Grievance Procedure Manual Table of Contents
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Grievance Procedure Manual
Table of Contents
Effective August 30, 2004
§1. Ways to Resolve Workplace Disputes
§1.1 General
Information
§1.2 Mediation
§1.3 Office of Equal
Employment Services
§1.4 Grievance Procedure
§1.5 Retaliation Investigation
§1.6 Other Agency Resources
§2. Grievance Procedure Overview
§2.1 Stages
of The Grievance Procedure
§2.2 Informal Discussion
§2.3 Access to The Grievance
Procedure
§2.4 Initiating a Grievance
§2.5 Gathering Information
§3. Management Resolution Steps
§3.1 First
Resolution Step
§3.2 Second Resolution
Step Meeting
§3.3 Third Resolution
Step
§4. Qualification for a Hearing
(a) Actions Which AUTOMATICALLY Qualify
(b) Actions Which MAY Qualify
(c) Actions Which DO NOT Qualify
§4.2
Agency Head’s Determination
§4.3 Appeal to EDR
§4.4 Circuit Court Appeal
§5.1 General
§5.2 Scheduling the Hearing
§5.3 Prehearing Conference
§5.4 Length of Hearing
§5.5 Absence from the
Hearing
§5.6 Recording the Hearing
§5.7 Authority of the
Hearing Officer
§5.8 Rules for the Hearing
§5.9 Hearing Officer’s
Decision
(a) Examples of relief which may be available
(b) Examples of relief which are not available
§6. Noncompliance with the Grievance Procedure
§6.1 General
§6.2 Grievance Initiation
Noncompliance
§6.3 Party Noncompliance
§6.4 Hearing Officer Noncompliance
§7. Review of Hearing Decisions
§7.1 General
§7.2 Administrative Review
of Hearing Decisions
(a) Types of Review
(b) Transcripts of the Hearing
(c) Administrative Review Decisions
(d) Final Hearing Decisions
(e) Special Rules for Discharge Hearings Where the Hearing Officer Orders Reinstatement of an Employee Represented by an Attorney
§7.3 Judicial Review of Final Hearing Decisions
(a) Circuit Court Review
(b) Appeal to the Court of Appeals
(c) Implementation
§8. Additional Grievance Procedure Rules
§8.1 Publication
of Hearing Decisions, Rulings, and Related Court Opinions
§8.2 Documentation Relating
to a Grievance
§8.3 Computation of Time
§8.4 Extension of Timeframes
§8.5 Consolidation of
Grievances
§8.6 Leave and Reimbursement
§8.7 Reasonable Accommodations
for Disabled Persons
§8.8 Use of Agency Office
Equipment
§8.9 Identifying Step
Respondents and Agency Heads