(a) Compliancewithrulesandlaws. Every city employee shall comply with:
(1) the provisions of the city charter and ordinances; and
(2) instructions and regulations promulgated by the city council or by any person in whom authority is vested by the city council.
(b) Retirementfundmembership. Every permanent employee must be a member of the employees’ retirement fund except a sworn employee of the police or fire department, who shall be a member of the police and fire pension system.
(c) Subrogation. Every employee of the city accepts employment upon the condition that, if in the course of employment the employee sustains injury attributable in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, through the negligence or wrongdoing of a third person, firm, or corporation, the city shall be subrogated to the employee’s rights, remedies, and claims against the third party to the extent of the amounts expended by the city for and on behalf of the employee, including wage supplementation during absence from work, workers’ compensation, and medical costs arising out of or in any manner connected with the injury.
(d) Nepotism.
(1) An employee may not work under the line of supervision of a relative or the employee’s domestic partner.
(2) An employee shall not make, or attempt to influence, any determination concerning the employment status or eligibility for employment of a relative or the employee’s domestic partner.
(3) For purposes of this subsection:
(A) DOMESTIC PARTNER has the meaning given that term in Section 12A-2 of the Dallas City Code.
(B) RELATIVE means the employee's spouse, mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son, daughter, foster child, stepson, stepdaughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, or any grandparent, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, or cousin related to the employee by blood or marriage.
(e) Notification of arrest. Within one business day after returning to work, an employee who has been arrested in the United States or any other country shall notify the human resources representative for the employee’s department of the arrest and the reason for the arrest. An arrested employee who gives notice under this subsection is still required to comply with the notice of absence or tardiness requirements set forth in Section 34-36(b)(1)(B) of this chapter. (Ord. Nos. 19340; 22296; 22318; 24873; 28024; 31745)