The following offenses shall be, at the discretion of the department head and the Director of Employee Relations, dischargeable offenses, unless otherwise contractually determined:
(a) Discrimination or reprisal action against an employee or applicant because of color, race, religion, sex, national origin, height, weight, age or handicap or because of other factors provided in applicable State or Federal law;
(b) Performing private work on City time;
(c) Unauthorized use of City property, including tools, equipment or material for private work;
(d) Posting, making or publishing false, vicious or malicious statements concerning any City employee or operation;
(e) Solicitation of signatures or membership dues for political or union purposes during working hours without the prior written permission of the Director of Employee Relations;
(f) Making a false claim or other misrepresentation in an attempt to use sick leave or funeral leave;
(g) Sleeping on the job where it is not appropriate;
(h) Admitting employees or other persons to City property not designated as public property without authorization, or permitting any person who is not an employee of the City to enter or ride in a City vehicle without express authorization from the employer;
(i) Engaging in political election activity on City property or on City time;
(j) Wanton or willful neglect in the performance of assigned duties or in the care, use or custody of any City property, including abuse, misuse or deliberate destruction in any manner of City or employee property, tools or equipment;
(k) Unauthorized punching, marking or altering of any time or job card;
(l) Fighting or attempting injury to another employee or a member of the public while on duty;
(m) Theft of City property or another employee's property;
(n) Falsifying testimony in an official City investigation;
(o) Falsifying or assisting in falsifying personnel or other City records, including production or work performance records;
(p) Giving false information or withholding pertinent information in making an application for employment, sickness or accident benefits or Worker's Compensation;
(q) Working while under the influence of intoxicants or narcotics or possessing the same while on duty;
(r) Carrying, possessing or using unauthorized fireworks, firearms, explosives or lethal weapons while on duty or on City property;
(s) Misuse or removal of information, such as blueprints, voter lists, pay records or any City record or information of any nature, or revealing such information without the prior written consent of the affected department;
(t) Use or sale of City material, information, equipment or time for personal gain;
(u) Deliberate or reckless conduct which results in injury to himself, to another employee or to another resident of the City;
(v) Engaging in strikes, slowdowns, mass sick calls, unlawful picketing or in any other manner impeding the full working efficiency of the City, including refusals to perform customarily assigned duties and overtime work;
(w) Gambling or any other unlawful activity on City time or City property; and
(x) Any other offense of equal magnitude to the above.
(Ord. 14-78. Passed 11-28-78.)