Common use of GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATION/STANDARD GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE Clause in Contracts

GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATION/STANDARD GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. Where an employee has the right to process a grievance through either the procedure provided herein or through the Pennsylvania Civil Service Commission and files an appeal with the Commission, either the contract grievance procedure shall cease, if the employee has submitted a contract grievance, or the employee shall not be entitled to institute proceedings under the contract grievance procedure. If the appeal to the Commission is withdrawn by the employee or not accepted by the Commission within 15 working days of the date of the occurrence of the action giving rise to the grievance, the processing of a contract grievance filed within the time limits set forth in Section 2 shall be permitted.