§ 17571. General Provisions of Interagency Merit System Grievance Procedure.

(a) A grievance exists whenever an employee feels adversely affected by any action or failure of action by the employee's appointing authority, a supervisor, or another employee in the same department.

(b) Except in the informal part of the first level of review in the grievance procedure, a written decision shall be rendered to an employee at each level of review. The decision at each level, unless the time limit is extended by mutual agreement, shall be given within 10 calendar days of receipt of the grievance. An employee who is not satisfied with the decision may, within 10 calendar days after receiving such decision, submit the grievance to the next level of review.

If no agreement on extension of time for rendering a decision has been made, and if the decision has not been given within the stipulated time, an employee may submit the grievance to the next level of review within 10 calendar days of the date such decision was due.

Failure by an employee to submit the grievance to a level of review within the time limit, unless that limit is extended by mutual agreement, shall terminate the grievance process.

Any level of review may be omitted if it is jointly agreed to by the employee and the appointing authority.

(c) The grievance procedure shall consist of a maximum of four levels of review. Another person or body of persons may be substituted for any level of review if mutually agreed to by the employee and the appointing authority.

Note

Note: Authority cited: Section 19803, Government Code. Reference: Section 19800, Government Code.