{"id":2956,"date":"2026-02-03T08:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/?post_type=library&#038;p=2956"},"modified":"2026-02-03T08:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:24:13","slug":"definition","status":"publish","type":"library","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/grievance\/definition\/","title":{"rendered":"112.01 &#8211; Definition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p>A grievance is a written allegation filed by an academic staff member (the grievant) in regard to a claim of unfair, employment-related treatment. Appeals of non-renewal, dismissal for cause, or layoff action must be handled under the applicable procedures in Chapter 106 (for nonrenewal), 109 (for dismissal for cause), or 110 (for layoff action) and may not be handled as a grievance under this chapter.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-2655\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/grievance\/\">Chapter 112 \u2013 Grievance<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a class=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/grievance\/definition\/\"><span aria-current=\"page\">112.01 \u2013 Definition<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/grievance\/right-of-representation\/\">112.02 \u2013 Right of Representation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/grievance\/freedom-from-reprisal\/\">112.03 \u2013 Freedom from Reprisal<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/grievance\/grievance-procedure\/\">112.04 \u2013 Grievance Procedure<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/grievance\/time-limits\/\">112.05 \u2013 Time Limits<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1287,"parent":2954,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-2956","library","type-library","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>112.01 - Definition - Policy Library<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/grievance\/definition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"112.01 - Definition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/grievance\/definition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Policy Library\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/grievance\\\/definition\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/grievance\\\/definition\\\/\",\"name\":\"112.01 - Definition - Policy Library\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-03T14:24:13+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/grievance\\\/definition\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/grievance\\\/definition\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/grievance\\\/definition\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Chapter 112 &#8211; 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