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grievance Definition

griev·ance (grēvəns)

noun

  1. a circumstance thought to be unjust or injurious and ground for complaint or resentment
  2. complaint or resentment, or a statement expressing this, against a real or imagined wrong
  3. a complaint arising from circumstances or conditions relating to one's employment
  4. Obsolete
    1. the inflicting of injury or hardship
    2. a cause of injury or hardship

Etymology: ME grevaunce < OFr grevance < grever: see grieve

grievance Synonyms

grievance

n.

grievance Law Definition

n

In labor law, a complaint filed with or by a union to challenge an employer’s treatment of one or more union members.
grievance Usage Examples

Possessives

  • soldier: Soldiers of Reynolds ' regiment joined the Leveler Mutiny of May 1649 in protest at Parliament's refusal to settle the soldiers ' grievances.

Converse of object

  • redress: The King of Spain has lately promised to redress sundry grievances complained of by English merchants.
  • lodge: There is a minimum 28 day period after lodging the grievance before an employe can take his claim to an employment tribunal.
  • resolve: The aim should be to resolve the grievance at the lowest relevant level.
  • raise: Nick could raise a grievance about the way he has been treated.
  • settle: In 90 per cent of cases within the New Zealand system, the mediation stage settles the grievance.
  • articulate: For all that Mr Howard has articulated votersâ grievances, he has not offered a coherent program for government.

Adjective modifier

  • legitimate: West Ham, tho they got back level, nursed legitimate grievance.
  • written: She still has to send a written grievance to the salon.
  • unresolved: Unresolved grievances can lead to bad feelings and adversely affect relationships and performance.
  • long-standing: This will tackle a long-standing grievance of many pensioners.
  • genuine: How can you tell whether both sides have genuine grievances or one side is simply hungry for power?
  • disciplinary: The Employment Department have Consultants that are fully trained to hold a disciplinary, grievance or appeal on behalf of a Company.

Modifies a noun

  • procedure: The standard grievance procedure will apply in most cases.
  • hearing: The employer then should have set up a grievance hearing.
  • handling: The modules cover a range of subjects such as critical incident command, leadership, how to manage finance or grievance handling.
  • letter: This time limit will be extended by another three months once you have sent your grievance letter.
  • meeting: In the case of the SGP, this involves a grievance meeting followed by an appeal stage.

Preposition: in

  • writing: Employees must put the reasons for a grievance in writing.
  • workplace: Managing Discipline and Grievance more buy Help your managers take the fear and stress out of dealing with discipline and grievance in the workplace.
grievance Quotes

If there was onething he hated more than another it was the way she had of waking him in the morning† It was her way of establishing her grievance for the day.

—Beauchamp

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