Employees in the State Personnel Management System (SPMS) have the right to appeal a disciplinary action and to grieve Management actions they feel violate law or policy. The SPMS Appeal and Grievance Form is used to both appeal a disciplinary action and to file a grievance. The process for each type of appeal is outlined on the second page of the SPMS Appeal and Grievance Form, which can be found under
Employee Forms.
Appeals to DBM filed by email must be sent to the designated appeals email address:
[email protected]. To avoid confusion and ensure proper handling, appeals sent by email are considered properly filed only when received at that address. Once an appeal is received at
[email protected], it will be reviewed and processed by the Employee and Labor Relations Division.
A settlement conference is held at the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) in every unresolved SPMS grievance and disciplinary action appeal. Our goal is to help the parties settle their dispute so that a hearing is not necessary. The benefits of settling cases include: certainty of outcome, quick resolution of issues, and management/employee participation in reaching mutually satisfactory agreements.
Employees and managers who have questions about this process or general questions about the grievance and disciplinary action appeals process may contact the Settlement Coordinator, Mr. James Fox at
[email protected] or 410-767-5846.
