The State Employee Charitable Campaign (SECC) is conducted in
accordance with state law, the comptroller's rules and State Employee
Charitable Campaign Policy Committee (SPC) rules. While the SPC is responsible
for oversight of the SECC and for insuring that the campaign is run fairly and
equitably, the day-to-day oversight of the SECC in each local area rests with
the SPC or with the Local Employee Committees (LEC) if the SPC appoints an LEC
for that area. The SPC or the LEC, if appointed, is responsible for oversight
of the local SECC to ensure that all campaign activities are conducted in
accordance with state law and that they fairly and equitably promote unified
solicitation on behalf of all participants. In order to expedite the handling
of complaints and grievances pertaining to SECC and to ensure the input of all
concerned parties, the grievance policy detailed in this section, shall be
followed.
(1) A state employee or
charitable organization, including a federation/affiliate charity
representative, may lodge a grievance pertaining to the conduct of the SECC at
the local level or regarding an LEC, local campaign manager (LCM), or local
charitable organization or local federation or fund. The grievance shall be
submitted in writing to the LEC chair in whose area the grievance originates if
an LEC has been appointed for the campaign area. If an LEC has not been
appointed, the grievance may be submitted in writing to the SPC chair, by
delivery to the address of the State Campaign Manager (SCM).
(2) The chair of the LEC, or the SCM, as
appropriate, shall provide a written response to the grievance within 10
business days.
(3) If the aggrieved
party has received no response within the specified time frame or is not
satisfied with the response provided by the LEC, or, if there is no LEC, by the
SCM, the aggrieved party may submit the grievance to the State Policy Committee
by delivery to the address of the State Campaign Manager.
(4) The grievance shall contain a copy of the
original grievance submitted to the LEC and the LEC response. If the LEC failed
to respond to the original grievance within the specified time frame, the
failure to respond should be stated in the submission to the SPC.
(5) Any grievance submitted to the SPC
without first being submitted to the LEC, if an LEC has been appointed for that
local campaign area, will not be acted upon but will be forwarded to the
appropriate LEC for action.
(6) A
grievance properly received by the SPC will be reviewed and may be acted upon
at the next scheduled SPC meeting, if possible.
(7) A state employee who has a complaint
about coercive activity in any part of the campaign should file a complaint
with the comptroller's office in accordance with §
5.48(w) of this
title (relating to Deductions for Contributions to Charitable Organizations).
The LCM and the SCM shall refer to the comptroller's office all complaints they
receive relating to coercive activity in the campaign.
Notes
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Tex. Admin. Code §
334.1
The
provisions of this §334.1 adopted to be effective June 23, 2002, 27 TexReg
5215; amended to be effective March 16, 2006, 31 TexReg 1725; amended by
Texas
Register, Volume 39, Number 48, November 28, 2014, TexReg
9364, eff. 12/4/2014
