Right to Grieve Disciplinary Action Employees shall have the right to grieve written censures or warnings, and adverse employee appraisals. Employees shall have the right to rebut in writing any disciplinary notice and that rebuttal will be placed in the employee file, but will not be part of the formal disciplinary record. Should an employee dispute any such entry in his/her file, he/she shall be entitled to recourse through the Grievance Procedure and the eventual resolution thereof shall become part of his/her personal record.
Notice of Disciplinary Action The Employer shall advise an Employee in writing of any disciplinary action taken including, but not limited to warning, reprimand, suspension, discharge or termination and the reasons in full for such action. The Employer shall also promptly provide the Union with a copy of each such disciplinary notice.
CAUSE FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION No disciplinary action shall be taken against a permanent employee without good cause. "
Grounds for Disciplinary Action The imposition of an oral reprimand shall not be subject to the grievance procedure. An employee may challenge the contents of any written materials pursuant to the provisions of Article 5.5
Causes for Disciplinary Action The following causes shall be grounds for disciplinary action:
Record of Disciplinary Action (a) The Employer agrees not to introduce as evidence in a hearing relating to disciplinary action, any document from the file of an employee, the existence of which the employee was not aware at the time of filing.
Appeal of Disciplinary Action If the Union is not satisfied with the response of the Town Supervisor, the Union may submit the matter to arbitration by filing a demand for arbitration with the New York State Public Employment Relations Board in accordance with its rules and regulations. The demand for arbitration must be filed within fourteen calendar days of receiving the response from the Town Board or when the response should have been received. The fees of the arbitrator shall be shared equally by the Town and the Union. The conduct of the arbitration shall be under the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the arbitrator which shall conform to applicable law. All decisions rendered by the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon all parties.
Notification of Disciplinary Action When an administrative investigation leads to disciplinary action, the procedures for notification to the employee contained in Article 19 shall be followed.
Right to Grieve Other Disciplinary Action (a) Disciplinary action grievable by the employee shall include:
Types of Disciplinary Action It is the intent of the District to establish disciplinary procedures which are commensurate with the reasons or causes for disciplinary action. The principle of progressive discipline should be applied when repeated action is necessary. The following types of disciplinary action are listed in order of their increasing severity.
