AFI36-1203_3AFSUP1_I governs the Air Force administrative grievance system, including grievance coverage, procedures, reviews, and exclusions.
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The publication addresses representation rights, official time, local procedures, grievance files, informal dispute resolution, formal grievances, and time frames. It requires written grievance decisions, grievance-file retention, and compliance with processing limits.
Applies to: It applies to US citizen employees of the Air Force who are paid from appropriated funds and who are either nonbargaining unit employees or bargaining unit employees in a unit where no collective bargaining agreement has been negotiated or where the negotiated procedure excludes the matters at issue.
Grievance files will be retained for four years in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and records retention schedules. (paragraph 9)
Air Force employees are entitled to present grievances, communicate with management officials and their servicing CPF; and represent themselves, or be represented by someone of their choosing. (paragraph 6)
The choice of representative may be denied if it would result in a conflict of interest, conflict with mission priorities, or result in unreasonable costs. (paragraph 6)
Employees and their representatives will be allowed, upon request, a reasonable amount of duty time, if otherwise in a duty status, to prepare and present a grievance. (paragraph 7)
Normally, the ADR process will be completed within 30 calendar days.