Grievance Procedure Defined Clause Samples

The 'Grievance Procedure Defined' clause establishes a formal process for addressing and resolving complaints or disputes that may arise between parties, typically within an employment or organizational context. It outlines the specific steps that must be followed, such as submitting a written complaint, engaging in meetings or mediation, and escalating the issue to higher authorities if necessary. By providing a clear and structured method for handling grievances, this clause ensures that concerns are addressed fairly and efficiently, reducing misunderstandings and helping to maintain a positive working environment.
Grievance Procedure Defined. This grievance procedure is established to accomplish the following objectives: a. To settle the disagreement at the employee-supervisor level, if possible. b. To provide an orderly procedure to handle the grievance through each level of supervision, if necessary. c. To resolve the grievance as quickly as possible. d. To correct, if possible, the cause of the grievance to prevent future similar complaints. e. To reduce the number of grievances by allowing them to be expressed thereby adjusting and eliminating grievances. f. To promote harmonious relations among employees, their supervisors, and the departmental staff. g. To ensure fair and equitable treatment of all employees.
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Grievance Procedure Defined. The Auditor and the Union shall constantly strive to minimize cause for grievances. Therefore, to establish an effective method for fair, expeditious, and orderly adjustment of grievances, the following procedure is established. A grievance is a complaint concerning a violation or non-compliance with the terms of this Agreement. . An employee who wishes to file a grievance must cite to the specific section of the CBA that is being violated. The time limits may be extended by mutual consent of the parties in writing.
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Grievance Procedure Defined. The Auditor and the Union shall constantly strive to minimize cause for grievances. Therefore, to establish an effective method for fair, expeditious, and orderly adjustment of grievances, the following procedure is established. A grievance is a complaint concerning a violation or non-compliance with the terms of this Agreement. An employee who wishes to file a grievance must cite to the specific section of the CBA that is being violated. Any other matter must be referred to the Labor-Management Committee. The time limits may be extended by mutual consent of the parties in writing.
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Grievance Procedure Defined. A grievance procedure is defined as a method by which an individual or group of classified employees can express a complaint, problem or dispute without fear of reprisal and obtain a fair hearing at progressively higher levels. A grievance procedure provides democratic interpretation and application of personnel policies and practices.
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Grievance Procedure Defined. The following steps shall be used in the handling o~ a grievance: Step 1. A grievance shall be taken up with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ by the committeeman and/or the aggrieved employee. A decision by the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ must be given within three (3) days.
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Grievance Procedure Defined. For the purpose of this Agreement, a grievance shall be defined as a complaint between the District and the Union or, to the extent set forth below, an individual employee, involving an alleged specific and direct violation of a specific and\ express provision of this Agreement. The grievance and arbitration procedures, to the extent that the latter apply, shall be the sole and exclusive means of resolving such grievances.
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Grievance Procedure Defined. A grievance is defined to be any question or controversy between any bargaining unit member or the Union with the Board involving: A. The interpretation or application of the provisions of this Agreement; or B. The discipline or discharge of any bargaining unit member.
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Grievance Procedure Defined. This grievance procedure is established to accomplish the following objectives:
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  • GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE A. A grievance shall be defined as an alleged violation, misinterpretation, or misapplication of this Agreement or written Board policies affecting working conditions of the member. Should a member/Association feel that there has been a violation, he/she will take the following steps: Step 1: The member/Association, with or without a designated representative, shall discuss the grievance with the Supervisor informally within five (5) work days of the alleged violation and, if not resolved, shall file a written grievance with the Supervisor within fifteen (15) work days of the alleged violation and discuss the written grievance with the Supervisor within five (5) work days after the grievance is filed. If no satisfactory conclusion is reached within five (5) work days following the discussion of the written grievance with the Supervisor, the member/Association shall submit the written grievance within five (5) work days of the discussion with the Supervisor to Step 2. A grievance which is not within the scope of a Supervisor's authority may be filed initially at step 2. The written grievance, as required herein, shall contain: a. it shall be signed by the grievant(s)/Association. b. it shall be specific; c. it shall contain a synopsis of the facts giving rise to the alleged violation; d. it shall cite the section or subsections of this contract or written Board policy alleged to have been violated; e. it shall contain the date of the alleged violation; f. it shall specify the relief requested; g. it shall indicate approval or disapproval by the Association. Step 2: The Superintendent or his/her designated agent shall arrange a meeting with the grievant and/or the designated Association representative within ten (10) work days after receipt of the grievance to discuss the grievance. Within ten (10) work days of the discussion, the Superintendent or his/her designated agent shall render his/her decision in writing, transmitting a copy of the same to the grievant, the Association representative, and appropriate Supervisor, and place a copy of same in a permanent file in his/her office. If the decision of the Superintendent is unsatisfactory to the Association, the Association may appeal same to the Board of Education by filing a written grievance, along with the decision of the Superintendent, with the officer of the Board in charge of drawing up the agenda for the Board's meeting, within ten (10) work days of receipt of the Superintendent's decision.

  • Formal Grievance Procedure 1. In the event that a complaint cannot be resolved informally, the parties shall pursue the first step in the formal grievance procedure before making any application for arbitration, unless the College and the AAUP agree in writing to alter the procedure or waive one or more of the steps by proceeding directly to arbitration. 2. Upon written request of the AAUP Contract Compliance Officer, the College shall submit any requested documents in its possession which may be necessary for investigation of the grievance. The College shall deliver such documents as soon as is reasonably possible, but no later than seven (7) days after receipt of a written request. 3. Internal Steps in the Procedure a. Step One: The Director of Human Resources (1) Within thirty (30) days of when the AAUP learns of, or in the exercise of reasonable diligence should have learned of, an alleged violation of the provisions of this Agreement, the AAUP shall submit to the Director of Human Resources a completed Faculty Grievance Form or a dated, signed, written description of the grievance, clearly labeled "grievance" containing substantially the same information as provided for on the Faculty Grievance Form. (2) Within eight (8) days of receipt of the written grievance, the Director of Human Resources shall convene a meeting to discuss the grievance. Such meeting shall include the grievant(s) and/or the designated representative(s) of the AAUP and shall be scheduled at a time which is mutually convenient to the parties. (3) The Director of Human Resources shall attempt to determine the facts pertaining to the grievance and shall notify the grievant and the AAUP in writing of his/her decision within eight (8) days in a Grievance Disposition Form or in a document containing substantially the same information as contained in a Grievance Disposition Form, which shall include written details of the reasons which support the decision. (4) Within eight (8) days after receipt of the disposition of the Director of Human Resources, the AAUP may appeal the decision in writing to the College Grievance Officer, by submitting a Grievance Disposition Reaction Form or a document containing substantially the same information as contained in a Grievance Disposition Reaction Form. (5) By agreement, the parties may decide to advance the grievance to step two of the procedure, or to appeal directly to arbitration at step D(4) of this article.

  • 000 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE 7. 100 It is agreed that it is the spirit and intent of this Agreement to adjust grievances promptly. All grievances, including discharge for just cause, but not those pertaining to jurisdictional disputes that may arise on any work covered by this Agreement, must be initiated within fifteen (15) working days of the incident by either the employee in Step I or the Local Union in Step II and shall be handled in the following manner:

  • Grievance Defined A grievance is defined as an alleged breach of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. It is the desire of the parties to this Agreement that grievances be adjusted informally wherever possible and at the first level of supervision.

  • ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE The parties to this Agreement are agreed that it is of the utmost importance to adjust complaints and grievances as quickly as possible. Unless agreed to by both the Company and the Union, no grievance shall be presented, the alleged circumstances of which originated or occurred, or should have come to the attention of the employee concerned, more than five (5) working days prior to its original presentation in writing at Step A grievance shall consist of a dispute concerning interpretation and/or application of any Article, Schedule or Clause in this Agreement. Should a grievance arise it shall be handled as follows. Prior to filing a formal grievance, an employee will, with the assistance of his ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, refer the on an informal basis to his immediate Supervisor. If the grievance cannot be settled as a result of this discussion, then it may be dealt with as follows: STEP The employee shall a written grievance with his immediate Supervisor within five (5) working days of the incident giving rise to the complaint. The immediate Supervisor shall answer the grievance within five (5) working days. The grievance shall specify the Article or Articles and subsections of the Agreement of which a violation is alleged, indicate the relief sought and be signed by the employee. STEP Should the employee be dissatisfied with the disposition of the grievance at Step the grievance may be referred to the Plant Manager within five (5) working days after receipt of the immediate Supervisor's reply at Step The Plant Manager shall convene a meeting with the and Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and shall answer the grievance in writing within five (5) working days of such meeting. STEP If no settlement is reached at Step the the Union Grievance Committee and representatives of Management shall meet to discuss the grievance within five (5) working days of receipt of the reply of the Plant Manager. The Union's National Representative will be in attendance at this meeting. If the grievance is not settled within five (5) working days it may be referred to arbitration as hereinafter provided. The Union or the Company may initiate a grievance beginning at Step of the Grievance Procedure. Such grievance shall be filed within five (5) working days of the incident giving rise to the complaint and be in the form prescribed in Step Any such grievance may be referred to arbitration under Article by either the Union in the case of a Union grievance or the Company in the case of a Company grievance. The Union may not institute a grievance directly affecting an employee or employees which such employee or employees could themselves institute and the regular Grievance Procedure shall not thereby be by-passed except where the grievance would affect the Bargaining Unit as a whole. This Clause shall not preclude a group grievance signed by a group of employees commencing at Step Any complaint or grievance which is not commenced or processed through the next stage of the Grievance or Arbitration Procedure within the time specified shall be deemed to have been dropped. However, time limits specified in the Grievance Procedure may be extended by mutual agreement in writing between the Company and the Union. An employee who has been discharged or suspended may file a written grievance at Step within five (5) working days of the discharge or suspension. In taking disciplinary action within twenty-four (24) months from the date of a suspension or dismissal (reinstatement) for a similar infraction, the Company may consider the employee's entire record preceding suspension or dismissal (reinstatement), as the case may be. In taking disciplinary action within twelve 2) months from the date of an oral or written warning for a similar infraction, the Company may consider the employee's entire record preceding the employee's oral or written warning, as the case may be.