Common use of Management of the Clause in Contracts

Management of the. department has the responsibility to inform a grievant of any limitation of a given level of Management’s authority to fully resolve the grievance. In this regard, Management shall: a. Supply the grievant with the necessary and relevant information to process the grievance at the proper step of the grievance procedure. b. Advise a grievant when any matter under submission is determined by Management as not grievable according to the definitions in section A. The “grievance” paperwork submitted by the grievant shall be returned to the grievant along with a memorandum explaining why the matter is not grievable and what alternative procedures, if any, the grievant may follow to process their complaint. If a grievance is determined to be nongrievable, that decision may be appealed to the next step without reverting to a lower step. A decision favorable to the grievant at this step in the grievance procedure serves to reinstate the original grievance in whole.