Grievance Steps. Prior to initiating a formal written grievance pursuant to this Article, an employee or PEF is encouraged to resolve disputes subject to this Article informally with the appropriate immediate supervisor.
(a) Step One: The employee or PEF shall present the grievance to the facility or institution head or a designated representative not later than 30 calendar days after the date on which the act or omission giving rise to the grievance occurred. The facility or institution head or designated representative shall meet with the employee or PEF and shall issue a short plain written statement of reasons for the decision to the employee or PEF not later than 20 working days following the receipt of the grievance.
(b) Step Two: An appeal from an unsatisfactory decision at Step 1 shall be filed by the employee or PEF, on forms to be provided by the State, with the agency or department head or the designee within 10 working days of the receipt of the Step 1 decision. Such appeal shall be in writing and shall include a copy of the grievance filed at Step 1, a copy of the Step 1 decision and a short plain written statement of the reasons for disagreement with the Step 1 decision. The agency or department head or a designee shall meet with the employee or PEF for a review of the grievance and shall issue a short, plain written statement of reasons for the decision to the employee and to the President of PEF or the President’s designee no later than 20 working days following receipt of the Step 1 appeal.
(c) Step Three: An appeal from an unsatisfactory decision at Step 2 shall be filed by PEF through its President or the President’s designee, on forms to be provided by the State with the Director of the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations, or the Director’s designee, within 30 working days of the receipt of the Step 2 decision. Such appeal shall be in writing, and shall include a copy of the grievance filed at Step 1, and a copy of all prior decisions and appeals, and a short, plain written statement of the reasons for disagreement with the Step 2 decision. The Director of the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations, or the Director’s designee, shall issue a short, plain written statement of reasons for the decision within 30 working days after receipt of the appeal. A copy of said written decision shall be forwarded to the President of PEF, or the President’s designee.
(d) Step Four: Arbitration:
(1) Contract grievances which are appealable to arbitration pursuant ...
Grievance Steps. Step I. If the grievance has not been settled in the informal procedure above, it may be presented by the Association or the employee in writing to the appropriate Vice President/designee within thirty (30) calendar days after the employee or the Association, through the use of reasonable diligence, should have had knowledge of the occurrence that gave rise to the grievance. The written grievance shall set forth the nature of the grievance, the facts upon which it is based, the specific section(s) of the Agreement allegedly violated and the relief requested.
Step II. If the grievance remains unsettled, it may be presented by the Association or the employee in writing to the university President within ten (10) calendar days after the response of the Vice President/designee. The parties shall, within ten (10) calendar days of the receipt of the grievance, arrange a grievance meeting, unless another timeline for the Step II meeting is mutually agreed upon. The President/designee shall respond to the Association and the employee in writing no later than fourteen (14) calendar days after the Step II meeting.
Step III. If the grievance is still unresolved after the response of the university President/designee, it may be presented to the Chancellor/designee by the Association or the employee within fifteen (15) calendar days after the response of the President. The parties shall, within ten (10) calendar days of the receipt of the grievance, arrange a grievance meeting, unless another timeline for the Step III meeting is mutually agreed upon. The Chancellor/designee shall respond to the grievance no later than twenty-one (21) calendar days after the Step III meeting.
Grievance Steps. A. INFORMAL LEVEL Any employee or group of employees with a grievance shall within ten (10) work days of its alleged occurrence, or the discovery thereof (if the discovery could not reasonably have been made at the time of occurrence), discuss it with the immediate supervisor. At this and subsequent steps in the grievance procedure, an Association representative may accompany the employee upon request of the employee. The immediate supervisor will render his/her decision within five (5) work days to the grievant and association representative.
B. STEP I If the discussion at the informal level above does not resolve the grievance, within five (5) work days following the decision the Association Representative shall submit the grievance in writing to the immediate supervisor who shall render his/her decision in writing to the grievant and association president within five (5) work days of the submission.
C. STEP II If the grievance remains unresolved within five (5) work days of the written decision in Step I, the Association Representative shall submit a copy of the written grievance to the superintendent, or his/her designated representative, who within five (5) work days of the receipt of the grievance shall meet with the employee and Association Representative in an effort to resolve the matter. Within ten (10) work days of the receipt of the grievance, the Superintendent or his/her designated representative, shall indicate in writing his/her disposition of the grievance to the grievant and Association Representative.
D. STEP III If the grievance remains unresolved within five (5) work days of the receipt of the written decision in Step II, the Association shall refer it in writing to the Board of Education. The Board shall hold a hearing within thirty
Grievance Steps. Step 1: Immediate Supervisor The employee and/or the Union shall orally raise the grievance with the employee's supervisor who is outside the bargaining unit. The employee shall inform the supervisor that this discussion constitutes the first step of the grievance procedure. All grievances must be presented not later than ten (10) working days from the date the grievant became aware of the occurrence giving rise to the complaint. The immediate supervisor shall render an oral response to the grievance within five (5) working days after the grievance is presented. If the oral grievance is not resolved at Step 1, the immediate supervisor shall sign the written statement of grievance prepared for submission at Step 2 acknowledging discussion of the grievance. In those circumstances where securing the signature of the first level supervisor who is physically not available to sign would have adversely affected a timely submittal to the second level, the grievance will be submitted to the second level without such signature. A copy of the grievance shall subsequently be provided to the first level supervisor for such signature. The parties recognize that variations from the immediate supervisor, where mutually agreeable, may exist.
Step 2: Intermediate Administrator In the event the grievance is not resolved in Step 1, it shall be presented in writing by the Union to the Intermediate Administrator or his/her designee within five (5) working days from the receipt of the answer or the date such answer was due, whichever is earliest. Within ten (10) working days after the grievance is presented to Step 2, the Intermediate Administrator shall meet, discuss and attempt to resolve the grievance with the Union. If the parties are unable to resolve the grievance, the Intermediate Administrator shall render a written answer to the grievance within five (5) working days after such discussion is held and provide a copy of such answer to the Union. The written grievance shall be on an agreed upon form which shall be provided by the Union. The written grievance shall contain a statement of the grievant's complaint, the Section(s) of the Agreement allegedly violated, if applicable, the date of the alleged violation and the relief sought. The form shall be signed and dated by the grievant. Improper grievance form, date or section citation shall not be grounds for denial of the grievance.
Grievance Steps. The parties hereto acknowledge that it is usually most desirable for a teacher and the teacher’s immediately involved supervisor to resolve problems through free and informal communications. An Association representative may accompany the teacher to assist in the informal resolution of the grievance. If, however, the informal process fails to satisfy the teacher or the Association, a grievance may be processed as follows:
A. Step A. Within five (5) working days of the occurrence of the grievance, the teacher and the Association should meet with the involved supervisor in an effort to resolve the matter informally. If, however, the informal process fails to satisfy the teacher or the Association, the teacher or the Association may present the grievance in writing to the immediately involved supervisor, who will arrange for a meeting to take place within ten (10) working days after receipt of the grievance. Such written grievance shall be filed with such supervisor within ten (10) working days of the event giving rise to the grievance. The Association’s representative, the grievant and the immediately involved supervisor may be present for the meeting. Within ten (10) working days of the meeting, the grievant and the Association shall be provided with the supervisor’s written response, including the reasons for the decision.
B. Step B. If the grievance is not resolved at Step A, then the grievant/Association may refer the grievance to the Superintendent or the Superintendent’s official designee within ten (10) working days after receipt of the Step A answer or within ten (10) working days after the Step A meeting, whichever is the later. The Superintendent shall arrange for a meeting to take place within ten (10) working days of the Superintendent’s receipt of the appeal. Each party shall have the right to include in its representation such witnesses and counselors as it deems necessary. Within ten (10) working days of the meeting, the Association and the grievant, if other than the Association, shall be provided with the
C. Step C. If the grievance is not resolved at Step B, then the parties, by mutual agreement, may submit the grievance to mediation by filing within ten (10) working days of the Superintendent’s or the Superintendent’s official designee’s written decision or reply, a request for mediation with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS)
Grievance Steps. Step 1 The grievor, with the assistance of their Shop Xxxxxxx, where applicable, will submit the grievance in writing to the Business Manager of the Union who will take the matter up with the appropriate Company official within ten (10) working days of the Company’s reply in Step 1.
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Grievance Steps. The grievance procedure shall be used to resolve a Unit member's complaints as defined in Section 2 above. The grievance procedure shall consist of the following "Steps."
Step 1. A Unit member shall have the right to present a grievance, in writing, within five (5) working days of the action or incident causing the grievance. Such grievance shall be provided to the immediate supervisor of the Unit member. All grievances shall state the violation of this MOU, how it affects the Unit member’s wages, hours, working conditions or job security, and the Unit member’s requested remedy. Within ten (10) working days of receipt of the grievance, the immediate supervisor shall render a written decision responding to the grievance and return the completed grievance form to the Unit member. Failure of the immediate supervisor to render a written response on the grievance within ten (10) working days of receipt of the grievance shall constitute a constructive denial of the grievance. If denied, and the Unit member wishes to move the grievance to the next Step in the grievance process, then the Unit member shall move the grievance to the next immediate supervisor within the chain of command, in accordance with Section 3, Step 2 of this Article. The grievance shall be considered resolved and no further review of the subject matter of the grievance shall be permitted under this Article when the Unit member does not seek further review of the grievance within five (5) working days after response to or constructive denial of the grievance by the immediate supervisor.
Step 2. If the immediate supervisor’s response does not satisfactorily resolve the complaint, and/or the grievance is denied, then the Unit member and/or the Unit member’s designated representative may submit the grievance to the next immediate supervisor within the chain of command, within five (5) working days of the immediate supervisor’s actual or constructive decision on the grievance. The next immediate supervisor shall contact and discuss the grievance with the Unit member and/or the Unit member’s designated representative and shall discuss the grievance with the Unit member’s immediate supervisor. Within ten (10) working days after receipt of the grievance, the next immediate supervisor shall render a written response to the grievance and the completed grievance form shall be returned to the Unit member. Failure of the next immediate supervisor to render a written response on the grievance within ten (10...
Grievance Steps. Step 1. Grievances shall in the first instance be presented to the supervisor of the employee or group of employees involved.
Step 2. If, within three (3) working days after presenting the grievance to the supervisor, it is not satisfactorily adjusted, it shall be referred to the Senior Management Representative of the division of the bargaining unit involved or to such person as shall be designated by the management to act in place thereof. The hearing for Step 2 may be held simultaneously with Step 1 at the Senior Management Representative’s option. In such case, however, the time allowed for Step 2, if necessary, shall commence from the time of the combined hearing.
Step 3. If, within three (3) working days after presenting the grievance in Step 2 hereof, it is not satisfactorily adjusted, it shall be referred to the Labor Relations Section of the Human Resource Department. At the request of either party the grievance shall then be heard within five (5) working days by a Grievance Committee consisting of not more than four (4) representatives of the Union and not more than an equal number of representatives of the Employer exclusive of witnesses in an attempt to reach a satisfactory resolution of the issue. (Toward that end, the parties agree to disclose their positions in detail and upon request, to exchange information regarding the evidence upon which they intend to rely in arbitration if the matter remains unresolved. Any additional evidence not disclosed at this meeting may not be utilized at the arbitration hearing unless the party (parties) was genuinely unaware of the evidence at the Step 3 meeting. The party who finds such additional evidence agrees to notify the other party of such findings so that an additional effort may be made to resolve the issue prior to arbitration, or if found during arbitration, agrees to notify the other party of such evidence before it is presented in testimony).
Step 4. If the grievance is not adjusted by the parties, it may be designated by either party, in writing, to be submitted to arbitration within forty (40) working days of the third step hearing unless the time for submission is extended by written agreement of the parties, any grievance not so submitted will be considered administratively closed. Before the arbitration hearing date, the Union President and/or the International Representative shall meet with the Company to review the grievance in an attempt to reach a satisfactory resolution of the issue.
Grievance Steps. A grievance shall be processed in the following manner:
