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The Faculty Grievance Office at MSU assists faculty and academic staff with resolving disputes related to employment. Consult for fair procedures on grievances and disputes. Contact them for inquiries or to file a formal grievance.
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Faculty Grievance & Dispute Resolution Office Phone: 517-353-8884 E-mail: fgo@msu.edu Website: fgo.msu.edu Aug 13, 2019
Faculty Grievance Office: Scope To respond to inquires from MSU faculty, academic staff, and administrators concerning alleged violations of MSU policies and practices. A faculty or academic staff member may file a formal grievance against an administrator that alleges a violation of University, college, department, school, or unit policy or established practice. Article III - FGP
Faculty Grievance Office: Approach Goals of the FGO • Resolve disputes informally • Provide a fair internal process for resolving employment related disputes arising between faculty or academic staff and administrators • Schedules and conducts formal grievance hearings when necessary following established guidelines
Faculty Grievance Office: Structure • Consults with University General Counsel and Provost Office on matters • Works with University Committee on Faculty Affairs to establish policy, practice and annual evaluation • Works with UCFA to resolve disputes and to review and recommend changes in MSU Human Resource policies
Faculty Grievance Office: Examples • Annual performance evaluations • Workload issues • Minor and Major Disciplinary actions • Tenure/promotion policy concerns • Unit / college bylaws and policies or practices • Employment termination
Faculty Grievance Procedure The FGO does not address: • Allegations of Misconduct in Research and Creative Activities • Anti-Discrimination Policy • Relationship Violence and Sexual Misconduct
Faculty Grievance Office: Procedure Process detailed for grievant and respondent https://fgo.msu.edu/fgp-users-manual
Faculty Grievance Office: Procedure When received, grievance is forward to the named respondent (administrator) with all documents within 3 days of receipt. Response to grievance within seven days of the initial jurisdictional decision.
Faculty Grievance Procedure: Recommendation for new Administrators • Focus on policy and established practice • Consult the FGO on unit policies if questions • Summarize meetings with e–mails for trail • Open to discussions about issues
