Common use of Patient/Resident Abuse Committee or Fact Finding Clause in Contracts

Patient/Resident Abuse Committee or Fact Finding. Where, as a principal in an investigation, an employee is directed to report on his/her own conduct to a patient or resident abuse committee or Fact Finding investigation by an appointed Fact Finder, making any determination which may result in disciplinary action for the employee, the employee shall have the right to appear, to have Union representation, to suggest witnesses to be interviewed and to submit relevant documents. If a formal hearing is conducted in addition to the above, the employee shall also be entitled to call and question any witnesses. The employee and the Union, through the employee, shall receive a copy of any findings, and have an opportunity to rebut the findings and reports to his/her Appointing Authority, within five weekdays, before a decision is issued concerning any disciplinary action. When a recipient rights investigation or other preliminary investigation results in a report or finding containing information detrimental to an employee's good standing, or which would constitute a basis for disciplinary action, the right to a subsequent disciplinary conference as provided by Section D. of this Article shall still apply, at which the right to Union representation shall also apply.