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A. An employee with regular status in the Career Service may be demoted, suspended, reduced in salary step, have an automatic salary step withheld, or dismissed for cause. The following are declared to be causes for such action, although charges may be based upon causes other than those listed herein:

1. Failure to meet reasonable work performance standards and requirements;

2. Discourteous treatment of the public or other employees;

3. Willful or negligent disobedience of any law, ordinance, County rule, departmental policy or regulation, or a superior's lawful order;

4. Misappropriation, theft, damage of public property, or waste of public funds or property through negligent or willful misconduct;

5. Conduct unbecoming of an employee of the County;

6. Absence without approved leave;

7. Excessive tardiness or unauthorized absenteeism;

8. Deception or fraud in securing of a job appointment or promotion;

9. Failure to supply full information as required in the employment process, which if known prior to the time of the appointment, might have resulted in disqualification of the employee for the position to which appointment was made;

10. Falsification of a relevant official statement or document;

11. Physical or mental incapacity to perform essential job functions;

12. Failure to cooperate with the implementation and application of the Equal Employment Opportunity Policy;

13. Possessing or using narcotics, illegal drugs, or alcohol in County offices or being at work under the effects of same, or otherwise violating the Drug Free Workplace Policy;

14. Insubordination;

15. Making threats or exhibiting threatening behavior, committing acts of intimidation or violence toward another employee, visitors or other users of County services, or otherwise violating the Workplace Safety and Violence Prevention Policy or Domestic Violence in the Workplace Policy;

16. Misuse of medical or personal health information;

17. Failure to cooperate in responding to public records requests.

B. Nothing in this Section shall derogate from the County's authority to abolish positions and/or lay off employees because of reductions in force and/or reorganization.

C. Salaried employees exempt from the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act may be suspended for less than one week in response to major safety violations. All other suspensions of such salaried employees shall only be made in weekly increments.

(Ord. 2019-11 § 1 (part), 2019; Ord. 2011-28 § 1 (part), 2011; Ord. 2008-106s § 1 (part), 2008; Ord. 98-123 § 1 (part), 1998; Ord. 92-163 § 1 (part), 1993; Ord. 82-56 § 2 (part), 1982; Prior Code § 6.20.040)