Separate agreements exist between ACCS on the one hand and the ASTI and the TUI on the other on formal grievance procedures to be followed in the event of conflict between the Board of Management and teaching staff.

A further agreement between ACCS and the IMPACT and SIPTU Trade Unions sets out formal Grievance, Discipline and Dismissal procedures for non-teaching staff – Clerical Officers, Caretaking and Maintenance Staff, Special Needs Assistants.

These agreed Grievance Procedures are set out in Appendix 3.

It is recommended that every school should endeavour to ensure that relationships between staff and management are such that informal solutions to problems are the norm. The formal Grievance Procedures should be used only in circumstances in which informal resolution of problems is not possible. However, Boards should follow the agreed grievance procedure at all times of conflict.