Staff Grievance Redressal Policy
Staff Grievance Redressal Policy
Staff Grievance Redressal Policy
STAFF GRIEVANCE
REDRESSAL POLICY AND
PROCEDURES
2018
STAFF GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL POLICY AND PROCEDURES
1. Preface................................................................................................................................................................................
2. Coverage ............................................................................................................................................................................
3. Disqualification ..................................................................................................................................................................
4. Procedure for filing of Grievances .....................................................................................................................................
5. Process of Staff Grievance Redressal Mechanism/ Escalation process .............................................................................
6. Closure of Complaint .........................................................................................................................................................
7. Process Flow ......................................................................................................................................................................
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1. Preface
1.1. Margdarshak believes in maintaining good relationship with the employees to maintain
and preserve the dignity of the employee. Good employer employee relationships go a
long way in preserving the employees for a longer tenure and in building their trust.
1.2. Any sort of dissatisfaction or discontent among the employees, if attended, makes the
employee feel a sense of lack of justice and fair play and the complaint then assumes a
status of grievance. A grievance needs to be redressed in order to bring about the smooth
functioning of the individual in the organisation. Accordingly, the Staff Grievance
Redressal Policy has been put in place which will offer an open communication channel
for the staff to discuss their grievances.
1.3. The policy aims at creating a healthy working environment for all the employees of
Margdarshak.
2. Coverage
Staff grievances can be filed in cases of employee dissatisfaction/complaint as described below:
2.1. Any discontent related to infrastructure which hinders the smooth functioning of the
activities of the employee or jeopardises health and safety of the employee. For example
these may include health, sanitation or safety related issues, or software and hardware
related problems.
2.2. Any discontent related to salary, incentive and employee loan.
2.3. Any discontent related to processing of bills eg travel and lodging, delay in receiving
stationery from Head Office, delay in joining formalities etc.
2.4. Proper training not received by staff or training not useful/adequate for the role.
2.5. Improper work sharing within the team, a particular person burdened with work, long
working hours etc.
2.6. Any discontent related to delay in appraisals and promotions or transfers.
2.7. Delay in receiving leaves and working on holidays.
2.8. Female employee facing sexual discrimination at workplace or workplace safety not
maintained for women.
2.9. Gaps in communication of policy changes, non availability of contact information of
senior staff.
The examples mentioned above are only indicative and not exhaustive. In case of any such
unsolved complaints, the employee can choose to use the staff grievance policy. Also, to seek
any long awaited information sought by the employee from any support department at Head
Office, the employee can route his/her grievance through the Staff Grievance Redressal Officer
(SGRO).
3. Disqualification
3.1. All grievances related to fraud/suspected fraud or sexual harassment at workplace will
be covered under ‘The Whistle Blower Policy’ and ‘Sexual Harassment Policy’
respectively and is excluded from the purview of this policy.
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3.2. Any grievance raised by more than one employee and is of collective nature. The Staff
Grievance Committee shall only entertain cases raised by individual employees.
4.3. Walk ins: Employees can meet the Staff Grievance Redressal Officer in person at Head
Office and register their grievance
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5.7. In case the Grievance is baseless or cannot be resolved, the SGRO will communicate the
same to the complainant concerned over phone or by email.
5.8. If the staff is still unsatisfied with the resolution that is communicated by the SGRO then
he can contact the Staff Grievance Redressal Committee in the Head Office which is
constituted by the following members
Rahul Mittra (Chairman)
Santosh Kulshreshtha- Staff Grievance Redressal Officer
Gagandeep Sehgal-Member
Ram Shankar Mishra, Member
5.9. The aggrieved employee can also meet the member/s of the Staff Grievance Redressal
Committee personally and explain the issue.
6. Closure of Complaint
6.1. In any case all attempts will be made to close the complaint within 30 days.
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7. Process Flow
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