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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 770<\/a> and 818<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 6 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1996, chapters 164<\/a> and 869<\/a>; in 1999, chapters 703<\/a> and 726<\/a>; in 2000, chapters 947<\/a> and 1006<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 674<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 803<\/a> and 835<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77432,"section_number":"15.2-1507","catch_line":"Provision of grievance procedure; training programs","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1507\/"},{"id":82416,"section_number":"2.2-2821.3","catch_line":"Leave for volunteer members of Civil Air Patrol","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2821.3\/"},{"id":64223,"section_number":"2.2-2905","catch_line":"Certain officers and employees exempt from chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2905\/"},{"id":69265,"section_number":"2.2-3012","catch_line":"Application of state or local grievance procedure; other remedies","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3012\/"},{"id":60944,"section_number":"2.2-4117","catch_line":"State agency promotion of dispute resolution proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4117\/"},{"id":67808,"section_number":"23.1-1023","catch_line":"Covered institutions; operational authority; human resources; grievance procedures","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1023\/"},{"id":81649,"section_number":"37.2-707","catch_line":"Employment and qualifications of directors of state facilities","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-707\/"},{"id":62589,"section_number":"38.2-6511","catch_line":"Procurement, contracting, and personnel","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-6511\/"},{"id":79567,"section_number":"63.2-219","catch_line":"Board to establish employee entrance and performance standards","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-219\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":80462,"section_number":"2.2-1202.1","catch_line":"Additional powers and duties of Director; employment dispute resolution","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1202.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":175953,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75224,"identifier":"2.2-3000","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/30\/2.2-3000","url":"\/2.2-3000\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-3000\/","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/30\/2.2-3000","dublin_core":{"Title":"Policy of the Commonwealth; responsibilities of state agencies under this chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-3000","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> It shall be the policy of the Commonwealth, as an employer, to encourage the resolution of employee problems and complaints. To that end, employees shall be able to discuss freely, and without retaliation, their concerns with their immediate supervisors and management. To the extent that such concerns cannot be resolved informally, the grievance procedure shall afford an immediate and fair method for the resolution of employment disputes that may arise between state agencies and those employees who have access to the procedure under § 2.2-3001<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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