                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COVERED INSTITUTIONS; OPERATIONAL AUTHORITY; HUMAN RESOURCES; GRIEVANCE
PROCEDURES (§ 23.1-1023)

A. No covered institution is exempt from the State Grievance Procedure (&#xA7;
2.2-3000 et seq.), which shall continue to apply to all eligible nonfaculty
covered employees of a covered institution. The governing board of each covered
institution shall adopt policies that encourage the resolution of
employment-related problems and complaints of its nonfaculty covered employees.
Such policies shall provide that nonfaculty covered employees of the institution
may discuss their concerns with their immediate supervisors and management
freely and without retaliation. To the extent that such concerns cannot be
resolved informally, the State Grievance Procedure (&#xA7; 2.2-3000 et seq.)
shall apply (i) to the covered institution&#8217;s nonfaculty participating
covered employees to the same extent that it applied to the same classifications
of nonfaculty employees prior to the institution&#8217;s effective date of the
initial management agreement and (ii) to the covered institution&#8217;s
salaried nonfaculty covered employees who have elected pursuant to &#xA7;
23.1-1022 to continue to participate in the state human resources program set
forth in Chapters 28 (&#xA7; 2.2-2800 et seq.) and 29 (&#xA7; 2.2-2900 et seq.)
of Title 2.2.

B. The grievance policies that were applicable to faculty covered employees
prior to the effective date of the initial management agreement shall continue
in effect but may be amended by the covered institution.

C. A covered institution may adopt grievance policies that are applicable to
some or all other employees not subject to grievance policies pursuant to
subsection A or B. Such grievance policies may be the same as the grievance
policies adopted pursuant to subsection A.

HISTORY: 2005, cc. 933, 945, § 23-38.117; 2016, c. 588.