Chapter ER 46
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
ER 46.04 Management rights. ER 46.05 Form and filing of the grievance. ER 46.06 Procedures and time limits. ER 46.07 Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission. ER 46.08 Failure to meet time limits. ER 46.09 Grievant representation. ER 46.10 Retaliation prohibited. ER 46.12 Notification of employees. ER 46.13 Informal discussions. ER 46.01(1)(1) Although the state encourages continuing informal communication between employees and management, it recognizes the value of a formal grievance procedure in a sound management program under s. 230.04 (14), Stats. It is the policy of the state and responsibility of the administrator to ensure that an established written grievance procedure relating to conditions of employment is available to state employees who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111, Stats., for the disposition of employee grievances. ER 46.01(2)(2) This grievance procedure shall ensure that each employee may, without prejudice, express and present a grievance through proper channels with the assurance of timely and thorough consideration. ER 46.01(3)(3) During the formal grievance procedures, the grievant and employer shall make efforts to resolve the grievance by seeking a mutually acceptable solution to the matters grieved. ER 46.02ER 46.02 Definitions. In this chapter: ER 46.02(1)(1) “Decision” means the written response to a grievance by the employer representative, which includes the rationale for the response. ER 46.02(2)(2) “Employee” means a state employee in the classified civil service under s. 230.08 (3), Stats., except a limited term employee or an employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111, Stats. ER 46.02(3)(3) “Employer” means an agency defined under s. 230.03 (3), Stats., in which the employee is or has been employed.