must provide This statement shall include a copy of his or her written grievance to the County’s Personnel Officer. The written grievance must be duly signed original grievance, the decision rendered at Level I, and dated and contain the following information: a. A detailed a clear, concise statement of the grievance; including reasons for the section of this Agreement which has allegedly been violated, factual information detailing that the issue being grieved is not appeal. The superintendent/president or designee shall communicate in regards to writing a topic which is the exclusive right of management, and the remedy requested; b. The date the facts constituting a grievance were discovered, and the date of the incident giving rise to the grievance; c. The date of submission of the grievance orally to the grievant’s supervisor, or a statement that the grievance was not orally submitted to the grievant’s supervisor; d. The following statement: “Failure to respond within fourteen (14) days of the submission of this written grievance will allow the employee to move the grievance to the next step of the grievance process as if the grievance had been denied.” e. The grievant will be responsible for moving the grievance to the next step in the grievance process. Within fourteen (14) days of receipt of the written grievance, the Undersheriff, or his/her designee, shall investigate the grievance which may include a meeting with the grievant and any concerned parties and, thereafter, the Undersheriff, or his/her designee, shall issue a give written answer to the grievance decision to the grievant within fourteen five (145) days of days. If the Undersheriff’s receipt of superintendent/president or designee does not respond within the written grievancetime limits provided, the grievant may proceed to arbitration.

Formal Levels. Level 1: If the grievant is not satisfied with the written answer provided at Informal Resolution Level, the grievant may, within seven (7) days from the receipt of such answer, file a written grievance with the Undersheriff. The grievant must provide a copy of his or her written grievance to the County’s Personnel Officer. The written grievance must be duly signed and dated and contain the following information: a. A detailed statement of the grievance; including the section of this Agreement which has allegedly been violated, factual information detailing that the issue being grieved is not in regards to a topic which is the exclusive right of management, and the remedy requested; b. The date the facts constituting a grievance were discovered, and the date of the incident giving rise to the grievance; c. The date of submission of the grievance orally to the grievant’s supervisor, or a statement that the grievance was not orally submitted to the grievant’s supervisor; d. The following statement: “Failure to respond within fourteen (14) days of the submission of this written grievance will allow the employee to move the grievance to the next step of the grievance process as if the grievance had been denied.” e. The grievant will be responsible for moving the grievance to the next step in the grievance process. Within fourteen (14) days of receipt of the written grievance, the Undersheriff, or his/her designee, shall investigate the grievance which may include a meeting with the grievant and any concerned parties and, thereafter, the Undersheriff, or his/her designee, shall issue a give written answer to the grievance to the grievant within fourteen (14) days of the Undersheriff’s receipt of the written grievance.. If the grievant is not satisfied with the written answer from Level 1, the grievant may, within seven (7) days from receipt of such answer, file his or her written grievance with the Sheriff with a copy to the County’s Personnel Officer. Within fourteen (14) days of receipt of the written grievance, the Sheriff, or his/her designee, shall investigate the grievance which may include a meeting with the concerned parties and, thereafter give written answer to the grievant within fourteen (14) days. If the grievant is not satisfied with the written answer from Level 2, the grievant may, within seven (7) days from the receipt of such answer, file a written appeal to the County Commissioners. Within fourteen

Formal Levels. a) Level 1: I If the grievant is not satisfied with the written answer provided decision at Informal Resolution Levelthe informal level, the grievant must, within ten (10) days of District-issued email notification of this decision, present the grievance in writing on the District's grievance form to the first-level manager or the person occasioning the grievance. If the grievant has asked for Association representation, the Association shall review the grievance and notify the grievant and the District whether it will act as a party to the grievance. This shall be a clear, concise statement of the grievance, the circumstances involved, the specific Agreement provision allegedly violated, the decision rendered at the informal conference, and the specific remedy sought. The recipient of the grievance (i.e. the first-level manager or person occasioning the grievance) shall communicate via District-issued email a decision to the bargaining unit member within five (5) days after receiving the grievance. If the recipient of the grievance does not respond within the time limits, the grievant may appeal to the next level. Within the above time limits, the recipient of the grievance may request a personal conference with the grievant with the stipulation that the grievant may be accompanied by an Association representative. At any point in the process of Formal Level 1 and after the grievance has been submitted, the parties can mutually agree to submit the issue to the Labor Management Committee for resolution. Once submitted to the Labor Management Committee, the timelines of Formal Level I and II are suspended until either party withdraws the issue in writing from the Labor Management Committee. At that point the applicable timeline is resumed and the formal grievance process continues. b) Level II If the grievant is not satisfied with the decision at Level I, the grievant may, within seven five (75) days from of District-issued email notification of this decision, appeal the receipt of such answer, file a written grievance with decision on the Undersheriffappropriate form to the superintendent/president or designee. The grievant must provide This statement shall include a copy of his or her written grievance to the County’s Personnel Officer. The written grievance must be duly signed original grievance, the decision rendered at Level I, and dated and contain the following information: a. A detailed a clear, concise statement of the grievance; including reasons for the section of this Agreement which has allegedly been violated, factual information detailing that the issue being grieved is not in regards to appeal. The superintendent/president or designee shall communicate a topic which is the exclusive right of management, and the remedy requested; b. The date the facts constituting a grievance were discovered, and the date of the incident giving rise to the grievance; c. The date of submission of the grievance orally decision to the grievant’s supervisor, District-issued email account within five (5) days. If the superintendent/president or a statement that the grievance was designee does not orally submitted to the grievant’s supervisor; d. The following statement: “Failure to respond within fourteen (14) days of the submission of this written grievance will allow the employee to move the grievance to the next step of the grievance process as if the grievance had been denied.” e. The grievant will be responsible for moving the grievance to the next step in the grievance process. Within fourteen (14) days of receipt of the written grievancetime limits provided, the Undersheriff, grievant may proceed to mediation or his/her designee, shall investigate the grievance which may include a meeting with the grievant and any concerned parties and, thereafter, the Undersheriff, or his/her designee, shall issue a give written answer to the grievance to the grievant within fourteen (14) days of the Undersheriff’s receipt of the written grievance.arbitration...