No employee shall be suspended or taken out of the service of the Court without first having been afforded a hearing by the Court Administrator except where it is necessary to immediately suspend the employee pending a hearing.
An employee may be suspended pending a hearing only where the charges are theft, embezzlement of public funds, being under the influence or possession of illegal drugs or alcohol during working hours, physical violence, offenses involving moral turpitude, gross misconduct or gross insubordination. However, where an employee is suspended under this provision, a hearing before the Court Administrator shall be held prior to the end of the next regularly scheduled work day.
The sole purpose of the hearing will be to establish whether sufficient cause exists to continue the suspension until a full hearing as provided in Section 2134.09, "Disciplinary Procedure," is held and a determination thereunder rendered. Said full hearing need not be scheduled within the time parameters provided under Section 2134.09; rather, it shall be at the call of the Court Administrator.
Employees designated as confidential at will employees in Section 2134.03 will not be covered by this procedure and will be subject to discipline at the discretion of the appointing authority.