Selection of Hearing Officer. In the event that it should be decided to appoint a hearing officer(s), as provided in the dismissal procedures defined in state code, the association and the administration shall make the selection from a mutually agreed upon list. The hearing officer selected shall confer with the administration and the association and hold hearings promptly. The decisions of the hearing officer shall be issued not later than thirty (30) calendar days from the date of the close of the hearings or; if oral hearings have been waived, then from the date the final statement and proofs are submitted. The hearing officer’s decision shall be subject to board approval.
Selection of Hearing Officer. The parties shall request a Hearing Officer from the State Mediation and Conciliation Service to submit to them a list of seven (7) persons qualified and available to act as a hearing officer. Within five (5) work days of receipt of the list, the parties shall alternately strike names from such list, with the last remaining name to be the person serving as the hearing officer. The party having first choice to strike a name from the list shall be determined by coin toss.
Selection of Hearing Officer. The Hearing Officer shall be an impartial disinterested attorney other than the person who made or approved the decision under review and shall have at least five years’ experience as an attorney at law admitted to practice before the Courts of New York State.
Selection of Hearing Officer. The City agrees to request a list of seven (7) arbitrators from the State Mediation Service to serve as advisor to the Personnel Board. The Association and City shall alternately strike names, the City striking first, until there is an advisor selected. The cost of such advisor shall be borne by the City.
Selection of Hearing Officer. Upon receipt of a timely appeal, an impartial hearing officer shall be named to hear the matter. The hearing officer shall not be an employee or judge of the Court issuing discipline. Within ten court business days of the date the employee files the notice of appeal, the parties will attempt to mutually select an experienced labor arbitrator to hear the case. The selection process may be extended by mutual agreement. If the parties have not mutually selected an arbitrator within the selection period, they will request a list of seven (7) hearing officers from the State Mediation and Conciliation Service or another mutually acceptable source and will select a hearing officer from this list. If the parties are unable to reach mutual agreement, the parties, after coin toss, will alternately strike the names from the list to choose the hearing officer.
Selection of Hearing Officer. The parties shall select a mutually acceptable hearing officer and schedule a day for the appeal hearing within twenty (20) working days of the date of the appeal of the disciplinary action. Should the Union exercise its option of representing the employee in the appeal, it may require that the hearing officer be an arbitrator.
Selection of Hearing Officer. On or after the date of the notice to proceed with a non-binding administrative hearing, the District shall request the State Mediation and Conciliation Service or the American Arbitration Association to provide a list of seven (7) impartial persons to act as a Hearing Officer. Representatives of the two (2) Parties shall meet within ten (10) calendar days after receipt of such list to select an arbitrator (this may be done by telephone). If there is no mutual agreement on one of the listed hearing officers, then the two (2) Parties shall alternately strike a hearing officer’s name from the list of seven (7) and shall then repeat this procedure. The remaining person shall be the duly selected hearing officer. The procedure to determine who strikes the first name shall be determined by lot. If either party refuses to participate in the selection process, the other party shall make a selection of a hearing officer from the list.
Selection of Hearing Officer. The hearing officer for a grievance matter shall be selected according to the same procedure as specified for an appeal of discharge/discipline.
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Selection of Hearing Officer. Hearings may be held by the DISTRICT, or by a authorized representative other than the person who imposed the discipline in question, but the DISTRICT shall render the decision which in its judgment is just and proper. Unless both the EMPLOYEE and the DISTRICT agree to the hearing being held by the Board, the hearing shall be held by hearing officer. The Board and Union shall select the hearing officer by striking names alternately from a list provided by either the American Arbitration Association or the State Mediation and Conciliation Service. The hearing officer shall be an individual properly trained and experienced to conduct a comprehensive hearing on the grievance. DISTRICT Board members, DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, or continuing consultants to the DISTRICT shall not be eligible to be a hearing officer, however individuals who have acted a hearing officers in the past shall remain eligible. The hearing officer shall conduct a hearing pursuant to Section 11513 of the Government Code. The hearing officer shall render a proposed decision to the Board and shall allocate the cost of the grievance hearing, including his or her fee and the fee of a court reporter, if any, between the parties equally.
