Common use of Informal Adjustments Clause in Contracts

Informal Adjustments. Whenever possible, problems affecting professional staff members should be adjusted between the professional staff member and the immediate supervisor or within the college structure through the level of President if necessary. Any professional staff member in the bargaining unit may present and discuss his/her complaint with appropriate management representatives and may be represented by the Congress in this process. The Congress may present and discuss with appropriate management representatives any complaint on its own behalf, but not on behalf of a professional staff member or professional staff members. These presentations or discussions shall be entirely informal. Any settlement, withdrawal, or disposition of a complaint at the informal stage shall not constitute a binding precedent in the settlement of similar complaints or grievances. Such matters shall not be deemed grievances and their settlement shall not establish any precedent whatsoever for the resolution of any problems between a professional staff member and the immediate supervisor, the college, or the Board. If a bargaining unit member believes that a problem or concern constitutes a grievance, he or she may request that the President agree to extend the time for filing the grievance for up to fifteen calendar days, as provided in 2D below.

Informal Adjustments. Whenever possible, problems affecting professional staff members should be adjusted between the professional staff member and the immediate supervisor or within the college structure through the level of CEO/President if necessary. Any professional staff member in the bargaining unit may present and discuss his/her complaint with appropriate management representatives and may be represented by the Congress Union in this the process. The Congress Union may present and discuss with appropriate management representatives any complaint on its own behalf, but not on behalf of a professional staff member or professional staff members. These presentations or discussions shall be entirely informal. Any settlement, withdrawal, or disposition of a complaint at the informal stage shall not constitute a binding precedent in the settlement of similar complaints or grievances. Such matters shall not be deemed grievances and their settlement shall not establish any precedent whatsoever for the resolution of any problems between a professional staff member and the immediate supervisor, the college, or the Board. If a bargaining unit member believes that a problem or concern constitutes a grievance, he or she may request that the CEO/President agree to extend the time limit for filing the grievance for up to fifteen (15) calendar days, as provided in 2D below.

Informal Adjustments. Whenever possible, problems affecting professional staff members should be adjusted between the professional staff member and the immediate supervisor or within the college structure through the level of President if necessary. Any professional staff member in the bargaining unit may present and discuss his/her complaint with appropriate management representatives and may be represented by the Congress Union in this the process. The Congress Union may present and discuss with appropriate management representatives any complaint on its own behalf, but not on behalf of a professional staff member or professional staff members. These presentations or discussions shall be entirely informal. Any settlement, withdrawal, or disposition of a complaint at the informal stage shall not constitute a binding precedent in the settlement of similar complaints or grievances. Such matters shall not be deemed grievances and their settlement shall not establish any precedent whatsoever for the resolution of any problems between a professional staff member and the immediate supervisor, the college, or the Board. If a bargaining unit member believes that a problem or concern constitutes a grievance, he or she may request that the President agree to extend the time limit for filing the grievance for up to fifteen (15) calendar days, as provided in 2D below.