Major Offenses. The Union acknowledges that the Employer shall not be required to give a verbal or a written warning in cases of major offenses. Discharge must be proper and with written notice to the employee and the xxxxxxx citing specific charges against the employee.
Major Offenses. The purpose of the following list of actions is to define what constitutes major offenses in determining disciplinary action. Major offenses will usually justify summary discharge without the necessity of prior warning or attempts at corrective discipline. This list of actions below is not intended to be all inclusive.
1. Drinking intoxicating beverages, or the use of illegal drugs on the job, or arriving on the job under the influence of such intoxicating beverages or illegal drugs.
2. Three successive days of unexcused absenteeism without reasonable excuse.
Major Offenses. Violations of the following rules are considered major offenses and shall be grounds for suspension with pay pending investigation:
A. The use or possession of alcohol, while on duty.
B. The sale, offer to sell, purchase, use, manufacture, transfer or possession of illegal drugs or substances, or legal prescription drugs illegally obtained or not used as specifically prescribed. The use of legal drugs, at any level, or in a manner, combination or quantity that hinders an employee’s ability to perform the job is prohibited. Additionally, no employee shall bring drug paraphernalia onto RTA property or into RTA equipment or vehicles.
C. Refusal to submit to a drug or alcohol test.
X. Xxxxxxxxxx a report, timesheet/timecard or a certificate or declaration of injury or sickness.
E. The use, threatened use, and/or possession of weapons are prohibited. They are not to be on the person of any employee during working hours or while on RTA property. Weapons include, but are not limited to: guns, knives, edged objects, stun guns, xxxx, or any instrument used to inflict harm or injury. Possession of a pocket knife or utility tool with a blade length of less than two (2) inches is permissible for personal use. The carrying of pepper spray while on duty is prohibited unless written permission is granted.
F. Theft, including failure to turn in Lost and Found articles.
G. Conviction of a felony or Driving Under the Influence (DUI) on or off duty.
X. Xxxx or lascivious behavior while on or off duty and while in RTA uniform.
I. Failure to immediately report a vehicle collision or safety incident that involves an RTA vehicle or property.
J. Falsifying a vehicle collision or safety incident report that involves damage to an RTA vehicle, another vehicle, RTA property, a fixed object or involving bodily injury, whether suffered by the RTA employee involved in the vehicle collision or safety incident or another person and whether actually suffered or claimed to be suffered.
K. Job Abandonment: Defined as failure to contact RTA Dispatch or an RTA Supervisor for two (2) or more consecutive calendar days of unauthorized absence. (Exception emergency: Shall be defined as emergency medical treatment, hospitalization, automobile collisions, and schedule failure of public transportation, acts of God or natural disasters).
L. Racial harassment or sexual harassment or other behavior of a discriminatory nature.
M. Driving an RTA vehicle without a valid, proper California driver’s license ...
Major Offenses. Arson - attempts to set and/or setting of fires in or on school property.
Major Offenses. 41.1 While both the Employer and the Union subscribe to the just cause standard for employee discipline, in recognition that certain conduct is inimical to a safe, healthy and productive work place, the parties have identified and proscribed such behavior under the heading of Major Offenses. An employee who is guilty of a Major Offense shall be subject to immediate discharge with no recourse to the Article 40 – Grievance Procedure except on the issue of whether or not the employee actually committed the Offense. If, subsequent to termination, it is determined that the employee did not commit the offense alleged, the parties (Employer and Union or the Arbitrator) shall direct appropriate remedial and compensatory action. This Article does not apply to probationary (Article 42 – Trial Period) employees who may be terminated at the Employer’s discretion without recourse to the Grievance Procedure and it is not intended as a complete list of the offenses that may subject an employee to immediate discharge.
a. Theft, conversion or unauthorized use or possession of Employer property, the property of a fellow employee or Supervisor, a tenant, a customer or visitor at the job site or member of the general public.
b. Conviction or admission of any felony while employed by the Employer.
c. Conviction or admission of sex offenses as defined by and enumerated in Massachusetts General Laws or other applicable law.
d. Untruthful or deceptive reporting, verbal or written.
e. Falsification of any document(s) completed by the employee in the course of his/her duties with the Employer.
f. Use or possession of alcohol and/or illegal drugs while on duty or reporting for duty in possession or under the influence of alcohol and/or illegal drugs.
g. Use of drugs or medication affecting proper performance of duties. Prescribed drugs or medication are excluded if management has been advised by the employee that he or she is under treatment.
h. Serious acts of insubordination or physical violence (actual or threatened) toward other employees or Supervisors, tenants, customers, visitors at the job site, or members of the public.
i. Possession of weapons, explosives or contraband on Employer premises.
41.2 The Employer shall take action to discipline an employee under Paragraph 41.1 of this Article within ten (10) business days after the Employer’s Labor Relations Department, Human Resources Department or the Principal Officer of the Employer, or his/her designee, learns of the major...
Major Offenses. Twelve months for a single Conviction of any of the offenses listed below and confirmed compliance with 49 CFR 382.503, 382.605 and 49 CFR Part 40 for offenses listed in Paragraphs (1), (2) and (3), or lifetime for a second Conviction in a separate incident:
(1) operating any vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance;
(2) failure to pass or refusal to submit to a DOT alcohol or controlled
(3) failure to pass or refusal to submit to a drug or alcohol screening as required by Applicable Law in connection with the operation of any vehicle (irrespective of Conviction);
(4) failing to stop or remain at the scene of an accident;
(5) use of any vehicle in the commission of a felony;
(6) operating a CMV when, as a result of prior violations committed operating a CMV, the license was revoked, suspended, canceled, or expired; or
(7) causing a fatality, or causing serious bodily injury that results in medical costs in excess of $100,000, through the operation of a CMV (irrespective of Conviction). XXX agrees that it will not assign Personnel so involved to operate a CMV under this Agreement pending determination of preventability pursuant to Section 1.3, which determination will be made in good faith based on the facts and circumstances as reasonably known.
Major Offenses. For security violations involving a deliberate disregard of the SPP and 32 CFR 117, NISPOM requirements or when an employee exhibits a pattern of questionable judgement, irresponsibility’s, negligence, or carelessness, the FSO has the authority to recommend through the DISS system with information about the security violation, which may result in loss of the security clearance.
Major Offenses. For committing any of the following major offenses, the employee may be subject to immediate discharge subject to this policy or other disciplinary action as deemed appropriate after consideration of the circumstance(s). Due to the seriousness of these offenses, no previous oral or written warnings are necessary.
1. Refusal to comply with a lawful instruction unless such instruction is injurious to the employees or general public’s health or safety.
Major Offenses. No Call/No Show-Failure to report or call in within two hours of the start of a shift
