VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #U026

Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medici ne

Policy Order No. Effective Date:

U026

November 30, 2001

Revised:

May 5, 2023

Signature on File

_____________________________ Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, D.O. President and Provost ______________________________________________________________________________ VCOM Employee Grievance Policy and Procedure ______________________________________________________________________________ 1. PURPOSE ....................................................................................................................... 1 2. EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE .......................................................................... 1 2.1 Informal Grievance Resolution ............................................................................ 2 2.2 Formal Grievance Resolution .............................................................................. 2 2.3 Grievance Appeal Process.................................................................................... 2 3. DURATION OF POLICY .................................................................................................. 3 1. PURPOSE The purpose for the Employee Grievance Policy is to provide faculty and staff with an established grievance procedure for conflicts among employees. 2. EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE The institution recognizes the need for employees to voice concerns and grievances and to seek resolution to problems or disagreements with other employees. The institution also recognizes that it is the responsibility of the employee to express their concerns in a professional and ethical manner. For the protection of all concerned parties, all public comments about a grievance will be avoided by the concerned parties during the course of the grievance process. Any announcement of the final decision, when appropriate, will include a statement by the Campus Dean and the Provost or President. In the interest of truth and justice, the President, on rare circumstances, may approve the release of excerpts, or the complete record of, the grievance hearing, to appropriate parties. The grievance hearing procedures below will serve as the employee grievance process for VCOM.

VCOM Faculty Grievance Policy and Procedure

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