Common use of No Abridgement of Other Rights of Appeal Clause in Contracts

No Abridgement of Other Rights of Appeal. The provisions of this grievance procedure shall not abridge on rights granted to employees under the City Charter or City ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations providing other procedures for resolving disputes, except that an employee may not submit a grievance to an arbitrator in accordance with this grievance procedure if the employee has elected to use another procedure available under the City Charter or City ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations for the resolution of his or her grievance. If an employee feels he or she has been unjustly discharged/disciplined, the employee shall have the right to appeal his/her case pursuant to Section 7.3.2. Such appeals must be filed in writing within five (5) working days from date of receipt of the notice letter of discharge/discipline and unless so filed the right of appeal is lost, but, in the event that the dispute is carried to arbitration and that such employee is found to have been properly discharged/disciplined under the provisions of Article 7.3, such employee may not be ordered reinstated and no penalty may be assessed upon the Employer. The arbitrator shall not have the power to amend or modify either party's position; but shall rule on the merits of each party's case as presented during the hearing. In addition to the arbitrators proposed by the State Mediation and Conciliation Service, the parties shall be free to select from a pool of arbitrators mutually agreed to by the City and the Association. The parties shall continue to meet and confer, after the adoption of this MOU on a mutually agreeable panel of arbitrators. Once agreed to the panel shall be identified by side letter to the MOU.