(a) No employee shall be suspended from the service of the City without first having been afforded a hearing by the City's designated hearing officer.
(b) However, An employee may be suspended pending a hearing only for major infractions of theft, embezzlement of public funds, being under the influence of alcoholic beverages or abusive drugs during working hours, the use of alcoholic beverages or abusive drugs during working hours, physical violence, offenses involving gross misconduct, or gross insubordination.
(c) However, where an employee is suspended under this provision, the Bargaining Agent of the Union, or a designee, shall be notified of the suspension immediately, and a hearing before the City's designated hearing officer shall be held prior to the end of the second regularly scheduled work day after the day of the infraction at a time mutually agreed upon.