Common use of Step 2. Employee Relations Clause in Contracts

Step 2. Employee Relations. Any employee or any official of the Union may notify Employee Relations in writing that a grievance exists, stating the particulars of the grievance and, if possible, the nature of the determination desired. Notification must be received within twenty-eight calendar days from the date of the employee's knowledge of an alleged grievance. Any grievances involving demotion, suspension, non-punitive discipline, reduction in step or dismissal must be received within fourteen calendar days after receipt of written notification of such disciplinary action. The Employee Relations Director or his/her designated representative, shall have twenty workdays in which to investigate the merits of the complaint, to meet with the complainant and, if the complainant is not the Union, to meet also with the officials of the Union, and to settle the grievance. No grievance may be processed under paragraph (c) below which has not first been filed and investigated in accordance with this paragraph (b).

Step 2. Employee Relations. Any employee or any official of the Union may notify Employee Relations in writing that a grievance exists, stating the particulars of the grievance and, if possible, the nature of the determination desired. Notification must be received within twenty-twenty- eight (28) calendar days from the date of the employee's knowledge of an alleged grievance. Any grievances involving demotion, suspension, non-punitive discipline, reduction in step or dismissal must be received within fourteen (14) calendar days after receipt of written notification of such disciplinary action. The Employee Relations Director or his/her designated representative, shall have twenty (20) workdays in which to investigate the merits of the complaint, to meet with the complainant and, if the complainant is not the Union, to meet also with the officials of the Union, and to settle the grievance. No grievance may be processed under paragraph (c) below which has not first been filed and investigated in accordance with this paragraph (b).