No employee shall be suspended without first having been afforded a hearing by the Division Head, or designated hearing authority, except where it is necessary to immediately suspend the employee pending a hearing. An employee may be suspended pending a hearing where the charges are theft, embezzlement of public funds, being under the influence of, or the use of alcoholic beverages or abusive drugs during working hours, physical violence, gross insubordination, or offenses and actions amounting to gross misconduct. However, where an employee is suspended under this provision, a hearing before the Division Head, or designated hearing authority, shall be held prior to the end of the next regularly scheduled work day.
The Appointing Authority shall serve on the employee, personally or by certified mail, at the address of such employee as appears on the Civil Service records, a written communication concisely stating the acts or omission for which the employee is suspended and the duration of such suspension.