SECTION 455:10-19-42. Filing time

(a)   A formal grievance shall be filed:

(1)   within 20 calendar days of the date of the act or incident; or

(2)   within 20 calendar days of the date the employee becomes aware of or, with reasonable effort, should have become aware of a grievable issue.

(b)   The appointing authority may extend the time limit for filing a formal grievance if the employee shows that he or she could not have otherwise timely filed or if the employee provides evidence that he or she was making a good faith effort to resolve the dispute informally or for other good cause shown. The decision to extend the filing time shall not automatically give jurisdiction of the issues in dispute to the Commission.

[Source: Added at 12 Ok Reg 2823, eff 7-13-95; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2560, eff 6-26-00; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2376, eff 7-1-02]