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For more information visit our privacy policy.Grievances Step 1. The employee and/or the Union shall present the grievance in writing to the facility head, institution head, divisional head, commanding officer or regional head within 20 days of the act or omission giving rise to the grievance or within 20 days of the date on which the employee first knew of such act or omission. The facility head, institution head, divisional head, commanding officer or regional head, shall each designate a regular representative, who shall meet with the Union and the grievant during the employee's regular work shift within ten days of receipt of the grievance and shall render a decision in writing within ten days from the day of such meeting. The decision shall include a brief statement of relevant facts and reasons on which the decision is based. Step 2. In the event that the grievance has not been satisfactorily resolved at Step 1, an appeal may be taken by the Union in writing to the Department or Agency head, as appropriate, within 15 days from receipt of the Step 1 decision. The written appeal shall contain a description of the relevant facts from which the grievance derives, why the decision at the Step 1 level is inadequate, and specific references to all sections of the Agreement, if any, which the Union claims have been violated. The Department or Agency Head, or designee, shall meet with the Union to review the grievance within thirty days from receipt of the Step 2 written appeal and shall render a written decision which shall include a brief statement of the relevant facts on which the decision is based to the Union within ten days from the day of the Step 2 meeting. Communications concerning appeals and decisions at this Step shall be made by personal service or by registered or certified mail. Step 3. In the event that the grievance has not been satisfactorily resolved at Step 2, an appeal to the Director of the Governor's Office of Employee Relations may be taken by the Union in writing within 15 days from the day on which the Union received the Step 2 decision. Such appeal shall contain a copy of the Step 2 decision. All communications concerning appeals and decisions at this Step shall be made by personal service, registered or certified mail. Every four weeks (on a designated day), representatives from the Union and the Governor's Office of Employee Relations will meet and review all grievances that have been appealed to the Step 3 level during the previous four week period. At these meetings, the grievance will be read, reviewed and tactically distributed for processing in one of the following ways:
Grievant A grievant is a unit member or the Association who is filing a grievance as defined above. Alleged violations, misapplications or misinterpretations which affect more than one (1) employee in a substantially similar manner may be consolidated at the discretion of management or the Association as a group grievance and shall thereafter be represented by a single grievant.
Disciplinary Grievances If the grievance is not resolved at Step 2, the Union may file a request for mediation with the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) in accordance with WAC 000-00-000, with a copy to the Office of Financial Management/SHR/Labor Relations Section (OFM/SHR/LRS) and the Human Resources Office within fifteen (15) days of receipt of the Step 2 decision. In addition to all other filing requirements, the request must include a copy of the grievance and all previous responses.
Grievance A grievance is an alleged violation, misinterpretation, or misapplication of the terms of the negotiated agreement between the Board and the Association.