YCC Reference Manual Chapter 8: YCC Member Challenges

YCC Member Challenges

YCC member grievance procedures and discrimination complaint procedures must be posted prominently in the workplace. See below for further guidelines and procedures in response to YCC member grievances, disciplinary actions, and complaints of discrimination.

Grievance Procedures Policy

All YCC members should be provided with a fair mechanism and timely procedures to register grievances associated with their participation in the program. These guidelines provide for the prompt, fair, and impartial consideration of all YCC members’ grievances concerning any procedure or working conditions, including adverse actions, enrollment, and upgrading, by which any YCC members are personally affected.YCC members’ grievances must be presented in writing and directed to the designated YCC supervisor. The designated YCC supervisor’s decision will be presented in writing to the YCC member(s) within five working days of receipt of the grievance.Decisions relating to grievances will be final and without review by higher authority, except when the YCC members exercise their rights to an appeal.

Appeals

When YCC members feel they have cause for an appeal of the YCC supervisor’s decision, they may petition it in writing within two business days to request that the case be reviewed by a higher authority.The YCC supervisor will forward the case, within 24 hours, to the appropriate human resources office, and send copies to the appropriate parties and to the WASO YCC Program Manager. The regional official will review the case and make a decision within seven calendar days after receipt of the appeal. The decision will be final unless the regional official is the one against which the complaint is being filed. In such instances, the appeal will be reviewed and decided at the Washington Office level.

Discipline Policy

YCC members must conduct themselves in accordance with the rules, regulations, expectations, and goals of the YCC program. Any deviation will constitute grounds for disciplinary action. All disciplinary actions must be documented. Any criminal involvement on the part of a YCC member must be reported to law enforcement authorities.

Discrimination Complaint Procedures

In accordance with Title 29, C.F.R Part 1614, YCC members who believe they have been discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or reprisal for protected Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) activity may file an EEO complaint. Names and phone numbers of EEO counselors and the Regional Equal Opportunity Manager must be posted in a prominent place easily accessible to YCC members.

Bureaus are responsible for processing EEO complaints in accordance with Title 29, C.F.R Part 1614.If a YCC member reports to any supervisor that they believe they are being discriminated against or harassed by, the supervisor must act, even if the YCC member requests confidentiality. Find more on anti-harassment procedures in the next section.

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