NM_ Posted January 1 Posted January 1 What is an Appeal? Appeals are to contest outcomes and actions taken against an employee after an Incident Report's investigation has concluded. How does the Appeal process work? Once an appeal is submitted, a CCIA agent that was not assigned to the original Incident Report is assigned. The assigned agent will review the previous agent's investigation, alongside any additional information gathered. Whether the appeal is for a case review or clemency(detailed in guidelines), the assigned agent will determine if the appeal has merit. The appealing party or others involved in the incident report may be contacted for an interview. In either scenario, the appealing party will be notified of the assigned agent's outcome after review. Appeal Guidelines Both the general forum rules and the Incident Report subforum rules also apply to this subforum. Only post if you are personally appealing a CCIA action applied to your character. These threads are in-character, confidential correspondences between the affected character and the CCIA Appeals Processing office. Disclosing the contents of these threads to other characters may result in IC penalties against the disclosing character. You may appeal for a case review, or for clemency. In the first case, the IR procedure followed by the agent is reviewed to determine if the correct approach was taken, and if the actions taken are appropriate. In the second case, you admit your character was in the wrong, and appeal to get a penalty reduced. If neither satisfy you, you should make an OOC staff complaint. Do not appeal minor CCIA actions. This includes both formal and informal reprimands, and other actions with a duration of one week or less. CCIA appeals are intended for long-term actions that place severe restrictions on a character's behavior. Remember that unlike a ban, in most cases, a CCIA action does not prevent you from playing your character in a round. Do not post appeals for Incident Reports that have not yet been closed. All appeal rulings are final when they are declared. Contract Terminations may not be appealed. If you believe your termination was unfair or invalid, please make a OOC staff complaint. Appeal Format Appealing Personnel: (Name here) Job Title of Appealing Personnel: (Job Title here) Specific Incident: (Link to Incident Report here) Action taken as a result: (Copy of CCIA action, either provided directly by the agent or on the web interface here) Appealing For: (Case review or Clemency here) Action contested: Reasoning for contest: Additional notes: (If none, leave blank)
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