[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 22CFR16.5]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 16--FOREIGN SERVICE GRIEVANCE SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 16.5  Relationship to other remedies.

    (a) A grievant may not file a grievance under these procedures if 
the grievant has formally requested, prior to filing a grievance, that 
the matter or matters which are the basis of the grievance be considered 
or resolved and relief be provided, under another provision of law, 
regulation, or executive order, and the matter has been carried to final 
decision thereunder on its merits or is still under consideration.
    (b) If a grievant is not prohibited from filing a grievance under 
these regulations by paragraph (a) of this section, the grievant may 
file under these regulations notwithstanding the fact that such 
grievance may be eligible for consideration, resolution, and relief 
under a regulation or executive order other than under these 
regulations, but such election of remedies shall be final upon the 
acceptance of jurisdiction by the Board.