PROCEDURES FOR FILING A GRIEVANCE Sample Clauses

PROCEDURES FOR FILING A GRIEVANCE. The Association or any member or members of the bargaining unit having a grievance shall seek its resolution only in accordance with the grievance procedures set forth in this Article.

PROCEDURES FOR FILING A GRIEVANCE. A. Informal Resolution 1. A teacher with a grievance may first discuss it with the immediate supervisor prior to 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 will be made. While not required, the District and the Union encourage informal resolution whenever possible as the goal of the process is to resolve issues at the lowest level. B. Formal Resolution - Level One 1. The grievant shall submit a written grievance to the immediate supervisor within ten (10) days of the alleged violation with a citation of the specific article, section, and paragraph of this Agreement alleged to have been violated and the specific remedy sought. 2. The immediate supervisor shall schedule and hold a meeting within five (5) days after receipt of the written grievance. Persons present at this meeting will be the grievant, and if the grievant so desires, a representative of the grievant’s choosing, and the immediate supervisor, and if the immediate supervisor so desires, a person of the immediate supervisor’s choosing. a. If the Union is not the representative of the grievant, a Union representative shall have the right to be present at this meeting and shall be permitted to present the Union’s views with respect to the grievance if requested by the immediate supervisor, but in any event, the Union representative within two (2) days after attending the meeting may submit the Union’s views with respect to the grievance to the immediate supervisor in writing. b. The District and the Union favor informal resolution as long as it is consistent with the terms and time lines of this Agreement. Nothing in this procedure is intended to prevent or limit the informal resolution of grievances at a time up to the deadline for the immediate supervisor’s response at Level One. 3. The immediate supervisor shall transmit to the grievant(s) and the Union the written decision and reason within five (5) days after the Level One meeting. a. The immediate supervisor shall not transmit the decision before having received and considered the Union’s response as provided in 2.a. above.

PROCEDURES FOR FILING A GRIEVANCE. A. Informal Resolution 1. A teacher with a grievance may first discuss it with the immediate supervisor prior to 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 will be made. While not required, the District and the Union encourage informal resolution whenever possible as the goal of the process is to resolve issues at the lowest level. B. Formal Resolution - Level One 1. The grievant shall submit a written grievance to the immediate supervisor within ten

PROCEDURES FOR FILING A GRIEVANCE. A. Step 1: Informal - Immediate Supervisor The Union and/or the grievant shall institute the grievance procedure of this Article by filing with his/her Immediate Supervisor, during the term of this Agreement, a written grievance. Said grievance shall be filed within fifteen (15) days from the date of the occurrence of the event or the date on which the unit member had or should have had reasonable knowledge of the event or conditions upon which the grievance is based. Within three (3) days after receipt of such notice, the Immediate Supervisor shall meet or arrange to meet with the Union and/or the grievant in an attempt to resolve the grievance. If within five (5) days after such meeting, the Union and/or the grievant and the Immediate Supervisor have failed to agree upon resolution of the grievance, the Union and/or the grievant may elect to proceed to the next level. B. Step 2: Department Head If the Union and/or the grievant elects to proceed to this Step, then within seven (7) days after the expiration of the final time period provided for in Step 1, he/she or the Union shall file the written grievance with the Department Head. The Department Head shall meet with the Union and/or the grievant to resolve the dispute and shall respond in writing within fifteen (15) days from the receipt of the grievance. C. Step 3: Chief Executive Officer or the Campus or Designee If the Union and/or the grievant elects to proceed to this Step, then within seven (7) days of receipt of the Step 2 decision, the Union and/or the grievant shall send a notice of this intent to the Chief Executive Officer of the Campus, or designee (hereinafter in this Article “CEO”). The CEO shall meet with the Union an/or grievant for review of the grievance and shall render a written opinion, after consultation with the Director of Labor Relations, within twenty (20) days of receipt of the notice required to initiate this step. D. Step 4: President of the University of Massachusetts If the Union and/or the grievant elects to proceed to this Step, then within seven (7) days of receipt of the Step 3 decision, the Union and/or the grievant shall file a notice of this intent with the President of the University of Massachusetts or designee (hereinafter in this Article “President”) and a copy of such notice with the CEO. The CEO shall forward, forthwith, a complete copy of the grievance record to the President. Within twenty-five (25) days of receipt of the notice required to initiate this Step...

PROCEDURES FOR FILING A GRIEVANCE. A grievance may be filed at the level at which the action or inaction being grieved occurred. If the hearing officer at the level at which the grievance is filed finds that the grievance has been filed at the wrong level, it will be returned to the grievant(s) without prejudice for filing at an appropriate level. A grievant shall institute the grievance procedure of this Article by filing, at the appropriate level, a written notice that a grievance exists. No such notice may be filed more than thirty (30) days from the date of the occurrence of the event or the date on which the unit member had reasonable knowledge of the event or conditions upon which the grievance is based. A. Step 1: Immediate Supervisor - A grievant may institute the grievance procedure of this Article by filing with his/her immediate supervisor a written notice that a grievance exists. The immediate supervisor shall, within five (5) days from receipt of the grievance, arrange to meet with the grievant and attempt to resolve the grievance and respond in writing within ten (10) days of the date of the meeting. B. Step 2: Intermediate Supervisor - If the grievant elects to proceed to this Step, then within ten (10) days after the receipt of the Step 1 decision, he/she shall file a grievance with the intermediate supervisor, and a copy of the grievance with the immediate supervisor who, upon receipt of such notice, shall forward the grievance record to the intermediate supervisor. The intermediate supervisor shall, within five (5) days of receipt of the grievance, arrange to meet with the grievant to resolve the dispute and shall respond in writing within ten (10) working days from the date of the meeting. C. Step 3: Chief Executive Officer of the Campus or designee (hereinafter in this Article “CEO”) - If the grievant elects to proceed to this Step, then within ten (10) days of receipt of the Step 2 decision, he/she shall send a notice of this intent to the CEO and a copy of the notice to the intermediate supervisor who, upon receipt of said notice, shall forward the grievance record to the CEO. The CEO shall, within five (5) days of receipt of the grievance, arrange to meet with the grievant for a review of the grievance and shall respond in writing within ten (10) days of the date of the meeting. D. Step 4: The President of the University of Massachusetts or designee (Hereinafter in this Article, the President) - If the grievant elects to proceed to this Step, then within ten (10) days...

PROCEDURES FOR FILING A GRIEVANCE. A. Step 1: Informal - Immediate - Supervisor and/or Department Head The Union and/or the grievant shall institute the grievance procedure of this Article by filing with his/her Immediate Supervisor during the term of this Agreement a written grievance. Said grievance shall be filed within seven (7) days from the date of the occurrence of the event or the date on which the unit member had or should have had reasonable knowledge of the event or conditions upon which the grievance is based. Within three (3) days after receipt of such notice, the Immediate Supervisor, and/or the Department Head where appropriate in the judgment of the appointing authority, shall meet or arrange to meet with the Union and/or the grievant in an attempt to resolve the grievance. If within five (5) days after such meeting, the Union and/or the grievant and the Immediate Supervisor and/or Department Head have failed to agree upon a resolution of the grievance, the Union and/or the grievant may elect to proceed to the next level. B. Step 2: Department Head and/or Personnel Officer If the Union and/or the grievant elects to proceed to this Step, then within seven (7) days after the expiration of the final time period provided for in Step 1, he/she or the Union shall file a written grievance with the Department Head. The Department Head, and/or the Human Resources Officer or designee if appropriate in the judgment of the appointing authority, shall meet or arrange to meet with the Union and/or the grievant within five (5) days to resolve the dispute and shall respond in writing within fifteen (15) days from the conclusion of the Step 2 Grievance Hearing.

PROCEDURES FOR FILING A GRIEVANCE. A grievance may be filed at the level at which the action or inaction being grieved occurred. If the hearing officer at the level at which the grievance is filed finds that the grievance has been filed at the wrong level, it will be returned to the grievant(s) without prejudice for filing at an appropriate level. A grievant shall institute the grievance procedure of this Article by filing, at the appropriate level, a written notice that a grievance exists. No such notice may be filed more than thirty (30) days from the date of the occurrence of the event or the date on which the unit member had reasonable knowledge of the event or conditions upon which the grievance is based. A. Step 1: Immediate Supervisor - A grievant may institute the grievance procedure of this Article by filing with his/her immediate supervisor a written notice that a grievance exists. The immediate supervisor shall, within five (5) days from receipt of the grievance, arrange to meet with the grievant and attempt to resolve the grievance and respond in writing within ten (10) days of the date of the meeting.

PROCEDURES FOR FILING A GRIEVANCE. A. Step 1. Informal – Immediate Supervisor and/or Department Head

PROCEDURES FOR FILING A GRIEVANCE. ‌ A. A grievance may be filed at the level at which the action or inaction being grieved occurred.

PROCEDURES FOR FILING A GRIEVANCE. A. Step 1. Informal – Deputy Chief of Police The Union and/or the grievant shall institute the grievance procedure of this Article by filing with a written grievance with the Chief of Police. Said grievance shall be filed within seven (7) days from the date of the occurrence of the event or the date on which the unit member had or should have had reasonable knowledge of the event or conditions upon which the grievance is based. Within three (3) days after receipt of such notice, the Deputy Chief of Police where appropriate shall meet or arrange to meet with the Union and/or the grievant in an attempt to resolve the grievance. If within five (5) days after such meeting, the Union and/or the grievant and the Deputy Chief of Police have failed to agree upon a resolution of the grievance, the Union and/or the grievant may elect to proceed to the next level. 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 University. 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.