Disciplinary Action & Appeal Sample Clauses

Disciplinary Action & Appeal. 1. The right to maintain discipline and efficiency of employees is vested exclusively in the County. Disciplinary action taken by the County, for unsatisfactory performance or for misconduct, shall include oral counseling (logbook notations), written reprimands, suspension with pay, and suspension without pay, demotion and discharge. 2. The level of severity of the discipline is dependent on the nature of the act, the employee's relevant history of discipline, and other relevant circumstances. 3. Discipline for acts in violation of Department rules, regulations, policies and procedures shall be imposed as set forth in the discipline matrix, attached hereto as Addendum B to this Agreement. In order for prior discipline to be used as a determining factor to aggravate the disciplinary action to be taken under the matrix, the prior discipline must be of the same or similar conduct as the conduct for which discipline is contemplated. The discipline matrix is intended to establish the maximum penalty assigned for any given conduct at each level. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing a lesser form of discipline than the level of discipline as set forth in the matrix as may be determined in the Department Head's sole discretion. Any conduct issues may be dealt with by counseling employees in writing with a copy provided to the employee upon completion and acknowledgement by the employee, and such counseling will not constitute discipline. However, a corrective action plan may be implemented. 4. Multiple violations occurring during a single event shall be punished by only one disciplinary action for that event.
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Disciplinary Action & Appeal. Section 1. In a mutual effort to provide a harmonious working relationship between the parties to this Agreement, it is further agreed and understood by the parties that there is a procedure for the resolution of individual appeals over discipline. Section 2. A disciplinary appeal is defined as, and limited to, any dispute or controversy challenging disciplinary action (suspension, demotion or termination) taken regarding the actions taken by a bargaining unit member. There shall be no appeals of verbal or written reprimands. There are two types of demotion: disciplinary demotions which are based on misconduct and performance-based demotions which are the result of an employee's inability to meet job performance levels established by the City. Disciplinary demotions may be challenged using the disciplinary action appeal process described in this article and are subject to the requirement of just cause. Performance-based demotions may only be Section 3. Every effort will be made by the parties to settle any appeal as expeditiously as possible. Any appeal not submitted and/or processed by the grieving party in accordance with the time limits provided will be considered dropped. Any appeal not answered or processed by the City within the time limits provided below will automatically advance to the next higher step of the appeal procedure in order to provide the employee with an answer. Saturdays, Sundays and City-recognized holidays shall be excluded from the computation of calendar days. Section 4. The written appeal form must be completed in its entirety and must contain the following: A. A statement of the appeal and the facts upon which it is based. B. The action, remedy, or adjustment requested. C. The signature of the aggrieved employee or a union representative. D. Indicate the date the disciplinary action being grieved occurred. Failure to specifically state any of the four above items (A-D) will be grounds for denial of the appeal. When an appeal is denied for failure to contain the foregoing information, it shall be returned to the employee with a written explanation listing the deficiencies. The employee has five
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Disciplinary Action & Appeal. ‌ 1. The right to maintain discipline and efficiency of employees is vested exclusively in the County. Disciplinary action taken by the County, for unsatisfactory performance or for misconduct, shall include oral counseling (logbook notations), written reprimands, suspension with pay, and suspension without pay, demotion and discharge. 2. The level of severity of the discipline is dependent on the nature of the act, the employee's relevant history of discipline, and other relevant circumstances. 3. Discipline for acts in violation of Department rules, regulations and policies shall be imposed as set forth in the discipline matrix, attached hereto as Addendum C to this Agreement. In order for prior discipline to be used as a determining factor to aggravate the disciplinary action to be taken under the matrix the prior discipline must be of the same or similar conduct as the conduct for which discipline is contemplated. The discipline matrix is intended to establish the maximum penalty assigned for any given conduct at each level. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing a lesser form of discipline than the level of discipline as set forth in the matrix as may be determined in the Department Head's sole discretion. 4. Less serious performance or conduct issues may be dealt with by counseling employees and documenting such counseling in the supervisor’s log book. 5. Multiple violations occurring during a single event shall be punished by only one disciplinary action for that event.
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  • Disciplinary Action (A) An employee who has attained permanent status in his current position may be disciplined only for cause. (B) An employee who has not attained permanent status in his current position shall not have access to the grievance procedure in Article 6 when disciplined. (C) Each employee shall be furnished a copy of all disciplinary actions placed in his official personnel file and shall be permitted to respond thereto. (D) An employee may request that a PBA Staff Representative be present during any disciplinary investigation meeting in which the employee is being questioned relative to alleged misconduct of the employee, or during a predetermination conference in which suspension or dismissal of the employee is being considered. (E) Letters of counseling or counseling notices are documentation of minor work deficiencies or conduct concerns that are not discipline and are not grievable; however, such documentation may be used by the parties at an administrative hearing involving an employee’s discipline to demonstrate the employee was on notice of the performance deficiencies or conduct concerns. (F) If filed within 21 calendar days following the date of receipt of notice from the DHSMV, by personal delivery or by certified mail, return receipt requested, an employee with permanent status in his current position may appeal a reduction in base pay, involuntary transfer of over 50 miles by highway, suspension, demotion, or dismissal to the Public Employees Relations Commission under the provisions of section 110.227(5) and (6), F.S. In the alternative, such actions may be grieved at Step 2 and processed through the Arbitration Step without review at Step 3, in accordance with the grievance procedure in Article 6 of this Agreement. The DHSMV may have special compensatory leave equal to the length of a disciplinary suspension deducted from an employee’s leave balance in lieu of serving the suspension. An employee may indicate his preference as to whether to serve the suspension or to have special compensatory leave deducted, which preference shall be taken into consideration by the DHSMV in making its decision. If the employee does not have sufficient special compensatory leave, annual leave may be deducted. If there is not sufficient special compensatory or annual leave, the remainder of the period will be leave without pay. Employees from whom leave is deducted will continue to report for duty. The employee’s personnel file will reflect a disciplinary suspension regardless of whether the employee serves the suspension or has leave deducted. (G) Oral reprimands are not grievable. A written reprimand shall be subject to the grievance procedure in Article 6 if the employee has attained permanent status in his current position; the decision is final and binding at Step 2.

  • Disciplinary Actions Disciplinary Actions and Appeals shall be governed by SP&P, TSHRS regulations and TSHRS Disciplinary Action Policy 7G.l.

  • Disciplinary Appeals All forms of disciplinary action which are not appealable to the Civil Service Commission or the courts, except written or oral reprimands and Forms 475, shall be subject to review through Steps 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the grievance procedure.

  • No Disciplinary Action No employee shall be disciplined for refusal to work on a job or to operate any equipment which is not safe.

  • Notice of Disciplinary Action The Employer shall advise an Employee in writing of any disciplinary action taken including, but not limited to warning, reprimand, suspension, discharge or termination and the reasons in full for such action. The Employer shall also promptly provide the Union with a copy of each such disciplinary notice.