SECTION 455:10-19-23. Employee responsibility

(a)   Any employee who has reason to believe his or her employment has been directly affected by unfair treatment, unsafe working conditions or erroneous interpretation or application of agency policy, procedure, merit rule or law, has a duty and responsibility to attempt to resolve the dispute informally. Thereafter, the employee has the right to file a formal grievance.

(b)   Any employee filing a formal grievance has a duty and responsibility to provide accurate, timely information to support his or her assertions and to make a good faith effort to resolve the dispute.

(c)   Employees should refrain from idle talk and should treat information about formal grievances with discretion as required by rules adopted by the Administrator of the Office of Personnel Management regarding the conduct of classified employees.

[Source: Added at 12 Ok Reg 2823, eff 7-13-95]