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When an employee contacts the Council to request
assistance, a staff person or member has a preliminary discussion
with the employee to assess whether the concern is within the Council’s
scope and capacity to assist. Please note, it must be a significant
concern about complex or controversial technical issues related
to health, safety, or environmental issues and have the potential
to cause injury or illness. Such a concern may also be combined
with inappropriate management reactions, such as harassment or
retaliation.
The Council is not able to handle every request for
assistance, and its decision not to take a case does not mean the
concern is without merit. If the concern is not within the
Council’s scope, the Council can provide general information
about other possible avenues for assistance.
If the concern is one that the Council can help with,
the staff or member that first talked with the employee briefs
the full Council
without revealing the employee’s name or specific work location,
and the Council decides whether it will take the case.
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