Procedure for Filing a Grievance. Step 1 - Informal Step - Immediate Supervisor
Procedure for Filing a Grievance. The purpose of this procedure is to secure, at the lowest possible administrative level, resolution of grievances which may arise. Details of grievance proceedings shall be kept confidential. At any step the grievant may be accompanied by a representative of the Union.
Procedure for Filing a Grievance. Obtain a grievance form from the immediate supervisor or an Association representative.
1. Level I
Procedure for Filing a Grievance. Step 1 Non Bargaining Unit Supervisor/PI/or Designee Informal Step When a potential grievance arises, the bargaining unit member(s) and/or the Union shall meet with the representative(s) of the Employer/University Administration (immediate non-unit supervisor) who has the authority to resolve the matter. The Employer/ University Administration may have its Contract Administrator participate at the informal step discussions. However, if the Contract Administrator participates at this level, he/she may not be appointed as a "designee" at another level of the grievance procedure. Informal efforts at settlement shall not extend beyond twenty (20) days without the written agreement of the Union and Employer/University Administration. Any settlement reached during the informal step of the grievance process shall not be binding until it is reduced to writing and signed by the Union and the Employer/University Administration. Informal settlements reached at this step shall be without prejudice or precedent with regard to any other matters between the Union and the Employer/University Administration. No settlement offer or attempt at resolution made during this step shall be referred to or disclosed by any party at any subsequent stage of the grievance or arbitration procedure.
Procedure for Filing a Grievance. A. Informal Resolution
1. An employee with a grievance must first discuss it individually with their immediate supervisor prior to the filing of a Level One grievance, indicating the Article and Section alleged to be violated, with the objective of resolving the matter informally. No written record shall be made.
a. By mutual agreement between the employee and the immediate supervisor, the employee may request the assistance of a Union representative in the grievance.
2. Any employee whose grievance is not resolved in the informal discussion may file a written grievance with the immediate supervisor within ten (10) days of the alleged violation.
Procedure for Filing a Grievance. 5.1 A Grievance is hereby defined as a claim by an employee or by Asplundh Tree of a violation of a specific provision of this Agreement, or of any alleged act or type of supervisory conduct, which unjustly or unlawfully causes an employee to lose his job or any benefits arising out of his job.
5.2 The Company and Union will promptly meet and deal with each other, through their respective representatives, with respect to any dispute involving the interpretation, application, or alleged violation of any provision of this Agreement. All such matters shall be adjusted as hereinafter provided, except that "any individual employee or group of employees shall have the right at any time to present grievances to their employer and to have such grievances adjusted, without the intervention of the Union Representative, as long as the adjustment is not inconsistent with the terms of the Agreement. Provided, further, that the Union Representative has been given opportunity to be present at such adjustment." As a condition to the filing of a grievance under this Agreement, an employee shall take the subject matter involved up with his immediate supervisor within five (5) calendar days of the occurrence giving rise to the grievance or from the date which the employee knew or reasonably should have known of such occurrence. This requirement shall not apply to claims of allegedly unjust disciplinary action.
5.3 STEP ONE – Any employee or group of employees having a grievance shall present such in writing to the Union Xxxxxxx within thirty (30) calendar days after the grievance arises or after the aggrieved employee knew or reasonably should have known of the existence of the grievance. The Xxxxxxx shall thereupon consider such grievance and within five (5) working days following receipt shall prepare and present to the designated Company Supervisor of the work group involved a written "Notice of Grievance" with a copy for the Company's Manager of Labor Relations and a copy to the Union's Business Manager. Said Notice of Grievance shall set forth so far as may be applicable:
(a) The nature of the grievance and the circumstances from which it arose;
(b) The remedy or correction the Company is requested to make; and
(c) The Section(s) of this Agreement, if any, relied upon or claimed to have been violated. The Company and the Union will endeavor wherever practicable to settle any grievance at this point. Discussion between the Company Supervisor and the Union Xxxxxxx shall t...
Procedure for Filing a Grievance. 1. All grievances shall include the name and position of the grievant, the nature of the grievance, the section of the contract violated, and the redress sought by the aggrieved party.
2. Forms for filing grievances, serving notices, taking appeals, and making reports and recommendations, and other necessary documents will be jointly developed by the Superintendent and the Association. The Superintendent shall then have them printed and distributed so as to facilitate operation of the grievance procedure.
3. At all stages, the aggrieved employee shall have the right to be represented by the person of his/her choice.
4. The Association has the right to be present at all formal grievances being processed if they are not the employee's selected representative.
5. Matters for which statutory appeals procedures exist shall not be considered under this procedure.
Procedure for Filing a Grievance. A. Informal Resolution
Procedure for Filing a Grievance. A. Informal Resolution
1. An administrator with a grievance may first discuss it individually with the immediate supervisor within fifteen (15) days of the alleged violation, indicating the article and section alleged to be violated, with the objective of resolving the matter informally. No written record will be made. The administrator and/or the immediate supervisor may have a representative present at this meeting, if they so desire.
2. Any administrator who does not wish to utilize the informal resolution procedure or whose grievance was not resolved in the informal discussion may file a written grievance with his/her immediate supervisor within fifteen (15) days of the alleged violation or within fifteen (15) days after the informal discussion of the alleged violation.
Procedure for Filing a Grievance. A. Level I The person(s) with a grievance will first discuss it individually with the immediate supervisor within fifteen (15) days of the alleged violation, citing the specific Article and Paragraph alleged to have been violated, with the objective of resolving the matter informally. No written record will be made.
B. Level II
1. If the grievant is not satisfied with the Level I decision, he/she may submit the written grievance to the immediate supervisor within five days (5) days of the Level I response, citing the Articles and Section alleged to have been violated and the specific remedy sought.
2. The immediate supervisor shall schedule and hold a meeting with the grievant within five (5) days after the receipt of the written grievance. The supervisor shall transmit a written decision to the grievant within five (5) days of the meeting.
C. Level III
1. If the grievant is not satisfied with the disposition of grievance at Level II, he/she may submit a written appeal of the grievance to the superintendent within five (5) days after the receipt of the Level II decision. A copy of the original grievance and the Level II response shall be filed with the appeal.
2. The superintendent, or designee, shall schedule and hold a meeting with the grievant within five (5) days after receipt of the written appeal. The superintendent, or designee, shall transmit a written decision to the grievant within five (5) days.
D. Level IV
1. If the grievant is not satisfied with the disposition of the grievance at Level III, he/she may submit a written appeal to the Board of Education within five (5) days after receipt of the Level III decision.
2. The Board shall hear the appeal at the next regularly scheduled meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose.
a. If the Association is not the representative of the grievant, the Association representative shall have the right to be present at the hearing and shall be permitted to present the Association's view with respect to the grievance prior to the conclusion of the hearing.
b. The Board shall transmit its written decision to the grievant, the immediate supervisor, and the Association within five (5) days of the meeting.
