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SECTION 232: PRE-ACTION REVIEW

SOURCE: NDUS Human Resource Policy Manual, Section 25.3-5

1. In all dismissal, suspension without pay or demotion for just cause cases, the employing department shall notify the employee and the Director of Human Resources/Payroll immediately in writing, stating the reason for the proposed action and the employee's right to appeal. (See NDSU Policy 220)

2. A regular staff employee who is being suspended without pay, dismissed or demoted for disciplinary reasons shall be entitled to a pre-action review before an appropriate official (generally the Director of Human Resources/Payroll). This review may be limited to the written record including the employee's written response to the allegations, or at the option of the review official, may be conducted in person.

3. The review official shall consider all evidence and will make a determination whether there are reasonable grounds to believe the charges against the employee are true and support the proposed action.

4. The employee and the department head will be notified, in writing, of the review official's determination. The department head will then give the employee a written notice of his/her final decision. A notice of dismissal, suspension without pay, or demotion must include a written detailed statement of the basis for the action and inform the employee of their right to appeal.

HISTORY: July 1990; Amended October 1997