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12.7 Formal Grievance – Step 1

  1. If an informal grievance is not resolved to the satisfaction of the grievant, a formal grievance may be filed no later than:
    1. (1)   Twenty-one (21) calendar days after the employee can reasonably be expected to have known of the event occasioning the grievance;
    2. (2)   Within fourteen (14) calendar days after receipt of the decision rendered in the informal grievance procedure.
  2. However, if the informal grievance procedure is not initiated within the period specified in Item (1) above, the period in which to bring the grievance shall not be extended by Item (2) above.
  3. A formal grievance shall be initiated in writing on a form provided by the State and shall be filed with a designated supervisor or manager identified by each department head as the first level of appeal.
  4. Within fourteen (14) calendar days after receipt of the formal grievance, the person designated by the department head as the first level of appeal shall respond in writing to the grievance.
  5. No contract interpretation or grievance settlement made at this stage of the grievance procedure shall be considered precedential.