
If an appeal is made, an appeal hearing will be scheduled to take place within forty-five (45) days of receipt of the appeal request.ģ. The grievant may appeal in writing no later than 14 days from the receipt of the notice to the MAPE Statewide Vice President.Ģ. If the grievant does not have a home email address on file, the letter shall be sent via certified mail. If denied for arbitration, notification shall be sent to the grievant via electronic mail with a read receipt and delivery receipt as to the Arbitration Team’s decision.If approved for arbitration, the grievant is notified and arbitration is scheduled.The Arbitration Team shall vote whether to arbitrate the grievance using a majority vote. Unless the grievance is settled or the grievant wishes not to arbitrate, the grievance shall go through the following process to determine whether MAPE will arbitrate a case.ġ. If a grievance is not resolved through the steps of the grievance process, it ultimately gets moved to MMB (Minnesota Management and Budget). This policy shall identify the procedures used during an Employee Rights Committee (ERC) arbitration Appeal Hearing. Summary: The Arbitration team shall consist of Enforcement Business Agents, Steward(s) of record, and the MAPE Statewide Vice President. The steward present should be the steward of record if possible. As feasible, every arbitration will have at least one steward present.If no steward from the grievant’s region is available, a steward from another region may be appointed. The MAPE Statewide Vice President should make every effort to appoint the most appropriate steward (steward of record if available or most knowledgeable) to serve as a voting member of the Arbitration Team when grievances or class action grievances of their concern are being considered by the Arbitration Team.The MAPE Statewide Vice President, as chair of the Employee Rights Committee or its designee, shall serve as a voting member of the Arbitration Team.


Summary: To identify the composition of the MAPE Arbitration Team and the responsibilities of the MAPE Vice President in the Arbitration Team process.
