Common use of RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES TO THEIR PROFESSIONAL AND GRIEVANCE FILES Clause in Contracts

RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES TO THEIR PROFESSIONAL AND GRIEVANCE FILES. 7.2.1. All contents of the professional file of any Employee and any grievance in the common grievance file filed by such individual, if maintained by the college, shall be accessible on a reasonable basis to such individual, except that medical, psychiatric or psychological data regarding such individual shall be handled in accordance with Section 4-194 of the Connecticut General Statutes. It is understood that a professional file may not be maintained for each Level I Part-time Employee. 7.2.2. Upon ratification of this Agreement, no item shall be placed in or removed from the professional file of any Employee without a copy of such item being furnished to said Employee. 7.2.3. Each Employee shall have the right to examine any material in his/her professional file. The Employee shall have the right to attach written comments to any items, materials, or documents contained in his/her professional file, except that medical, psychiatric or psychological data regarding such individual shall be handled in accordance with Section 4-194 of the Connecticut General Statutes. The Employee shall also have the right to have a copy of any such items, materials, and/or documents at his/her cost. 7.2.4. When any statement placed in an Employee’s file is shown to be false, such statement shall be removed, subject to law. 7.2.5. The President of the Federation (or his/her designee) may upon written request examine the professional file of an individual Faculty Member if such examination is pursuant to the following: (1) a filed grievance, a grievance under investigation or in preparation; or Faculty Member. (2) written charges have been filed by the Board against such Notwithstanding (1) and (2) above, the President of the Federation must present prior to examination a signed written authorization of the Faculty Member whose file is to be examined. 7.2.6. The President of the Federation (or his/her designee) may examine any grievances in the common grievance file, if such is maintained by the college.