(a) Layoff. When it becomes necessary in any department, through lack of work, funds or other causes, to reduce the number of employees in a given class, temporary and seasonal employees, if any, shall be laid off first, and thereafter the least efficient permanent employees as shown by service ratings for the twelve month period immediately preceding the layoff date shall be the next laid off. In the absence of satisfactory service ratings, layoff shall be in order of seniority, the persons last appointed being the first laid off.
(b) Suspension. When, in the opinion of the Mayor, an employee's work performance or conduct justifies a disciplinary action short of dismissal, the employee may be suspended without pay.
(c) Removal. A permanent employee may be dismissed from the service for cause. Any one of the following causes shall be sufficient for removal from the service, though removal may be made for causes other than the following:
(1) Neglect of duty;
(2) Absence without leave or failure to report after authorized leave has expired or after such leave has been disapproved or revoked by the appointing authority;
(3) Incompetence or inefficiency in the service or incapacity due to mental or physical disability.
(d) Retirement. The City shall require each employee, whether classified or unclassified, except elective officials, who has attained the age of sixty-five years, to furnish a certification within thirty days after attaining the age of sixty-five years, by a physician licensed to practice in the State of Ohio, that the employee is physically and mentally competent to perform the duties of the particular position which he occupies. The physician selected shall be satisfactory to the City, and the costs of any such examination shall be paid by the City.
(1) The employment of any employee who refuses or fails to furnish such a certificate shall be terminated as of the last day of the month in which such refusal or failure occurs.
(2) A like certificate shall be required within thirty days of subsequent birthdays until the employee reaches the age of seventy years, at which time the City may terminate employment irrespective of the furnishing of any certificates, provided further that Council may approve the extension of employment to any age when the position which an employee occupies is essential and difficult to replace or refill.
(e) Resignation. To resign in good standing, a probationary or permanent employee shall give at least two weeks' notice of his intention to resign.
(Ord. 129-94. Passed 10-3-94.)