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

GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATION/STANDARD GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. Section 1. 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 If the appeal to the Commission is withdrawn by the employee or not accepted by the Commission within fifteen (15) working days of the date of the occurrence of the action giving rise to the grievance,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. Section 2. Any grievance or dispute which may arise concerning the application, meaning or interpretation of this Agreement shall be settled in accordance with the following steps. Where grievances may be submitted in writing, they may also be submitted via email, however current practices regarding the provision of hard copy documentation provided as support for grievance submissions by the Union shall continue. Both parties will include a copy of the grievance with their grievance correspondence. STEP 1. The employee, either alone or accompanied by the Union representative, or the Union where entitled, shall present the grievance orally or in writing to the immediate supervisor, or in the case of the Department of Human Services, to the District Manager of a district office of a County Assistance Office or to a designated management representative in a single office County Assistance Office, an institution, or a Youth Development Center, within fifteen (15) working days of the date of its occurrence, or when the employee knew or by reasonable diligence should have known of its occurrence. The supervisor or designated management representative shall attempt to resolve the matter and report the decision to the employee orally or in writing within fifteen (15) working days of its presentation. STEP 2. In the event the grievance is not settled at Step 1, the appeal must be presented in writing by the employee or Union representative to the head of his/her division, bureau, institution, or equivalent organizational unit or in the case of the Department of Human Services, to the Executive Director of a County Assistance Office, Institution Superintendent, or Director of a Youth Development Center, within fifteen

GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATION/STANDARD GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. Section 1. 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 fifteen (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. Section 2. Any grievance or dispute which may arise concerning the application, meaning or interpretation of this Agreement shall be settled in accordance with the following steps. Where grievances may be submitted in writing, they may also be submitted via email, however current practices regarding the provision of hard copy documentation provided as support for grievance submissions by the Union shall continue. Both parties will include a copy of the grievance with their grievance correspondence. STEP 1. The employee, either alone or accompanied by the Union representative, or the Union where entitled, shall present the grievance orally or in writing to the immediate supervisor, or in the case of the Department of Human Services, to the District Manager of a district office of a County Assistance Office or to a designated management representative in a single office County Assistance Office, an institution, or a Youth Development Center, within fifteen (15) working days of the date of its occurrence, or when the employee knew or by reasonable diligence should have known of its occurrence. The supervisor or designated management representative shall attempt to resolve the matter and report the decision to the employee orally or in writing within fifteen (15) working days of its presentation.its STEP 2. In the event the grievance is not settled at Step 1, the appeal must be presented in writing by the employee or Union representative to the head of his/her division, bureau, institution, or equivalent organizational unit or in the case of the Department of Human Services, to the Executive Director of a County Assistance Office, Institution Superintendent, or Director of a Youth Development Center, within fifteen