Common use of Required Meetings or Hearings Clause in Contracts

Required Meetings or Hearings. Any mental health employee required to appear at a meeting or hearing before the Superintendent or his/her designee or the Board, or representative thereof, or to make an oral/written statement concerning a matter which could adversely affect the employment of the mental health employee, will be given written notice of the reason(s) for such a meeting or hearing and will be entitled to have another person of his/her choosing present to advise or represent him/her. The meeting will be scheduled at a time that allows the mental health employee to secure representation. In addition, if the member chooses initially to attend such a meeting without a representative but requests a representative during the meeting, the administrator conducting the meeting shall halt the meeting in order to schedule it for a time when a representative can attend. This policy, however, does not preclude a mental health employee and administrator from having normal conferences and conversations. Any suspension of a mental health employee pending charges will be with pay.