Grievance Systems Should Provide All Federal Employees an Equal Opportunity for Redress: Report to the CongressU.S. General Accounting Office, 1978 - 46 pages |
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Page 46 - That any individual employee or a group of employees shall have the right at any time to present grievances to their employer and to have such grievances adjusted, without the intervention of the bargaining representative, as long as the adjustment is not inconsistent with the terms of a collective-bargaining contract or agreement then in effect: Provided further, That the bargaining representative has been given opportunity to be present at such adjustment.
Page 46 - Grievance and arbitration procedures. (a) An agreement between an agency and a labor organization shall provide a procedure, applicable only to the unit, for the consideration of grievances over the interpretation or application of the agreement. A negotiated grievance procedure may not cover any other matters, including matters for which statutory appeals procedures exist, and shall be the exclusive procedure available to the parties and the employees in the unit for resolving such grievances.
Page 46 - ... (d) Questions that cannot be resolved by the parties as to whether or not a grievance is on a matter subject to the grievance procedure in an existing agreement, or is subject to arbitration under that agreement, may be referred to the Assistant Secretary for decision.
Page 43 - Processing grievance under formal procedure. (a) The grievance shall be referred to a deciding official at a level of management designated by the agency. The deciding official shall be at a higher administrative level than any official who could have adjusted the grievance under the informal...
Page 44 - Regulate the course of the hearing; (e) Exclude any person from the hearing for contumacious conduct or misbehavior that obstructs the hearing...
Page 46 - ... selected an exclusive representative and it has been recognized pursuant to Section 3544.1 or certified pursuant to Section 3544.7, no employee in that unit may meet and negotiate with the public school employer. Any employee may at any time present grievances to his employer, and have such grievances adjusted, without the intervention of the exclusive representative, as long as the adjustment is reached prior to arbitration pursuant to Sections 3548.5, 3548.6, 3548.7, and 3548.8 and the adjustment...
Page 44 - If the agency determines that it is not administratively practicable to comply with the request of the examiner, it shall notify him in writing of the reasons for that determination. If, in the examiner's judgment, compliance with his request is essential to a full and fair hearing, he may postpone the hearing until such time as the agency complies with his request.
Page 43 - Cancellation of grievance. An agency shall cancel a grievance: (a) At the employee's request; (b) Upon termination of the employee's employment with the agency unless the personal relief sought by the employee may be granted after termination of his employment; (c) Upon the death of the employee unless the grievance Involves a question of pay; or...
Page 43 - Presenting grievance under formal procedure. (a) An employee is entitled to present a grievance under the formal procedure if he (1) has completed action under the informal procedure and (2) presents the grievance within the time limit established by the agency under § 771.304 (b) (2).
Page 43 - ... referred to a deciding official at a level of management designated by the agency. The deciding official shall be at a higher administrative level than any official who could have adjusted the grievance under the informal procedure. (b) The deciding official shall attempt to resolve the grievance. If he cannot resolve the grievance in a manner acceptable to the employee, he shall refer the grievance for inquiry by an examiner. (c) An examiner who meets the standards of experience and training...