The Civil Service Division will assign a mediator to every complaint regarding written reprimand and punitive transfer. The Civil Service Division will assign a mediator to complaints regarding termination, suspension without pay, and involuntary demotion if mediation is requested by the complainant in the complaint. A mediator that is a current or former employee of the employing agency named in the complaint will not be assigned. The Civil Service Division may approve a mediator who is a former employee of the employing agency if the former employee has not worked for the employing agency for a period of twenty (20) years and has no knowledge of or relationship to the parties involved in the complaint.

Added at 39 Ok Reg 227, eff 11-17-21 (emergency)

Added at 39 Ok Reg 1166, eff 9-11-22

Amended at 40 Ok Reg 2149, eff 9-11-23