Grievance Policies Sample Clauses

Grievance Policies. The grievance procedure will be applicable for any conflicts or disagreements between clients and clients and clients and staff. Clients will have the right to file a grievance without the fear of harmful repercussions from staff or other residents. The OPERATOR will establish Grievance Policies and Procedures in accordance with the Phase I MOPSP and will include:
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Grievance Policies. The grievance procedure with a clearly defined process that identifies lines of authority willshall be applicable for any conflicts or disagreements between clients and clients and clients and Contractor. Clients willshall have the right to file a grievance without the fear of harmful repercussions from staff or other residents. The Contractor willshall establish and submit to the County Grievance Policies and Procedures and willshall include:
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Grievance Policies. Mercy House believes in transparency, and in the spirit of fair and honest communication, the following policies and procedures have been written to ensure that clients can be heard and have a voice in the shelter community. To ensure that clients know they have a voice, these policies, procedures, and documents will be kept in a common area reachable by clients at any time, and that every shelter has within its spaces signage or posters that remind clients that their voices are important, and that if they have a complaint or grievance, they can be heard in a timely and respectful manner. These flyers will also note the location of these documents, which will be kept in an organized binder at the front service desk of every site. Furthermore, the Regional Director will be responsible for receiving and responding to formal grievances. If the Regional Director is not available, the Program Manager may assist in forwarding the grievance to the next level supervisor. If one of the following procedures or policies requires a working phone number, email or mailing address, Mercy House will encourage someone without these options to call the manager or director of the program for updates. If a client would like to file a grievance or appeal with the program but is no longer enrolled in the program, they would be able to receive a grievance form either via email, or by emailing the regional manager or director. A third party or appointed advocate may assist the client in requesting this form. To address issues or problems as quickly and as efficiently as possible, it may not always be necessary to file a formal grievance. For less pressing matters or for issues that can be addressed swiftly clients will be encouraged to file an informal complaint instead of a formal grievance. This is because the formal grievance would likely take longer to address and will require additional levels of investigation before an official resolution can be reached. Copies of informal complaints and formal grievances will be kept in each client’s casefile, and a copy may be requested at any time by the client that made the complaint. Complaints and Grievances will be kept confidential as any other document in the client’s casefile, and not shared with any other client in the program or any other person outside Mercy House unless subpoenaed by a court of law.
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  • Grievance Steps Step One (1) - Filing the Grievance with the Agency Director or Designee If an employee or the Union believes that he/she has been assigned duties not within his/her current classification, the employee or the Union may file a grievance with the Agency Director or designee. The Agency Director or designee shall investigate and issue a decision after review and approval by the Office of Collective Bargaining, within thirty-five (35) calendar days. A copy of the Director’s or designee’s decision and a legible copy of the grievance form shall be provided to the grievant and OCSEA Central Office. If the parties mutually agree, a meeting to attempt to resolve the grievance may be held at the grievant’s work site prior to the issuance of the decision of the Director or designee. A request by the Office of Collective Bargaining to discuss the resolution of the grievance shall not extend the twenty (20) day period within which the Union has a right to appeal the matter to arbitration under Step Two (2). If the Director or designee determines that the employee is performing duties which meet the classification concept and which constitute a substantial portion of the duties (i.e., twenty percent (20%) or more of the employee’s time if to a higher classification or eighty percent (80%) of the employee’s time if to a lower classification) specified in another classification specification, the Director shall order the immediate discontinuance of the inappropriate duties being performed by the employee, unless the parties agree to the reclassification of the person and position pursuant to the provisions of this Article. If the duties are determined to be those contained in a classification with a lower pay range than the employee’s current classification, no monetary award will be issued. If the duties are determined to be those contained in a classification with a higher pay range than that of the employee’s current classification, the Director or designee shall issue an award of monetary relief, provided that the employee has performed the duties as previously specified for a period of four (4) or more working days. The amount of the monetary award shall be the difference between the employee’s regular hourly rate of pay, and the hourly rate of pay at the applicable step of the higher pay range for the new classification. The applicable step shall be the step in the higher pay range which is approximately four percent (4%) higher than the current step rate of the employee. If a step does not exist in the higher pay range that guarantees the employee approximately a four percent (4%) increase, the employee will be placed in the last step of the higher pay range. The placement into the last step does not necessarily guarantee a four percent (4%) increase. If the higher level duties are of a permanent nature as agreed to by the Union and the Employer, the employee shall be reclassified to the higher classification. If the duties are determined to be those contained in a classification with a lower pay range eighty percent (80%) or more of the time than that of the employee’s current classification: 1.) the Director or designee shall issue an award to cease the assignment of the lower level duties, and take appropriate action to assign duties consistent with the employee’s current classification; or 2.) the parties mutually agree to reclassify the employee to the lower level classification, the employee may be reassigned to the appropriate classification; or 3.) if the duties cannot be assigned by the Employer, other actions, as appropriate, may be initiated under this Agreement. Management shall discuss options with the Union. In no event shall the monetary award be retroactive to a date earlier than four (4) working days prior to the date of the filing of the original grievance. The date of the filing of the grievance shall be determined by the postmark or other evidence of delivery, whichever is earlier, to the agency. Step Two (2) - Appeal to Arbitration Grievances which have not been settled under the foregoing procedure may be appealed to arbitration by the Union by providing a written appeal and a legible copy of the Working Out of Class grievance form to the Deputy Director of the Office of Collective Bargaining within twenty (20) days of the Step One (1) answer or the date such answer was due. If the Employer fails to issue the answer and legible copy of the grievance form to the Central Office, the Union may appeal the grievance to arbitration at such time as it discovers such failure to timely answer, but not more than one-hundred twenty (120) days from the original filing of the grievance. The parties shall schedule an arbitrator to determine if an employee was performing the duties which meet the classification concept and consist of a substantial portion of the duties (i.e., 20% or more of the employee’s time if to a higher classification or eighty percent (80%) of the employee’s time if to a lower classification) as specified in the classification specification other than the one to which the employee is currently assigned and for what period of time. Present at the hearing shall be a union representative, the grievant or the employee whose duties are being challenged, and a management representative and agency designee who will present their arguments to the arbitrator. The employee’s position description will be admitted into evidence at the hearing. If the Union disagrees with the accuracy of the position description, it may file objections with the Management advocate accompanied by its version of what actual duties were performed at least two

  • Grievance Investigations Where an employee has asked or is obliged to be represented by the Institute in relation to the presentation of a grievance and an employee acting on behalf of the Institute wishes to discuss the grievance with that employee, the employee and the representative of the employee will, where operational requirements permit, be given reasonable leave with pay for this purpose when the discussion takes place in the headquarters area of such employee and leave without pay when it takes place outside the headquarters area of such employee.

  • Policy Grievances ‌ Where either party to this Agreement disputes the general application, interpretation or alleged violation of an article of this Agreement, the dispute shall be discussed initially with the Chief Operating Officer or designate or the President of the Union within 14 calendar days of the occurrence. Where no satisfactory agreement is reached, either party, within a further 14 calendar days, may submit the dispute to arbitration.

  • Grievances Where an Employee alleges that she has been suspended or discharged in violation of Article 23.01, she may within ten (10) days of the date on which she was notified in writing or within twenty (20) days of the date of her discharge or suspension, whichever is later, invoke the grievance procedure including provisions for Arbitration contained in Article 26, and for the purpose of a grievance, alleging violation of Article 23.01 she may lodge her grievance at the final level of the grievance procedure.

  • Grievance File Records involving the processing of an employee's grievance, such as the grievance form, step appeals/responses, and settlement documents, will be kept in a file separate from the employee’s personnel file. It is not the intent of this section to exclude from the employee's personnel file final disciplinary action documents, including those that result from a settlement agreement.

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