UWS 6.01 Complaints.
The faculty of each institution, with the approval of the chancellor,
shall establish rules and procedures to deal with allegations by the
administration, students, academic staff members, other faculty members,
classified staff members, or members of the public concerning conduct
by a faculty member which violates university rules or policies, or
which adversely affects the faculty member's performance of his/her
obligation to the university but which allegations are not serious
enough to warrant dismissal proceedings under ch. UWS 4. Such rules and
procedures shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the
following:
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Review of and administrative action on the complaint by the
chancellor. Administrative action may include dismissing the complaint,
invoking an appropriate disciplinary action, or referring the complaint
to the standing faculty committee created under sub.
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Provision for a hearing before a standing faculty committee selected
by the faculty of each institution in such manner as they shall
determine. Such hearing shall be held at the request of the chancellor
or, if the chancellor invokes a disciplinary action, at the request of
the faculty member concerned.
UWP. The standing faculty
committee designated to conduct hearings on complaints shall be the
Complaints and Grievances Commission. See Faculty Bylaws, Part II,
Article XIII.
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Guarantee of adequate due process to include, but not limited to,
written notification of the complaint, fair and complete hearing
procedures, written statement of findings, transmittal of findings to
the faculty member involved and appropriate administrative officials
within a reasonable period of time, and prohibition of further jeopardy
for the same alleged misconduct after a final decision.
UWP.
The complainant shall state his or her complaint in writing to the
Chancellor, who shall review the complaint and take administrative
action. The Chancellor's administrative action may be to dismiss the
complaint, invoke appropriate disciplinary action, or refer the
complaint to the Complaints and Grievances Commission. A hearing by the
commission shall take place at the request of the Chancellor, or, if the
Chancellor invokes a disciplinary action, at the request of the faculty
member involved.
The Chancellor and the commission shall insure that the faculty member involved receives:
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a written statement of the complaint,
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at least 10 days to prepare an appropriate response,
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a written statement of the commission's findings within 5 days of its decision, and
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a prohibition of further jeopardy for the same alleged misconduct
after a final decision. The Chancellor shall also insure that
appropriate university officials are apprised of the commission's
findings and the chancellor's decision. See Faculty Bylaws, Part III,
Article IX, Section 1.
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Delineation of the powers of the faculty committee to make
recommendations to the chancellor concerning disciplinary action, to
recommend dismissal of the complaint, or to recommend referral of the
complaint to the appropriate department or administrative officer
UWP.
After hearing and investigating a complaint, the commission may make a
recommendation to the Chancellor concerning disciplinary action,
recommend to the Chancellor that the complaint be dismissed, or
recommend referral of the complaint to the appropriate department or
administrator. See Faculty Bylaws, Part II, Article XIII, Section 3.
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The decision by the chancellor on the recommendations of the
committee, or on the complaint in the absence of committee
recommendation, shall be final except that the board at its option might
grant a review on the record.
UWP. The Chancellor's
decision on the recommendations of the Commission, or on the complaint
in the absence of the commission recommendation, shall be final except
that the Board of Regents, at its option, might grant a review on the
record. See Faculty Bylaws, Part III, Article IX, Section 1.
UWS 6.02 Grievances. The faculty of each institution
shall designate a committee or other appropriate faculty body to hear
faculty grievances under rules and procedures established by the faculty
of the institution in conjunction with the chancellor. The committee or
faculty body shall have the power to conduct hearings and fact finding
related to the grievance and to recommend solutions to the grievance to
the chancellor. If the committee or other body makes recommendations to
the chancellor, the chancellor shall act on the recommendations within
30 days. The decision by the chancellor on the recommendation of the
committee, or on the grievance in the absence of committee
recommendation, shall be final except that the board, upon petition of a
grievant or the committee or other faculty body, may grant a review on
the record.
UWP. A grievance is a personnel problem
involving an employee's expressed feeling of unfair treatment or
dissatisfaction with aspects of his/her working conditions within the
University which are outside his/her control. Grievants are encouraged
to exercise all existing means of informal review within the University.
The standing faculty committee designated to conduct hearings
on grievances shall be the Complaints and Grievances Commission. The
following procedure shall be followed:
A faculty member with a grievance must submit his or her
grievance to the Complaints and Grievances Commission within 300 days of
when he/she knew or should have known of the most recent incident or
incidents that he or she is grieving. The aggrieved faculty member is
entitled to a hearing before the Commission within 20 working days of
the written submission of the grievance to the Commission chairman. This
deadline may be extended upon the consent of the grievant or by order
of the Commission. A colleague named as a party to the grievance is
entitled to at least a ten-day (10) notice of all hearings related to
the case. The Commission is authorized to establish its own procedures
to investigate a grievance that it is hearing. All parties are due as
prompt a resolution of the matter as practicable.
After hearing and investigating a grievance, the Commission
may recommend a way of resolving the matter to the Chancellor, in which
case, the Chancellor shall act on the recommendations within thirty (30)
days. The Chancellor's decision on the recommendations shall be final
except that the Board of Regents at its option may grant a review on the
report upon the petition of the grievant or the Commission. See Faculty
Bylaws, Part III, Article XIII, Section 3.
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