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§ 9-4702. Prohibition of Wrongful Discharge.
   A parking employer shall not discharge a parking employee except for just cause or a bona fide economic reason.
§ 9-4703. Determination of Just Cause.
   (1)   In determining whether a parking employee has been discharged for just cause, the fact finder shall consider, in addition to any other relevant factors, whether:
      (a)   The parking employee violated the parking employer's policy, rule or practice;
      (b)   The parking employee knew or should have known of the parking employer's policy, rule or practice;
      (c)   The parking employer provided relevant and adequate training to the parking employee;
      (d)   The parking employer's policy, rule or practice was reasonable and applied consistently; and
      (e)   The parking employer undertook a fair and objective investigation prior to discharging the employee.
   (2)   A discharge shall not be considered based on just cause unless the parking employer has utilized progressive discipline; provided, however, that the parking employer may not rely on discipline issued more than one year before the purported just cause discharge as a step in progressive discipline.
   (3)   The parking employer shall promptly provide a written explanation to any discharged parking employee of the precise reasons for the just cause discharge. The fact finder may not consider any reasons not included in such written explanation.
   (4)   The parking employer shall bear the burden of proving just cause by a preponderance of non-hearsay evidence in any proceeding brought pursuant to this Chapter.
§ 9-4704. Determination of Bona Fide Economic Reasons.
   (1)   The parking employer shall promptly provide a written explanation to any discharged employee of the precise bona fide economic reason(s) for the discharge. The fact finder may not consider any reasons not included in such written explanation.
   (2)   A discharge shall not be considered based on bona fide economic reasons unless supported by the parking employer's business records showing that the closing, technological or reorganizational changes resulted in a reduction in revenue or profit.
   (3)   Discharges based on bona fide economic reasons shall be done in reverse order of seniority according to the length of service of parking employees in the work site where the discharge is to occur, computed in accordance with subsection 9-4704(4), so that employees most senior in length of service shall be retained the longest and, in the case of temporary layoffs of staff, reinstated first.
   (4)   Length of service shall be computed from the first date of employment, unless such service has been interrupted by an absence from the payroll of more than six months, in which case length of service shall be computed from the date of restoration to the payroll. Length of service of a parking employee shall be deemed not to have been interrupted if such absence was the result of military service, illness, educational leave, leave authorized by law, or discharge in violation of any local, state or federal law.
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