Employee Obligation to Communicate with Employer While on Leave. Employee shall have the obligation to reasonably communicate with the CITY when Employee is absent from work due to leave. Employee’s obligation to communicate during vacation leave shall be at Employee’s reasonable discretion, and shall not be a requirement subject to these provisions. At all other times and for all other types of leave, Employee shall be under a duty to return phone calls and other electronic communications from the CITY from time to time related to Employee’s leave status as well as to respond to the CITY’s questions concerning matters relevant to Employee’s job with the CITY. To the extent physically able to do so, Employee shall be obligated to return phone call promptly and within 24 hours if Employee is unable to respond to the telephone when the call is initially placed. As to other electronic communications, employee shall promptly respond within 24 hours (again, assuming Employee is physically able to do so). Additionally, Employee shall, to the extent physically able to do so, make themselves personally available to discuss with the CITY Employee’s job status and matters related thereto as well as to discuss matters relevant to and related to Employee’s job with the CITY. Employee shall report to their regular place of employment or such other location reasonably located within the CITY as the CITY may direct from time to time to meet with the CITY representatives. If Employee is required to physically present themselves they shall be compensated for time spent during such meetings as if they were actually performing work for the CITY (even though the purpose of such meetings shall be for purposes of communication and not to perform work). Employee shall physically report for face-to-face communications with the CITY upon 72 hours or more notification of the CITY’s request for a meeting. Except for vacation leave, the Employee shall provide the CITY with a current telephone number and mailing address at all times while on leave. Employee’s failure to communicate with the CITY as described above shall be grounds for discipline up to and including termination. Should the employee not respond within 24 hours, the Employer shall first notify the Employee’s Union or Association (if applicable) representative of Employee’s failure to respond. Subsequent to CITY notification, the Employee’s Union or Association representative shall have a minimum of one-full regular work day in order to contact said Employee in order to open lines of c...
