POLICY 4.18.2 - Definitions
An “individual grievance” is defined as a difference or dispute between a faculty member and officers, agents or representatives of the university’s administration (including department and division chairs, deans/directors and associate deans/directors, as well as support staff members) concerning interpretation or application of the rules, policies, procedures and regulations of the university as they affect the terms and conditions of the grievant’s employment. The filing of the grievance is ordinarily intended to resolve a work-related problem or condition that the faculty member believes to be unfair, inequitable, discriminatory, or a hindrance to that individual’s job performance.
A “multiple grievance” is a common grievance signed by a group of faculty members in which the factual context is the same or substantially similar, and the complaints raised and requested remedies are likewise essentially identical so that several grievances may be effectively considered together.
Some examples of “grievable issues” are: the application of policy, salary, teaching load/work load, reprisals, discriminatory actions, Equal Employment Opportunity complaints, academic freedom, infringement of established faculty benefits or privileges, retaliation or harassment against faculty representatives, or other arbitrary and capricious activity by department chairs or university administrators that manifestly interferes with the performance of faculty teaching responsibilities.
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