Common use of Employee Complaints Clause in Contracts

Employee Complaints. 1. Employees have the right to file a complaint relating to a promotion action. Such complaints shall be resolved under appropriate grievance procedures outlined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. 2. All Parties are encouraged in a merit promotion-related complaint to exert their utmost effort to resolve the complaint through informal discussion and mutual understanding of the different points of view. If the complaint cannot be settled through the informal discussion or mutual understanding of the different points of view, the employee or union may seek recourse as follows: a. File a grievance in accordance with the provisions of the negotiated grievance procedure. While the procedures used by an agency to identify and rank qualified applicants may be proper subjects for formal complaints or grievances, non- selection from a group of properly ranked and certified applicants is not an appropriate basis for a formal complaint or grievance. There is no right to appeal to OPM. b. File a discrimination complaint in accordance with EEOC regulations if an employee believes that unlawful discrimination was practiced in the administration of the Merit Promotion Plan.