Due Process (Non-Bargaining Unit Employees)

Policy Category: Administrative Policies

Policy Number: 16.002

Policy Issued: 3/28/1989

Policy Revised: 7/27/2011

Policy Reviewed: 2/23/2026

Policy Title: Due Process (Non-Bargaining unit Employees)

Policy Approved:

Resolution #: 1898-18

Pages:

The purpose of due process is to ensure fair and equitable treatment for employees, eliminate dissatisfaction and resolve problems at their point of origin so that constructive, work-producing relationships may be maintained.

An employee who has a complaint arising from a misinterpretation, misapplication, or claim of violation of policy, condition of employment, rule or regulation may initiate a formal grievance. Non-grievable issues are:

1. Performance Appraisals;

2. Termination during a probationary period;

3. The number of terminations due to a reduction in force.

To be processed, grievances must be presented within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date the claim violation occurred, or the date the grievant should have known of its occurrence. There is a fourteen (14) calendar day interval for each response at each