Grievance Checklist

This is a checklist for general discipline by the Company.

• Was there sufficient proof or was management’s action based on hearsay?
  
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• Did management investigate and verify the charge before taking action or did it "shoot from the hip" first and investigate after the fact?
  
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• Did management selectively "stack the deck’ by overemphasizing certain facts and points while playing down those factors that would favor the grievant?
  
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• Did management overreact, that is react drastically and emotionally rather than objectively?
  
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• Was the discipline punitive and vindictive rather than corrective and remedial?
  
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• Was the discipline timely?
  
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• Did it follow the alleged commission or omission within a logical and reasonable time?
  

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• Did management wait until an incident occurred before suddenly clamping down?
  

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• Was the penalty consistent with the principle of progressive discipline?
  
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• Was the grievant adequately informed as to what level of performance or compliance would be expected of him or her?
  
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• Did the penalty violate any applicable and relevant provision of:
  

• The contract
  

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• An addendum to the agreement
  

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• A side letter
  

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• A policy
  

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• An administrative directive
  

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• A past practice
  

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• An applicable and relevant arbitration award
  

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• An applicable law?