A grievance () is a wrong or hardship suffered, real or supposed, which forms legitimate grounds of complaint. In the past, the word meant the infliction or cause of hardship.
Employment law
In the context of employment law a grievance is produced as a result of an individual or group sensing and believing that their workers rights associated with law, contract, agreement or rule in the workplace have been compromised.
See also
- Complaint system
- Harm
- Zemiology