Faculty Contract - Ferris State University
Faculty Contract - Ferris State University
Faculty Contract - Ferris State University
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B. Step 2 - Written Level<br />
1. In the event the grievance is not resolved in step 1, the grievance shall<br />
be written and signed by the grievant( s) and by the FF A on a standard Employer/FF A<br />
grievance form and presented to the administrator in step 1 within ten (l 0) working days<br />
of the discussion at step I, and shall set forth the specific acts that constitute the basis for<br />
the grievance and identify the specific language of the contract that is claimed to have been<br />
violated by those specific acts.<br />
2. The administrator shall communicate a decision in writing to the<br />
grievant(s) as promptly as possible, but no later than fifteen (15) working days after the<br />
grievance has been received.<br />
3. Any settlement, withdrawal, or other disposition of a grievance at this<br />
step is not a binding precedent in the disposition of similar grievances.<br />
c. Step 3<br />
In the event the grievance is not resolved at step 2, the FFA and grievant(s) shall<br />
present it to the administrator to whom the administrator in step 2 reports within ten (1 0)<br />
working days after the step 2 decision. The written grievance must be signed by the<br />
aggrieved member and the FF A and, in addition to the required information outlined in step<br />
2 above, shall include the reasons the proposed resolution of the grievance at step 2 is not<br />
satisfactory. The administrator shall, within ten (10) working days, meet with the grievant(s)<br />
and, if the grievant(s) wish (cs), with a representative of the FFA. The decision at this step<br />
shall be written and communicated to all persons concerned as promptly as possible, but not<br />
later than ten (1 0) working days after the meeting. If the grievance is initiated at step 3, the<br />
grievance shall be presented to the administrator to whom the administrator in step 2 reports<br />
within twenty (20) working days of when the grievance might reasonably be known to exist.<br />
D. Step 4 - provost/vice president for Academic Affairs Level<br />
1. In the event the grievance is not resolved at step 3, the FFA and<br />
grievant(s) may advance the grievance to the provost/vice president for Academic Affairs<br />
within ten (10) working days after the decision in step 3. This written submission must be<br />
signed by the grievant( s) and the FF A and shall include, in addition to the initial grievance,<br />
any amendments or appendices thereto, as required by steps 2 and 3 and the reason( s) the<br />
FFA and grievant(s) eonsider the disposition at step 3 to be unsatisfactory. If the grievance<br />
is initiated at step 4, the grievance shall be presented to the provost/vice president for<br />
Academic Affairs within twenty (20) working days of when the grievance might reasonably<br />
be known to exist.<br />
2. Following this submission, no more than ten (I 0) working days shall<br />
elapse before a meeting is held between a representative of the FF A and the provost/vice<br />
president for Academic Affairs or designee. The provost/vice president for Academic<br />
Affairs or designee shall answer the grievance, in writing, within ten (1 0) working days<br />
from the date of the meeting at which the grievance was discussed.<br />
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