Common use of Xxxxxx Meeting or Written Response Clause in Contracts

Xxxxxx Meeting or Written Response. Each unit member who is issued a notice of intent to discipline shall be entitled to request either a Xxxxxx meeting or may provide a written response to the proposed discipline within seven (7) calendar days of the issuance of the notice of intent to discipline. The seven (7) day time limit shall be set forth in the notice of intent to discipline. It will be incumbent upon the unit member to insure that the request for a Xxxxxx meeting is received by the individual designated as the Xxxxxx Officer within the seven (7) day period. The purpose of the Xxxxxx meeting is to give the bargaining unit member an opportunity to respond to the charges. The Xxxxxx meeting or written response is not a hearing. The bargaining unit member may not call witnesses. However, he/she may have one Chapter representative and may also have a CSEA Labor Relations Representative present and may bring written material in his/her attempt to convince the Xxxxxx Officer that the discipline should not be imposed. If the employee chooses to have two representatives present during the Xxxxxx meeting, only one of the representatives may act as the spokesperson for the employee during the meeting. However, the employee may caucus with both representatives at any time during the meeting. If the employee chooses to participate in a Xxxxxx meeting, the meeting shall take place within five (5) days of the employee’s request for the meeting unless the employee’s and District’s representatives mutually agree to a later date for the meeting. The Xxxxxx Officer (i.e. the District’s representative at the Xxxxxx meeting) shall be either the Superintendent/President or his/her designee. However, the designee may not be personally embroiled in any of the incidents giving rise to the proposed discipline. It is the intent of the District that the Xxxxxx Officer be neutral, i.e. that he/she should not have been made part of the decision making process with respect to the proposed discipline. However, the Xxxxxx Officer will have access to all of the evidence which the supervisor relied on in making his/her recommendations to propose discipline against the unit member prior to or after the Xxxxxx meeting.