§ 2-184. Coverage of personnel.

All regular full time and part-time employees covered by the Classification and Pay Plan of the City of Newport News are eligible to file grievances in accordance with this policy with the exception of:

(1)

Employees in the employment probationary period or in a formal extension of the employment probationary period;

(2)

Appointees of elected groups or individuals;

(3)

Department heads and assistant city managers;

(4)

Employees who have resigned may not have access to the grievance procedure after the effective date of the resignation unless the grievance was initiated prior to the effective date of the resignation;

(5)

Law enforcement officers as defined by Chapter 5 (§9.1-500 et seq.) of Title 9.1 whose grievance is subject to the provisions of Chapter 5 and who have elected to proceed pursuant to those provisions in the resolution of their grievance. A law enforcement officer shall be given written notification of his/her rights to initiate a grievance under this procedure and shall be provided with a copy of this procedure upon request. The law enforcement officer may proceed under either this grievance procedure or under the provisions of Chapter 5 of Title 9.1 of the Code of Virginia, but not both.

(6)

Temporary, limited term and seasonal employees are not eligible to file grievances under this grievance procedure.

(7)

Employees of the Newport News Department of Social Services are included in this grievance procedure.

(8)

Employees of constitutional officers are not covered by this procedure; however, these employees may be covered by this procedure if agreed to by both the constitutional officer and city council.

(Ord. No. 4250-91; Ord. No. 7388-17; Ord. No. 7388-17; Ord. No. 7402-17)

(Ord. No. 4250-91; Ord. No. 7388-17; Ord. No. 7388-17; Ord. No. 7402-17)