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(a) Discharge or Suspension for Cause. Any board or officer having the power of appointment shall have the power to suspend or discharge any officer, member or employee of the office or department. No person in the classified civil service shall be discharged or suspended except for cause, which shall be stated in writing by the board or officer having the power to make such discharge or suspension.
(b) Statement of Cause. The written statement of cause shall be filed with the Board of Civil Service Commissioners, with certification that a copy has been served upon the person so discharged or suspended, in accordance with Section 1018. Upon filing with the board, the discharge or suspension shall take effect.
(c) Application for Hearing. Within five days of service of the written statement upon any person so discharged or suspended, the person shall file a written application with the board in order to require the board to hold a hearing to investigate the grounds for the discharge or suspension. In the event that the person does not file an application, the board may, but is not required to, within 15 days after the filing of the written statement with the board, determine to hold a hearing to investigate the grounds for the discharge or suspension.
(d) Reinstatement; Restoration. If, after investigation and hearing as required by law is held, the board finds, in writing, that the grounds stated for the discharge or suspension were insufficient or were not sustained, the board shall order the person to be reinstated or restored to duty. With the consent of the appointing authority, the board may also reduce the length of the suspension, or may substitute suspension for discharge, if the board makes a written finding that such action is warranted. The order of the board with respect to the discharge or suspension shall be promptly certified to the appointing board or officer, and shall be final and conclusive.
(e) Compensation. If the board orders reinstatement or restoration to duty of a person who has been discharged or suspended, the person shall be entitled to receive compensation from the City the same as if he or she had not been discharged or suspended by the appointing board or officer.
(f) Change of Disciplinary Review. The Council may, by ordinance, provide for an alternative system for impartial review of employee discipline as set forth in subsections (b) through (e) of this section, provided that such a system conforms with due process standards for a fair hearing, and provided there remains a process for review of employee discipline in which costs are borne by the City.
(g) Finality of Order of Suspension for Lack of Funds. The order of any appointing board or officer suspending any person because of lack of funds or lack of work in the department shall be final, and shall not be subject to review by the Board of Civil Service Commissioners.
(h) Applicability. The procedure for review of discipline set forth in this section shall not apply to:
(1) those members of the Police Department appointed under civil service rules and regulations and sworn in, as provided by law, to perform the duties of regular police officers who are subject to the provisions of Section 1070 of the Charter.
(2) those members of the Fire Department appointed under civil service rules and regulations to perform the duties of regular firefighters who are subject to the provisions of Section 1060 of the Charter.
(3) any suspension of five working days or less in any 12 month period for personal delinquency. The reasons stated in writing for any suspension shall be furnished to the suspended employee and promptly filed with the board. Any suspension which results in an employee having a total suspended time by reason of the exercise of authority under this subsection in excess of five working days in any 12 month period shall be subject to all of the provisions of this section.
Whenever it is claimed by any person that he or she has been unlawfully demoted, suspended, laid off or discharged, and that person has filed an application for a hearing as provided in Section 1016(c) and reinstatement or restoration to duty has been denied, the person may file a written claim for compensation and a demand for reinstatement. The claim and demand must be filed within 90 days from the date of the decision of the board following a hearing, or if no hearing is applied for, from the date on which it is claimed that the person was first illegally, wrongfully or invalidly demoted, laid off, suspended or discharged. The demand for reinstatement must be filed with the board and the claim for compensation must be filed with the City Clerk. Failure to file a demand for reinstatement with proof of filing with the board, within the time specified in this section, shall be a bar to any action to compel reinstatement. Proof of filing with the City Clerk of the claim for compensation within the time and in the manner specified shall be a condition precedent to any recovery of wages or salary claimed to be due on account of demotion, layoff, suspension or discharge. Except as provided in this section, claims for compensation shall conform to the requirements of Section 350.
(a) Investigation. The board shall investigate the enforcement of the civil service provisions of this Article and the civil service rules. All officers of the City shall aid the board in all proper ways in carrying out the civil service provisions of this Article.
(b) Reprimand; Recommendation of Discharge or Suspension. Any person holding a position in the classified civil service who willfully violates any of the civil service provisions of this Article shall, after hearing by the board, be subject to reprimand by the board. The board shall have the right to recommend suspension, discharge, or in lieu of discharge, demotion of the person to the appointing power.
(c) Misdemeanors. The following conduct is a violation of this Article and shall be punishable as a misdemeanor:
(1) any oral or written false statement willfully made under oath in any application or document filed with the board, in any proceeding before the board, in any investigation conducted by or under the jurisdiction of the board, or in any proceeding arising under this Article.
(2) any conduct, whether done alone or in cooperation with others to defeat, deceive or obstruct any person in respect to his or her right of examination; to corruptly or falsely mark, grade, estimate, or report upon the examination of proper standing of any person examined under the civil service provisions, or aid in so doing; or to willfully or corruptly furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of either improving or injuring the prospects of any person for employment or promotion.
(3) direct or indirect payment or promise of payment of money or other valuable consideration to any person for appointment, proposed appointment, or promotion to a position in the classified civil service.
The Controller shall not approve any compensation for services to any person performing the duties of a position in the classified civil service, unless the board has certified that the person has been employed in accordance with this Article and the civil service rules.
Officers and employees of any governmental agency, municipality or any special assessment or other special district created under general laws, all or part of which may become part of the City through consolidation, annexation or joint powers agreement, may upon Council approval of the consolidation, annexation or joint powers agreement become employees of the City in a similar capacity as provided in this section.
In order to avoid suspension for lack of work of employees of the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), the Council may, by resolution, direct the Board of Civil Service Commissioners to develop procedures allowing placement, as provided in this section, of CRA employees in civil service positions for which they are qualified in any City office or department except the Department of Water and Power. Appointment would be made only at the discretion of the City department or office where there is a vacancy, and only after persons on a department reserve list, if any, have been offered the position in accordance with civil service rules.
Upon consideration of the resolution regarding CRA employees or consolidation, annexation, or joint powers agreement, but prior to final approval, the Council shall request that the Board of Civil Service Commissioners establish the qualifications, fitness requirements and background standards for the prospective employees and establish the method of determining that the prospective employees meet those qualifications, requirements and standards. The board shall also establish the appropriate employment classifications, length of probationary periods, and seniority for layoff and examination purposes for the prospective employees. The Council may establish terms and conditions of employment in addition to those provided elsewhere in the Charter, and in addition to or different from those provided by ordinance, by memorandum of understanding or otherwise.
Those employees who are determined by the board to have met the qualifications, requirements, and standards established by the board, and who meet all other legally applicable requirements, shall become employees of the City upon final approval of the consolidation, annexation or joint powers agreement by the Council or, in the case of individual CRA employees, upon approval of the appointment by the board.
If the duties of any officer or employee of any municipality or any special assessment or other special district conflict with the duties of any officer of the City, then that officer or employee shall become an employee of the City in a position subordinate to the officer of the City.
Nothing in this Article shall be deemed or construed as preventing the Council, or a board of commissioners in the case of those departments having control of their own revenues and funds, from entering into contracts for the performance of work when it is determined by the Council or the board of commissioners that the work can be performed more economically or feasibly by independent contractors than by City employees. The authority of the Council set forth in this section may be delegated to departments and officers of the City under rules and procedures as the Council may prescribe. Nothing in this section shall limit the application of Sections 370 through 373 of the Charter relating to contracts and competitive bidding for contracts.
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