Useful and important information, procedures, and documents to help you to ensure your rights.
About Grievances
The proper way to challenge a violation of the contract is to file a grievance.
A violation can be an unfair denial of tenure or promotion, a failure to give temporary faculty members work to which they are entitled, or an unjust discipline meted out against any employee.
Under Article 10 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (contract or CBA), CFA and the employer have agreed to define a grievance as “an allegation that the CFA, an employee, or a group of employees, have been directly wronged by a claimed violation, misapplication, or misinterpretation of a specific term or provision of this Agreement.”
Additionally, employees may allege “that the employee was directly wronged in connection with the rights accruing to his or her job classification, benefits, working conditions, appointment, reappointment, tenure, promotion, reassignment, or the like, including but not limited to rights arising under this Agreement.”
Discipline appeals are related to grievances. These are addressed in resources below and through our advocacy.
It is your responsibility to properly file your grievance.
CFA will help, but it is necessary that you choose the track, sign the grievance, file it on time and with the appropriate administrator, and provide the information necessary to understand and pursue a resolution of your problem.
These forms and resources will be helpful for anyone facing a grievance situation.
Please review the grievance forms and contact your CFA chapter office with any questions you may have about filing a grievance and further assistance.
Employment Law fact sheets via Legal Aid of San Francisco Employment Law Center (these cover non-labor law topics like discrimination, family leave, unemployment benefits, etc.)
Executive Order 1096, the CSU’s “Systemwide Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation, Sexual Misconduct, Dating and Domestic Violence, and Stalking against Employees and Third Parties and Systemwide Procedure for Addressing Such Complaints by Employees and Third Parties.”
Executive Order 1097, the CSU’s “Systemwide Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Sexual Misconduct, Dating and Domestic Violence, and Stalking against Students and Systemwide Procedure for Addressing Such Complaints by Students.”
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