Procedure for Resolving Grievances.
1. Level I - The grievant will discuss the grievance with the principal or other supervisor except that Association or class action grievances may be filed directly with the Superintendent. In the discussion, the employee shall advise the administrator of the particular section(s) of the Contract the employee believes was (were) violated, and how they allegedly were violated. The administrator shall verbally respond to the grievant within five workdays of the meeting, and include an explanation as to why the administrator believes the contract was not violated.
Procedure for Resolving Grievances a. Step or Level I Tentative Agreement The grievant, shall first take the matter up orally, with the building principal or his or her designee within ten (10) working days following the discovery of the act or condition, which is the basis for the grievance. The principal and the grievant shall seek to resolve the matter. If the principal or his or her designee should be absent, the grievant shall be given an additional one (1) day after the principal’s return.
b. Step or Level II If Step I fails to resolve the grievance, the grievant shall within five (5) working days reduce the grievance to writing, indicating the section of this Contract which allegedly has been violated, the events, details and conditions surrounding the alleged violation and the remedy sought. The written grievance shall be submitted to the building principal.
c. Step or Level III Within five (5) working days of receipt of the written grievance, the building principal will attempt to arrange a personal conference with the intent of resolving the grievance. Such conference will be scheduled at a time when there is no disruption of the normal school day and the duties of the grievant.
d. Step or Level IV Within five (5) working days after the conference, the building principal shall answer the grievance in writing.
e. Step or Level V - If the grievance is not appealed from the written answer within five
Procedure for Resolving Grievances. 1. Prior to submitting a written grievance, the aggrieved party must attempt to resolve it informally at the lowest level possible.
Procedure for Resolving Grievances.
1. Level I - The grievant will discuss the grievance with the principal or other supervisor except that Association or class action grievances may be filed directly with the Superintendent. In the discussion, the employee shall advise the administrator of the particular section(s) of the Contract the employee believes was (were) violated, and how they allegedly were violated. The administrator shall verbally respond to the grievant within five workdays of the meeting, and include an explanation as to why the administrator believes the contract was not violated.
2. Level II - If the grievant is not satisfied with the verbal disposition of the grievance at Level I, or if no decision has been rendered within five (5) days, then the grievant may file a written “Statement of Grievance” on a form provided by the Superintendent and available at each school, with the Chief of Human Resources.
3. Level III - If the grievant is not satisfied with the disposition of the grievance at Level II, or if no decision has been rendered in writing within five (5) days, then the grievant may file a written “Statement of Grievance” with the Superintendent. The Superintendent may at his/her discretion have his/her designee review and render a decision.
4. If the grievance is not settled at Level III, or no decision is received in writing within ten (10) days, it may be submitted for arbitration by the Association within twenty
Procedure for Resolving Grievances. 6.01 It is the mutual desire of the parties to this Agreement that the complaint of any employee shall be resolved as promptly as possible. For purposes of the complaint, grievance and arbitration provisions of the Agreement, "days" shall be interpreted as normal days of work of the parties concerned, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, paid holidays and scheduled vacation days of the representative of one of the parties involved. It is understood that an employee has no grievance until they have first discussed their complaint with their immediate Supervisor and afforded them an opportunity to endeavor to settle the complaint. An employee, having any question or complaint, shall refer it to their immediate Supervisor within five (5) days of the circumstances giving rise to the complaint having occurred or when the circumstances should reasonably have come to the attention of the employee. The Supervisor shall reply to the employee giving the answer to the complaint or question within five (5) days from date of submission. Should it be necessary, due to the nature of the complaint, this timeframe may be extended by mutual agreement.
6.02 Failing settlement of the complaint the following procedure shall apply.
6.03 An employee has the right to be accompanied by the Union Xxxxxxx at any stage of the grievance procedure if she wishes. The Employer shall inform the employee of this right.
Step I The aggrieved employee(s) shall present her grievance in writing to the Program Manager/ Supervisor within ten (10) days following the failure to reach settlement with respect to the employee's complaint in Article 6.
01. The Program Manager / Supervisor must advise the employee of her decision, in writing, within five (5) days of receipt of the grievance.
Step II If the aggrieved employee(s) is not satisfied with the response of the Program Manager/ Supervisor or her designate under Step I, she may, within ten (I 0) days of the decision at Step I, submit her grievance for discussion at a special meeting of the concerned employee, the Executive Director or her designate, and the Union Representative. Following submission of the grievance at this stage, the Executive Director or her designate shall contact the Union Representative with ten (10) days and set a date for the special meeting to be held within a further ten (10) days. The Executive Director or her designate shall advise the Union of her decision, in writing, within ten (10) days of the date of their meeting. If...
Procedure for Resolving Grievances. 4 If the grievance is not settled at Level III or no decision is received in writing within ten (10) days, it may be submitted for arbitration by the Association within twenty (20) days. When an arbitration hearing is held, participating teachers shall be given released time to attend the hearing. The right to proceed to the arbitration step of this procedure shall be limited to the Association. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as compelling the Association to submit
Procedure for Resolving Grievances. 6.01 The Employer and Union recognize that either party may initiate the grievance procedure. An employee has the right to be accompanied by the Union Xxxxxxx at any stage of this procedure if she wishes. The Executive Director will inform the employee of this right when it is identified that a grievance will be forthcoming.
Procedure for Resolving Grievances. A. The time limits may be extended by mutual consent in writing by each party involved at each level.
B. Procedural Steps
1. Level I The teacher/teachers/Association must tell the administrator that they are starting the grievance procedure. The teacher/teachers who feels that he or she has been subjected to a violation, misinterpretation or inequitable application of this Contract, shall first take the matter up orally, either personally or accompanied by a RECTA member, with the building principal or his/her designee within ten (10) working days following the discovery of this act or condition which is the basis for the grievance. The principal and the allegedly aggrieved teacher/teachers/Association shall seek to resolve the matter. If the principal/principal’s designee or teacher/teachers/Association should be absent, the principal/principal’s designee or teacher/teachers/Association shall be given an additional one (1) day after that person’s return. All resolution of grievances at level I must be reduced to writing.
2. Level II If Level I fails to resolve the grievance, the teacher/teachers/Association shall within five
Procedure for Resolving Grievances a. Step or Level I The grievant, shall first take the matter up orally, with the building principal or his or her designee within ten (10) working days following the discovery of the act or condition, which is the basis for the grievance. The principal and the grievant shall seek to resolve the matter. If the principal or his or her designee should be absent, the grievant shall be given an additional one (1) day after the principal’s return.
b. Step or Level II If Step I fails to resolve the grievance, the grievant shall within five (5) working days reduce the grievance to writing, indicating the section of this Contract which allegedly has been violated, the events, details and conditions surrounding the alleged violation and the remedy sought. The written grievance shall be submitted to the building principal.
c. Step or Level III Within five (5) working days of receipt of the written grievance, the building principal will attempt to arrange a personal conference with the intent of resolving the grievance. Such conference will be scheduled at a time when there is no disruption of the normal school day and the duties of the grievant.
d. Step or Level IV Within five (5) working days after the conference, the building principal shall answer the grievance in writing.
e. Step or Level V - If the grievance is not appealed from the written answer within five (5)working days after receipt of such an answer, the decision of the building principal will be considered final.
f. Step or Level VI If the grievant does not find the written answer of the building principal satisfactory, the grievance may be appealed to the Superintendent of Schools by sending such notice in writing to him or her within five (5) working days from the date of the written decision by the building principal.
g. Step or Level VII Within ten (10) working days after the receipt of the written appeal, the Superintendent or his or her designee shall arrange a personal conference with the intent of resolving the grievance. The conference will be scheduled at a time when there is no disruption of the school day and duties of the grievant.
h. Step or Level VIII Within ten (10) working days following the conference the Superintendent or his or his designated representative shall answer such grievance in writing.
i. Step or Level IX Such answer to the grievance shall be final and binding unless appealed in writing to the Board within ten (10) working days from the date of the Superintendent’s written ...
Procedure for Resolving Grievances.
1. Level I - The grievant will discuss the grievance with the principal or other supervisor except that Association or class action grievances may be filed directly with the Superintendent. In the discussion, the employee shall advise the administrator of the particular section(s) of the Contract the employee believes was (were) violated, and how they allegedly were violated. The administrator shall verbally respond to the grievant within five workdays of the meeting, and include an explanation as to why the administrator believes the contract was not violated.
2. Level II - If the grievant is not satisfied with the verbal disposition of the grievance at Level I, or if no decision has been rendered within five (5) days, then the grievant may file a written “Statement of Grievance” on a form provided by the Superintendent and available at each school, with the Chief of Human Resources.
3. Level III - If the grievant is not satisfied with the disposition of the grievance at Level II, or if no decision has been rendered in writing within five (5) days, then the grievant may file a written “Statement of Grievance” with the Superintendent. The Superintendent may at the Superintendent’s discretion have the Superintendent’s designee review and render a decision.
4. If the grievance is not settled at Level III, or no decision is received in writing within ten (10) days, it may be submitted for arbitration by the Association within twenty (20) days.
5. When an arbitration hearing is held, participating unit employees shall be given released time to attend the hearing.
6. The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) will be requested to submit a panel of five (5) arbitrators from which the parties shall mutually select the arbitrator. If the arbitrator is unable to serve or the parties mutually agree that no person on the panel is suitable, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) shall appoint the arbitrator. Both parties agree to abide by the Voluntary Rules of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). The arbitrator shall not have the power to add to, subtract from, modify, or alter the terms of this Contract.
7. The parties shall share equally the arbitrator's fees and expenses.
8. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding as set forth in Florida Statutes Chapter 447.
