Initial Grievance Sample Clauses

Initial Grievance. Date of/or when you became aware of Occurrence: Alleged Contract Violation of Article, Section: Nature of Grievance: Adjustment Desired: Signature of Aggrieved Employee Date Grievance Submitted to Supervisor: *The immediate supervisor shall render a decision in writing within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date the grievance was presented to the immediate supervisor. The written response shall be attached to this form for the next step in processing. Received by: Date Received:

Initial Grievance. An employee or designee with a grievance shall discuss the matter with the Public Safety Chief or his/her designee within ten (10) calendar days of the occurrence of the condition giving rise to the grievance in order for the matter to be considered grievable. The grievant or his/her designee shall communicate with the Public Safety Chief through the City of Owosso e-mail system to schedule the meeting. If the grievance is not satisfactorily resolved, it will be reduced in writing within ten (10) calendar days, reciting the sections of the contract which are alleged to have been violated and signed by the employee or the Union and then presented to the Public Safety Chief. Within ten (10) calendar days after the Chief has received the grievance, a meeting shall be held between the Public Safety Chief, the grievant and the POLC representative to discuss the grievance in an attempt to resolve the matter. The Chief shall respond to the grievance within ten (10) calendar days after such meeting. (a) If the Chief of Public Safety’s answer is not satisfactory and the Union desires to carry the matter further, the Union shall, within ten (10) calendar days following receipt of the Chief’s answer, advise the Human Resources Director in writing that such answer is unacceptable, the reasons it is deemed unacceptable, and in the communication further advise that the matter is being referred to mediation. Within ten (10) calendar days of such notification, the Human Resources Director shall file a request for mediation through the Michigan Employment Relations Commission (MERC). (b) The mediation hearing shall be governed by the following rule: 1. The grievant shall have a right to be present at the Mediation Hearing; 2. Each party shall have one principal spokesperson; 3. Any documents presented to the mediator shall be returned to the respective parties at the conclusion of the hearing; 4. Proceedings shall be informal in nature. The presentation of evidence is not limited to that presented at earlier steps of the grievance procedure. The rules of evidence shall not apply and no formal record of the mediation hearing shall be made; 5. The mediator shall have the authority to meet separately with any person or persons provided their chief spokesperson is present, but will not have authority to compel a resolution of a grievance; 6. If no settlement is reached, the mediator may provide the parties with a verbal advisory; 7. The mediator shall state the grounds for his...

Initial Grievance. A written grievance must be presented to the Chief and the Commissioner in charge of personnel [or their designee[s] if absent for three [3] calendar days] not later than three [3] calendar days after the next regularly scheduled Union meeting after the act or omission-giving rise to the grievance, and the member shall furnish a copy to the Union President. The Chief and another member of management [not a sitting Commissioner] shall discuss the grievance with the employee and his Union representative if investigation into the matter is deemed necessary, and report to the Commissioner in charge of personnel if appropriate. The Chief or the Commissioner in charge of personnel shall provide a written answer within ten [10] calendar days from the date on which the written grievance was submitted to them.

Initial Grievance. When an employee chooses to file a grievance, the grievance must be submitted, in writing, to the employee's immediate supervisor (or other designated management official) within 15 calendar days of the date the employee is affected, or becomes aware of (or should have become aware of) the action being grieved. This time limit may be extended by mutual agreement. The written grievance shall contain the following information, if applicable: