SINGLE-INSTANCE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE VS. MANIFESTATION OF DISSATISFACTION WITH THE METHOD OF HANDLING THE COMPLAINT

This paper presents the procedure of grievance proceedings initiated as a result of a common complaint, which is essentially simplified, informalised and of single instance. This paper also discusses the adopted methods of handling complaints and presents the issues arising in situations where the complaining party attempts to challenge the received notification on the manner of handling the complaint, expressing dissatisfaction with the response received. Manifestation of dissatisfaction with the method the complaint is handled due to single-instance nature of the grievance procedure does not refer the case to the higher instance, and is not an institution regulated in the provisions of the Code of Administrative Procedure. Challenging the method of handling a complaint results in a new complaint and the initiation of another grievance procedure before the authority that reviewed the original complaint

12. Disciplinary, Dismissal, and Grievance Procedures

During the performance of the employment contract the employer may find it necessary to exercise some form of disciplinary authority over the employee, which may take one of a number of forms, ranging from informal warnings, etc, through to final warning or dismissal. There will also be occasions when the employee will wish to pursue a grievance over the way he is treated, and a suitable grievance procedure is the obvious channel to be used. This chapter discusses disciplinary procedures and grievance procedures, how to draw up such procedures and the conduct of disciplinary hearings; the right to be accompanied; disciplinary rules; and the exercise of disciplinary powers such as suspension, warnings and other sanctions.

Constitutional Grounds for Questioning Elections in Nigeria: An Overview

Periodic elections are major planks of democracy that has its attendant grievance procedure which ensures that the real consent of the governed is sort and obtained. The origination process in Nigeria is through election petitions, which is sui generis. The appropriate electoral statute and the constitution prescribe the grounds for questioning elections in Nigeria. The essence of this paper therefore is to resolve the apparent conflict as to where to predicate the grounds for questioning elections in Nigeria. Is it the Electoral Act, the Constitution or both in pursuit of electoral justice: Quo vadis?

12. Disciplinary, Dismissal, and Grievance Procedures

During the performance of the employment contract the employer may find it necessary to exercise some form of disciplinary authority over the employee, which may take one of a number of forms, ranging from informal warnings, etc, through to final warning or dismissal. There will also be occasions when the employee will wish to pursue a grievance over the way he is treated, and a suitable grievance procedure is the obvious channel to be used. This chapter discusses disciplinary procedures and grievance procedures, how to draw up such procedures and the conduct of disciplinary hearings; the right to be accompanied; disciplinary rules; and the exercise of disciplinary powers such as suspension, warnings and other sanctions.

CHARACTERISTICS OF REVISION OF SENTENCES IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES

In this article the author examines the system of judicial stages on the revision of sentences in criminal proceedings of foreign countries, for example France, Germany, Belarus and Kazakhstan. The author analyzes the norms of criminal procedure legislation of these countries which are regulating the grievance procedure, the procedure, grounds and forms of review of sentences that entered and not entered into force in courts of the different levels of the judicial system of these countries. The author draws attention to the organization of the system of judicial stages which review the judicial decisions in criminal proceedings in the above mentioned countries, which consists of 3 instances, mutually explanatory of each other by forms, procedure, the object and limit of the criminal proceedings, the grounds for cancellation or changing of judicial decisions. The author notes that in the system of courts of the countries under consideration only once was reviewed the judicial decision entered into legal force. The author identifies a number of characteristics of the organization and activities of judicial stages to review verdict in the above mentioned countries, which may be of interest for the further reform of domestic legislation governing the organization and activity of control procedures in criminal proceedings.