Common use of Final Counseling Clause in Contracts

Final Counseling. Final counseling (may involve administration other than the employee’s immediate supervisor) including action plan discussion and decision making assignment (a period of paid time away from the work site for the employee to consider the consequences or failure to follow the action plan and to review the final written action plan for possible correction). Step D- Dismissal. Prior to dismissal, a pre-determination meeting will be scheduled to give an employee an opportunity to make his/her case before the final decision is made. The employee has the right to have a Union representative present at the pre- determination meeting. At least five (5) days prior to the meeting, the employee will be informed in writing of the reasons for the contemplated dismissal and given referenced documentation. The employee will be furnished with written notification of the outcome of the pre-determination hearing. Grievability/Arbitrability. Step A of the Corrective Action/Dismissal Process above is not grievable. Formal counseling may be grieved through Step Three Mediation of the grievance procedure only. Final counseling and dismissal may be grieved through every step of the grievance procedure beginning at Step Two.