SD9 - Statutory Compliance of Local Government Grievance Procedures

  • Published: 1986
  • Author: Department of Employee Relations Counselors
  • Enabling Authority: Senate Joint Resolution 38 (Regular Session, 1984)

Executive Summary:
REVIEW STATUS

The best available statistics indicate that there are 214 cities, towns, and counties in the Commonwealth. An estimated 43 of these localities employ fifteen or fewer employees and by statute are exempted from the requirement for establishing a grievance procedure. Thus, 181 local government grievance procedures are to be submitted for review and approval by the Department of Employee Relations Counselors. Effective today, the following data represents the status of the review process:

1. 42 procedures have been approved and deemed to be in compliance with all statutory requirements through July 1, 1985.

2. 67 procedures have been received by the Department and are in various stages of the review process.

3. 62 procedures have not been submitted to the Department for review (4 of these localities verbally specified that they have adopted the state procedure).

CONCLUSION

As of this date, no local government grievance procedure has been disapproved by the Department of Employee Relations Counselors for failure to comply with statutory requirements. It is anticipated that most, if not all, the procedures submitted for review will be revised as needed and will be approved.

If any of the remaining 58 grievance procedures are not submitted to the Department for any review prior to March 1, 1986, the Director will invoke the provisions of Section 15.1-7.1 of the Code of Virginia, as amended. Specifically, the affected localities will be provided written notice of the noncompliance and ninety calendar days will be extended to bring the procedures into compliance. The state grievance procedure will be applicable to any locality whose procedure remains in noncompliance after the deadline.

All localities are listed by review status in Appendix E.