WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                           Ch. 485

(E) THE SECRETARY OF PERSONNEL MAY ORDER THE UNIVERSITY TO
GRANT BACK PAY TO A CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE IN ANY GRIEVANCE PROCEEDING.

(F)     IN A RECLASSIFICATION GRIEVANCE PROCEEDING IN WHICH THE
SECRETARY OF PERSONNEL DETERMINES THAT THE GRIEVANT IS WORKING
OUTSIDE OF CLASSIFICATION OR IN A POSITION THAT IS IMPROPERLY CLASSIFIED,
THE SECRETARY OF PERSONNEL, IN THE SECRETARY'S DISCRETION, MAY ORDER
BACK PAY FOR A PERIOD NOT EXCEEDING 1 YEAR BEFORE THE GRIEVANCE
PROCEEDING WAS INITIATED.

(G)     THE UNIVERSITY SHALL CARRY OUT A BACK PAY ORDER ISSUED UNDER
THIS SECTION.

14-1B-07.

(A)     (1) ON CONCLUSION OF EACH STEP OF A GRIEVANCE PROCEEDING, A
COPY OF THE GRIEVANCE AND ITS DISPOSITION SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE GRIEVANT
OR GRIEVANT'S REPRESENTATIVE OR BOTH.

(2) SIMILAR GRIEVANCES MAY BE CONSOLIDATED AND PROCESSED IN
A SINGLE PROCEEDING.

(3) THE PARTIES MAY AGREE TO WAIVE ANY TIME LIMITATION
SPECIFIED IN THIS TITLE.

(B)     (1) ON THE INFORMAL PRESENTATION OF A GRIEVANCE OR THE
INITIATION OF A GRIEVANCE PROCEEDING, AN EMPLOYEE DESIGNATED AS A
GRIEVANT'S REPRESENTATIVE MAY NOT LOSE PAY FOR INVESTIGATING,
PROCESSING, OR TESTIFYING AT ANY STAGE OF THE GRIEVANCE PROCEEDING.

(2) AN EMPLOYEE SHALL BE GRANTED RELEASE TIME FROM THE
EMPLOYEE'S NORMAL WORK SCHEDULE TO ATTEND A GRIEVANCE CONFERENCE
OR HEARING AS A WITNESS.

(C) EXPENSES INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH ATTENDANCE BY AN
EMPLOYEE AT GRIEVANCE CONFERENCES OR HEARINGS, WHETHER AS A
GRIEVANT, AS A GRIEVANT'S REPRESENTATIVE, OR AS A WITNESS, SHALL BE BORNE
BY THAT EMPLOYEE'S UNIT.

14-1B-08.

A DECISION MAY NOT BE MADE AT ANY STEP OF THE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
THAT CONFLICTS WITH OR MODIFIES A POLICY APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OR WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATUTE OR WITH ANY
ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION ISSUED UNDER APPROPRIATE STATUTORY
AUTHORITY OR THAT OTHERWISE DELIMITS THE LAWFULLY DELEGATED
AUTHORITY OF UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS UNLESS PRIOR APPROVAL HAS BEEN
OBTAINED FROM THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL.

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