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Grievances
Small Municipality Procedures
It is the intent of the
to settle any employee grievances fairly, quickly and
at the lowest level possible. This is possible only when all parties to the grievances
attempt to understand each other's interests. Persons responsible for answering grievances at
each step are expected to know rules and policies and to know their own authority and
use it to its full extent in answering grievances.
If the grieving employee is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the grievance
procedure listed in the agreement shall be followed.
If the grieving employee is not covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the
employee shall present the grievance in writing to the
manager on forms provided by
the
as soon as possible after the conditions or events giving rise to the grievance
are known.
If the employee is not satisfied with the manager's response or if no response is
received within one week of the presentation of the grievance, the employee may present the
grievance in writing to the
and request a hearing on the grievance.
The
shall schedule a hearing and deliberation on the grievance no later than the next
regular meeting of the following receipt of the grievance and shall present a written
response to the employee no later than seven days following the hearing.
Three-Step Procedure
It is the intent of this procedure to settle grievances fairly, quickly and at the lowest
level possible. This is possible only when all parties to the grievances attempt to understand
each other's interests. Persons responsible for answering grievances at each step are
expected to know
rules and policies and to know their own authority and use it to its
full extent in answering grievances. If there is good reason and if agreed to by all parties, the
time limits specified in the procedure may be extended in order to allow a satisfactory solution to
be reached.
Failure of management to respond to a grievance within specified time limits will allow the
grievant to proceed to the next step of the process but will not be considered as any type of
agreement or consent by management.
The higher steps of the procedure are intended for cases when there is a dispute over the
meaning of a policy, situations which are not covered by
policy or cases where
following a policy would result in situations that are obviously unfair or unintended.
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