Common use of PROCEDURES FOR FILING A GRIEVANCE Clause in Contracts

PROCEDURES FOR FILING A GRIEVANCE. A. Informal Resolution 1. A teacher with a grievance may first discuss it with the immediate supervisor prior to filing of a Level One Grievance, indicating the article and section alleged to be violated, with the objective of resolving the matter informally. No written record will be made. While not required, the District and the Union encourage informal resolution whenever possible as the goal of the process is to resolve issues at the lowest level. B. Formal Resolution - Level One 1. The grievant shall submit a written grievance to the immediate supervisor within ten (10) days of the alleged violation with a citation of the specific article, section, and paragraph of this Agreement alleged to have been violated and the specific remedy sought. 2. The immediate supervisor shall schedule and hold a meeting within five (5) days after receipt of the written grievance. Persons present at this meeting will be the grievant, and if the grievant so desires, a representative of the grievant’s choosing, and the immediate supervisor, and if the immediate supervisor so desires, a person of the immediate supervisor’s choosing. a. If the Union is not the representative of the grievant, a Union representative shall have the right to be present at this meeting and shall be permitted to present the Union’s views with respect to the grievance if requested by the immediate supervisor, but in any event, the Union representative within two (2) days after attending the meeting may submit the Union’s views with respect to the grievance to the immediate supervisor in writing. b. The District and the Union favor informal resolution as long as it is consistent with the terms and time lines of this Agreement. Nothing in this procedure is intended to prevent or limit the informal resolution of grievances at a time up to the deadline for the immediate supervisor’s response at Level One. 3. The immediate supervisor shall transmit to the grievant(s) and the Union the written decision and reason within five (5) days after the Level One meeting. a. The immediate supervisor shall not transmit the decision before having received and considered the Union’s response as provided in 2.a. above.

PROCEDURES FOR FILING A GRIEVANCE. A. Informal Resolution 1. A teacher with a grievance may first discuss it with the immediate supervisor prior to filing of a Level One Grievance, indicating the article and section alleged to be violated, with the objective of resolving the matter informally. No written record will be made. While not required, the District and the Union encourage informal resolution whenever possible as the goal of the process is to resolve issues at the lowest level. B. Formal Resolution - Level One 1. The grievant shall submit a written grievance to the immediate supervisor within ten (10) days of the alleged violation with a citation of the specific article, section, and paragraph of this Agreement alleged to have been violated and the specific remedy sought. 2. The immediate supervisor shall schedule and hold a meeting within five (5) days after receipt of the written grievance. Persons present at this meeting will be the grievant, and if the grievant so desires, a representative of the grievant’s choosing, and the immediate supervisor, and if the immediate supervisor so desires, a person of the immediate supervisor’s choosing. a. If the Union is not the representative of the grievant, a Union representative shall have the right to be present at this meeting and shall be permitted to present the Union’s views with respect to the grievance if requested by the immediate supervisor, but in any event, the Union representative within two (2) days after attending the meeting may submit the Union’s views with respect to the grievance to the immediate supervisor in writing. b. The District and the Union favor informal resolution as long as it is consistent with the terms and time lines of this Agreement. Nothing in this procedure is intended to prevent or limit the informal resolution of grievances at a time up to the deadline for the immediate supervisor’s response at Level One. 3. The immediate supervisor shall transmit to the grievant(s) and the Union the written decision and reason within five (5) days after the Level One meeting. a. 4. The immediate supervisor shall not transmit the decision before having received and considered the Union’s response as provided in 2.a. above.