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281 H - Employee Relations
City of Greensboro Personnel Policy Manuał
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appeal. The immediate supervisor has final authority on written warnings.
D. Dismissals
Employees may appeal dismissals pursuant to the following procedures:
1. The appealing employee must appeal to the City Manager, in writing, within ten (10)
consecutive calendar days of the date that the corrective action decision was delivered to
the employee.
2. The City Manager reviews all employee dismissals. The City Manager shall review the
written record (required). In addition, the City Manager may choose to interview the
employee, department supervisory officials, or other individuals with relevant information.
The employee will be notified if the review will take longer than twenty (20) calendar days.
Also, the employee will be given an estimated time for completion of the review.
3. The City Manager’s decision is final.
4. Employees reporting directly to the City Manager may appeal dismissals through a
discussion of the decision with the City Manager.
E. Role of the Human Resources Director - An employee may address an appeal to the
Human Resources Director whenever the employee believes circumstances exist that could
negatively impact his/her ability to receive fair and impartial consideration of his/her appeal.
The employee must set out in writing the reasons he/she feels the Human Resources Director
should intervene in the normal appeals process. If the Human Resources Director agrees with
the employee’s request he/she may intervene in the appeal process. If the Human Resources
Director disagrees with the employee’s request, the appeal will be forwarded to the appropriate
supervisor as provided in this policy.
7.0 HUMAN RESOURCES CONTACT
Employee Relations Staff
8.0 APPENDIX, APPENDICES