Agmt 2002 San Leandro City Employees' Association SLCEA

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Section 26. Grievance Procedure (1) A grievance shall be defined as any dispute which involves the interpretation or application of any provision of this Memorandum of Understanding, or those City personnel rules, or pay plan, which fall within the scope of representation. Specifically excluded from the grievance procedure are performance evaluations and denial of merit step increases plus any other matter which provides for a separate appeal process. (2) (a) Within fifteen (15) working days of the occurrence or discovery of an alleged grievance, any employee who believes that he/she has a grievance shall discuss such grievance with such management official in the department in which he/she works as the department head may designate. If the issue is not resolved within the department, the procedures hereinafter specified may be invoked. (b) The employee or their representative shall notify the. Human Resources Director or designated representative in writing within fifteen (15) days after discussion of the grievance with the management official in the department in which the employee works that a grievance exists, and in such notification state the particulars of the grievance and if possible, the nature of the determination which is desired. The Human Resources Director or designated representative shall thereafter investigate the issues involved, and within fifteen (15) days after written notification by the Union. No grievance may be processed under paragraphs (c) and (d) below which has not first been filed and investigated in pursuance of this paragraph (b). (c) Any grievance which has not been resolved by the procedures hereinabove set forth may be referred to the City Manager by the employee or their representative or by the Human Resources Director. Any such referral shall be in writing, and the specific issues involved shall be detailed in such referral together with a statement of the resolution which is desired. 30