Seniority challenge form now available online

May 13, 2009 - Beginning May 15, challenges to employees’ seniority credits can be filed with agencies’ labor relations officers. The Article 16.05 Seniority Credit Discrepancy Form is available online now. (Word) or (PDF)

A seniority tribunal will soon be meeting to review these challenges.

While this is not an attempt to redo employees’ seniority, it is the mechanism by which employees’ seniority credits can be corrected if they are in error.

OCSEA sent to chapter presidents a letter and a fact sheet explaining the functions and operations of the seniority tribunal.

The official notice from the State of Ohio follows:

NOTICE

Pursuant to Article 16.05 of the 2009-2012 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the State of Ohio and the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, a Statewide Seniority Credit Tribunal has been created for the purpose of reviewing employee seniority credit challenges.  This tribunal will be organized by OCSEA.

Each bargaining unit employee is entitled to seniority credits as outlined in Article 16.  If you so desire, please review your seniority credits and, if you feel they are inaccurate, immediately contact your agency’s Labor Relations Officer.  Your agency’s LRO will give you a Seniority Credit Discrepancy form to fill out and return.  If your issue cannot be resolved at the agency level, you can mail your Seniority Credit Discrepancy form as an appeal to the Seniority Credit Tribunal, which will determine the validity of claims submitted to it. 

The Tribunal will begin meeting on June 15th and all forms must be submitted to it no later than September 1st, 2009.  As such, you should contact your agency’s LRO as soon as possible to begin the review process.

Any questions can be addressed to OCSEA General Counsel’s Litigation and Grievance Coordinator, Tracy Tackett, at 800-969-4702, ext. 4719.

See Related

Seniority Credit Discrepancy Form (Word) or (PDF)

OCSEA and State of Ohio Contract Resources