Less than "Standard. Rating
a. Where the performance of an employee is less than "Standard", the designated supervisor will confer with such employee at least once every three (3) months and shall set forth the deficiencies and improvement goals required to achieve a "Standard" level of performance or better.
b. A record of such conferences shall be made and a copy given to the employee within two (2) weeks of the conference.
c. Grievances which evolve from the inability of the employee and designated supervisor to reach agreement on performance and improvement goals and work standards shall be treated as an A.2