Unjust Suspension or Discharge Should it be found upon investigation that an employee has been unjustly suspended, discharged or disciplined, such employee shall be immediately reinstated in his/her former position, without loss of seniority, and shall be compensated for all time lost in an amount equal to his/her normal earnings plus interest, or by any other arrangement as to compensation which is just and equitable in the opinion of the parties or in the opinion of the arbitrator if the matter is referred to such arbitrator.
DISCHARGE OR SUSPENSION A. The Employer shall not discharge nor suspend any employee without just cause, but in respect to discharge or suspension shall give at least one (1) warning notice of the complaint against such employee, in writing, and a copy of the same to the Union and job xxxxxxx affected, except that no warning notice need be given to any employee before he/she is discharged if the cause of such dis- charge is dishonesty, or being under the influence of alcoholic xxx- erages, or taking of or being under the influence of non-prescribed drugs or illegal substances during working hours or on Company business or property, or possession of or selling of non-prescribed drugs or illegal substances in Company equipment or on Company premises, or on Company time, or unprovoked physical abuse or bodily harm to a Supervisor or other employee, or negligence resulting in a serious accident while on duty, or the carrying of unauthorized passengers, or failure to report an accident, or punch- ing a time card other than employee’s own for the purpose of steal- ing time. The warning notice as herein provided shall not remain in effect for a period of more than nine (9) months from date of said warn- ing notice. Discharge must be by proper written notice to the employee and the Union affected. Any employee may request an investigation as to his/her discharge or suspension. Should such an investigation prove that an injustice has been done an employee, he/she shall be reinstated and compensated at his/her usual rate of pay while he/she has been out of work. Appeal from discharge or suspension must be taken within ten (10) days by written notice and a decision reached within fifteen (15) days from date of discharge or suspension. If no decision has been rendered within fifteen (15) days, the case shall then be taken up as provided for in Article 46 of this Agreement. There shall be an immediate notification in writing by the company to the officers of the Union and the employee involved for all infractions of the Company rules by the employees. Unless such written notice is given to the officers of the Union and the employee involved within ten (10) days of said infraction, the same shall be considered condoned, but receipt by the Union and the employee of such written notice shall not be construed as to mean that a violation has been committed. Whereby it is understood and agreed that warning letters should be protested immediately with the understanding that is, in the nine (9) month period following any other action is taken against the employee pertaining to suspension or discharge, the Union would then have the right to arbitrate the original warning letter(s) to see if they were warranted or not. Based upon that decision, the Union would then argue the suspension and/or discharge.
Written Reprimands a. A written reprimand shall be issued within ten duty days of the initial formal conference. This time limit may be extended on cases where additional witnesses and/or sources of information are/were unavailable for further investigation or upon written notice to the employee of an anticipated completion date.
Written Reprimand A written reprimand may be issued to an employee when appropriate in keeping with provisions of this Article. Such written reprimand shall be dated and signed by the supervisor/designee before it is provided to the employee. If the employee chooses not to sign to acknowledge receipt of the reprimand, it shall be witnessed to document that the employee received the same. Such reprimands shall be filed in the affected employee’s personnel file.
TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION 10.1. The CONTRACTOR shall be considered in material default of this Agreement and such default will be considered cause for the CITY to terminate this Agreement, in whole or in part, as further set forth in this section, for any of the following reasons: (a) failure to begin work under the Agreement within the times specified under the Notice(s) to Proceed, or (b) failure to properly and timely perform the services to be provided hereunder or as directed by the CITY, or (c) the bankruptcy or insolvency or a general assignment for the benefit of creditors by the CONTRACTOR or by any of the CONTRACTOR's principals, officers or directors, or (d) failure to obey laws, ordinances, regulations or other codes of conduct, or (e) failure to perform or abide by the terms or spirit of this Agreement, or (f) for any other just cause. The CITY may so terminate this Agreement, in whole or in part, by giving the CONTRACTOR at least 3 calendar days’ written notice.
