Common use of Grieving Provisions Clause in Contracts

Grieving Provisions. 1. A grievance may be withdrawn at any level without establishing precedent. 2. The District will provide access to an electronic grievance form. 3. Each of the parties shall be entitled to two (2) conferees. 4. When it is necessary for representatives designated by the Association to investigate a grievance or attend a grievance meeting or hearing after the regular instructional day, he/she will, upon notice to his/her Principal or immediate supervisors by the president of the Association, be released without loss of pay in order to permit participation in the foregoing activities. Any teacher who is requested to appear in such investigations, meetings, or hearings as a witness will be accorded the same right. 5. For the purpose of this Agreement, a regular instructional day shall mean the periods of student contact. 6. All documents, communications, and records dealing with the processing of a grievance will be filed in a separate grievance file and will not be kept in the personnel file of any of the participants. 7. While the grievance procedure is being pursued, the District resolution of the existing problem shall be followed until a final decision of the matter is reached. 8. Xxxxxxxxx will not be approached by any employee or Association representative during student contact time to discuss or handle grievances. 9. Since it is important that grievances be processed as rapidly as possible, the number of days indicated at each level should be considered as a maximum, and every effort should be made to expedite the process. The time specified, however, may be extended by mutual consent in writing. 10. In the event a grievance is filed at such a time that it cannot be processed through all levels of procedure by the last working day of the school year, the time limits set forth herein will be reduced so that the procedure may be completed prior to the end of the school year, or as soon thereafter as it is practical. 11. The Association will represent an unrepresented member until Arbitration, where the unrepresented unit member will be responsible for their representation in Arbitration. 12. In regard to any claim or complaint for which there is another remedial procedure or course established by statute or by regulation having the force or law, a grievant shall be entitled to use the grievance procedure only if he/she does not utilize in any way another remedial procedure. This does not include repugnancy claims under the EERA. 13. No grievant shall use the grievance procedure to change any practice, policy or decision of the District unless such practice, policy or decision is contrary to the specific provisions of this Agreement. 14. For the purposes of efficiency, the District or its representatives may consolidate grievances involving similar issues.

Grieving Provisions. 1. A grievance may be withdrawn at any level without establishing precedent. 2. The District will provide access distribute ten (10) copies of each grievance form to an electronic grievance formeach school site. 3. Each of the parties shall be entitled to two (2) conferees. 4. When it is necessary for representatives designated by the Association to investigate a grievance or attend a grievance meeting or hearing after the regular instructional day, he/she will, upon notice to his/her Principal or immediate supervisors by the president of the Association, be released without loss of pay in order to permit participation in the foregoing activities. Any teacher who is requested to appear in such investigations, meetings, or hearings as a witness will be accorded the same right. 5. For the purpose of this Agreement, a regular instructional day shall mean the periods of student contact. 6. All documents, communications, and records dealing with the processing of a grievance will be filed in a separate grievance file and will not be kept in the personnel file of any of the participants. 7. While the grievance procedure is being pursued, the District resolution of the existing problem shall be followed until a final decision of the matter is reached. 8. Xxxxxxxxx Grievants will not be approached by any employee or Association representative during student contact time to discuss or handle grievances. 9. Since it is important that grievances be processed as rapidly as possible, the number of days indicated at each level should be considered as a maximum, and every effort should be made to expedite the process. The time specified, however, may be extended by mutual consent in writing. 10. In the event a grievance is filed at such a time that it cannot be processed through all levels of procedure by the last working day of the school year, the time limits set forth herein will be reduced so that the procedure may be completed prior to the end of the school year, or as soon thereafter as it is practical. 11. The When the aggrieved is not represented by the Association will represent an unrepresented member until Arbitrationat Levels I and II, where the unrepresented unit member will Association shall be responsible for their representation informed of the decision and have the right to present orally or in Arbitrationwriting its view on the grievance at Levels I and II or the Procedure. 12. In regard to any claim or complaint for which there is another remedial procedure or course established by statute or by regulation having the force or law, a grievant shall be entitled to use the grievance procedure only if he/she does not utilize in any way another remedial procedure. This does not include repugnancy claims under the EERA. 13. No grievant shall use the grievance procedure to change any practice, policy or decision of the District unless such practice, policy or decision is contrary to the specific provisions of this Agreement. 14. For the purposes of efficiency, the District or its representatives may consolidate grievances involving similar issues.