Statutory Option Selection. An employee shall be deemed to have exercised the employee’s option under Section 7121(d) and (e)(1) of the Statute when the employee timely initiates an action under the applicable statutory procedure or files a timely grievance in writing under the negotiated grievance procedure in this Article, whichever event occurs first.
Statutory Option Selection. An employee may challenge matters that can be raised under both statutory procedures and under this Article in accordance with either of those procedures, but not both. An employee shall be deemed to have exercised their option when the employee timely initiates an action under the applicable statutory procedure or files a timely grievance in writing under the negotiated grievance procedure in this Article, whichever event occurs first.
