46.0 II-4.00-POLICY ON FACULTY GRIEVANCES
(Approved by the Board of Regents, November 30, 1989)
It is recognized that legitimate problems, differences of
opinion, complaints, or grievances will occasionally arise in the
relationship between the institution and its faculty. Many such
complaints are resolved informally through discussions or
formally through procedures available under institutional human
relations codes and institutional or System policies on
appointment, rank, and tenure. On occasion, however, complaints
will arise that cannot be resolved through informal discussion or
through formal procedures described above because they pertain to
issues that are not within the subject matter of those documents.
I. POLICY
Each institution shall adopt procedures whereby faculty
grievances may be presented for formal review and resolution.
This policy shall apply to anyone holding a recognized faculty
rank, regardless of tenure status or percent time of employment.
II. INSTITUTIONAL PROCEDURES
A. Institutional faculty grievance procedures shall
include descriptions of the process to be followed by
the complainant, the time limits governing the steps in
the grievance resolution process, and the levels of
review available to the complainant; provision for
participation by faculty in the process; and provision,
when necessary, for final resolution of the grievance
by the chief executive officer of the institution.
B. No complaint shall be reviewed under these faculty
grievance procedures if:
1. The complaint pertains to a subject that is
reviewable under, or is specifically excluded from
review by any other System or institutional
policy;
2. The complaint pertains to an official policy,
regulation, or procedure of the System or the
institution; a decision or action by the Board of
Regents, the Chancellor, or the President; or any
matter the remedy for which would contravene or
interfere with any such official policy,
regulation, procedure, decision, or action;
3. The complaint pertains to broad areas of the
fiscal management, staffing or structure of the
University of Maryland System or constituent
institutions; or
4. The resolution of the complaint is not under the
control of the institution and/or of the
University System.
Replacement for: BOR III-2.05.1