Per 4 Grievances

Question 1

What is Per 4?

Answer 1

Grievances

Question 2

An employee is not required but is urged to attempt to resolve any grievance informally with his or her immediate supervisor. True of False?

Answer 2

True

Question 3

If informal discussion does not resolve the matter, the affected employee must file a written grievance within _________ working days of the cause of the grievance.

Answer 3

5

Question 4

An employee desiring to file a grievance must?

Answer 4

Submit a written statement to the employee’s immediate supervisor stating the basis for the grievance and the relief sought.

Question 5

A supervisor receiving a grievance shall?

Answer 5

Note the time and date of receipt and shall sign the grievance. A copy of the grievance shall be forwarded by the employee to the head of the employee’s department.

Question 6

A grievance must be signed by the employee and must include the following:

Answer 6

a. A clear, concise and factual statement of the specific wrongful act or harm done;
b. A statement of the remedy or adjustment sought; and
c. Citation of any rules or regulations, the violation of which constitutes the basis of the grievance.

Question 7

Within _________days {or two (2) twenty-four (24) hour shifts if the employee is working such shifts} of the receipt of the grievance, the immediate supervisor shall meet with the employee and attempt to resolve the grievance insofar as it is within his or her power to so do.

Answer 7

five (5) working

Question 8

After meeting withe the grieved employee the immediate supervisor must?

Answer 8

render a decision in writing and provide a copy of same to the aggrieved employee

Question 9

If the grievance is beyond the authority of the immediate supervisor to resolve or if the employee disagrees with an immediate supervisor’s decision, the employee may appeal the grievance to the _________.

Answer 9

deputy administrator

Question 10

Any such appeal of a supervisors recommendation to a grievance must be made within ________ days of the employee’s receipt of the immediate supervisor’s decision

Answer 10

3 working days

Question 11

Unresolved grievances shall continue up the levels of supervision until?

Answer 11

i) the grievance is resolved, (ii) the grievance is abandoned by the employee, or (iii) the appeal reaches the head of the department. In the event a grievance is appealed to a department head, the department head must rule on such grievance within seven (7) working days.

Question 12

If, after the foregoing steps are exhausted, an employee other than a laborer is still aggrieved and the grievance involves a suspension, demotion or dismissal, the employee may file a written request for the Mayor to review the grievance. True of False?

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Suspensions or demotions which result in a loss of more than __________of gross wages in any three (3) year period and all dismissals may be appealed to the City Council as provided by Section 2-185.

Answer 13

ten percent (10%)

Question 14

The aggrieved employee shall file his or her grievance with the ___________

Answer 14

Police Grievance Counselor/Safety Liaison.