Final Rules (Amended 2022 09 19)_Rule 1 Corrected (1) - Flipbook - Page 60
RULE 12
ii. The Human Resources Director, having received the Grievance, shall
compile the entire record of the grievance, the completed grievance form along
with whatever other data was provided by the grievant or management during
the Grievance Process for the Commission’s review of the employee’s appeal.
iii. The Commission shall consider the entire record of the grievance and:
a) May schedule a hearing to review the appeal; or
b) Exercise its power to adjudicate an appeal without a hearing, at its
discretion.
12.6
Time Limits Not Met – Grievance Deemed Resolved:
a.
Employee: If the prescribed time limits for the employee to file a written grievance at any
step are not met, the grievance shall be deemed resolved at that step without further review.
b.
Supervisor/Management: If a supervisory or management representative fails to respond
within the prescribed time limits, the employee shall be entitled to carry the grievance forward
to the next step of review.
12.7
Extended Time Limits: The parties to a grievance may extend the time limits at any step by
mutual written consent and prior to the expiration of established time limits.
12.8
Time Limits Only for Matters on City Council Policy: In Formal Written Grievance cases
pertaining to the City Council policy, the City Manager shall have the right to defer action until the City
Manager has obtained City Council direction.
a. The City Manager through the Human Resources Director shall inform the grievant and the
Commission of this intent within the required fifteen (15) working day period.
b.
The City Council shall settle Formal Grievances as expeditiously as City Council business will
allow, and according to whatever procedure the City Council may see fit to formulate.
c.
The City Manager shall consult with the City Council and respond to the grievant within thirty
(30) working days after having met with the City Council
12.9
Right to Appeal to Commission: Only permanent employees in the classified service shall
have a right to appeal a decision reached on a grievance up to the Civil Service Commission.
Employees in the unclassified service shall have a right to appeal a decision on a grievance, except that
such appeals shall not proceed beyond review by the City Manager. All determinations reached by the
City Manager shall be final and not appealable.
12.10 Protection Against Reprisal: No employee who presents or participates in a grievance, assists
in the grievance or is a witness who appears in the grievance hearing shall be discriminated against,
coerced, threatened, or in any other manner interfered with or subjected to reprisal by any other
employee or official of the City by virtue of the matters raised properly in the grievance proceeding.
The violation of this section by an employee or official of the City shall be grounds for immediate
dismissal of the offending party, in accordance with the Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace
Policy.
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