It shall be the duty of all employees in the village service to maintain high standards of cooperation, efficiency, and economy in their work for the village. Departmental heads and supervisors shall organize and direct the work of their units to achieve these objectives.
(A) Five alternatives. Whenever work habits, attitude, production, infraction or regulations or personal conduct of an employee falls below a desirable standard, supervisors should point out the deficiencies at the time they are observed. A departmental head may take any one or a combination of the following disciplinary measures:
(1) Oral reprimand.
(2) Written reprimand (may mean no pay increase in following year.)
(3) Suspension without pay.
(4) Demotion.
(5) Dismissal.
(6) Disciplinary measures, (3), (4), and (5) above shall not be taken by the departmental head without prior approval of the Board of Trustees.
(B) Suspension status. Suspension may be for a period of not to exceed 30 consecutive days for any one offense. An employee under suspension will not be permitted to exchange suspension time for vacation time or be entitled to sick leave during the period of suspension. An employee may, however, with the consent of the Board of Trustees, forfeit vacation or days off in lieu of his or her suspension.
(C) Demotion.
(1) A departmental head may, with the approval of the Board of Trustees, demote an employee for disciplinary purposes when the actions of the employee do not justify dismissal, or where the work of any employee has not been satisfactory, he or she may demote the employee to less difficult work with an opportunity to make good. Salaries of employees demoted will be reduced to those of the lower classification as a step approved by the Board of Trustees.
(2) No demotion shall be made as a disciplinary action unless the employee to be demoted is eligible and qualified for re-employment in a lower classification, and shall not be made if any regular employee in the lower classification would be laid off by reason of such action. Under such circumstances the demotion shall be automatically changed to a suspension and may exceed the 30-day maximum until such time as a vacancy becomes available in a classification to which the employee was to have been demoted.
(Ord. D-239, passed 8-10-2004)