Common use of The Grievance Hearing Clause in Contracts

The Grievance Hearing. The Grievance Hearing Committee will be composed of five full-time tenured faculty who will elect their own chairperson. The chairperson will be responsible for scheduling the hearing, contacting all parties involved, chairing the hearing and the deliberations and writing the findings of the committee. Each committee member will have one vote. The grievant and the individual(s) charged in the grievance will be notified of the time and date of said hearing. The grievant and/or charged party may be accompanied to the hearing by an advisor of his/her choice. The Grievance Hearing Committee will conduct an appropriate hearing to gather evidence pertaining to the grievance. During the hearing the grievant, the charged party and any necessary witnesses will have the opportunity to testify and/or present supporting evidence (within the established guidelines and time frames of the group). The Hearing Committee will determine the procedures that will conform to due process and will communicate these to the parties. For each specific Grievance Hearing Committee, the five faculty members will be selected as follows: (1) Using random selection procedures, thirteen names will be selected from the potential pool of those eligible for this grievance procedure, excluding those from the department of the grievant. Either party may provide reasonable justification that a faculty member could not be fair and impartial. If reasonable justification is provided, the faculty member will be excluded from the list of names to be drawn. (2) A representative of the charged party and a representative selected by the grievant will establish necessary groundrules and select the names for the committee (using the procedure described in (1) above). (3) The grievant and the individual(s) charged in the grievance will each have the prerogative of striking four names from among the names generated in the procedure described in (1) above. The charged party will strike the first name. If more than one individual is charged with a grievance, the individuals involved will act as one in striking the names. (4) In the event a committee member is disqualified for any reason, three more names will be chosen by random number selection procedure from the potential pool of those eligible. The grievant and the individual(s) will each strike one name from the list. (5) A faculty member will not be selected for two Grievance Hearing Committees that will be operating during the same period of time. (6) In the event the committee is unable to reach a decision, the committee will be dissolved and the process described in (1) above will be reinitiated. No member from the first Grievance Hearing Committee will be eligible to serve on the second committee.

The Grievance Hearing. The Grievance Hearing Committee will be composed of five full-time tenured faculty who will elect their own chairperson. The chairperson will be responsible for scheduling the hearing, contacting all parties involved, chairing the hearing and the deliberations and writing the findings of the committee. Each committee member will have one vote. The grievant and the individual(s) charged in the grievance will be notified of the time and date of said hearing. The grievant and/or charged party may be accompanied to the hearing by an advisor of his/her choice. The Grievance Hearing Committee will conduct an appropriate hearing to gather evidence pertaining to the grievance. During the hearing the grievant, the charged party and any necessary witnesses will have the opportunity to testify and/or present supporting evidence (within the established guidelines and time frames of the group). The Hearing Committee will determine the procedures that will conform to due process and will communicate these to the parties. For each specific Grievance Hearing Committee, the five faculty members will be selected as follows: (1) Using random selection procedures, thirteen names will be selected from the potential pool of those eligible for this grievance procedure, excluding those from the department of the grievant. Either party may provide reasonable justification that a faculty member could not be fair and impartial. If reasonable justification is provided, the faculty member will be excluded from the list of names to be drawn. (2) A representative of the charged party and a representative selected by the grievant will establish necessary groundrules and select the names for the committee (using the procedure described in (1) above). (3) The grievant and the individual(s) charged in the grievance will each have the prerogative of striking four names from among the names generated in the procedure described in (1) above. The charged party will strike the first name. If more than one individual is charged with a grievance, the individuals involved will act as one in striking the names. (4) In the event a committee member is disqualified for any reason, three more names will be chosen by random number selection procedure from the potential pool of those eligible. The grievant and the individual(s) will each strike one name from the list. (5) A faculty member will not be selected for two Grievance Hearing Committees that will be operating during the same period of time. (6) In the event the committee is unable to reach a decision, the committee will be dissolved and the process described in (1) above will be reinitiated. No member from the first Grievance Hearing Committee will be eligible to serve on the second committee.