2014-74 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 7 - OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES GENERALLY

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Chapter 07 periods may be extended by the City Manager where lie deems the convenience and necessity of the public service requires such additional service of an individual employee. 17. WORKER'S COMPENSATION. All officers and employees of the City, including all members of the Police and Fire Departments of the City, shall be coverled by the provisions of the Acts of the General Assembly entitled, "The Workers' Compensation Act" and "Workers' Occupational Diseases Act." 18. DEMOTION FOR CAUSE. In addition to the power and authority to discharge or remove or suspend an officer or employee in the classified civil service) of the City, the Civil Service Commission shall be, and it is hereby, empowered and authorized to demote, except that no officer or employee in such service who is appointed under the rules and after examination may be demoted except for cause upon written charges and after an opportunity to be heard in his own defense and otherwise in the same manner as is provided for discharge or removal or suspension for a period of more than thirty days. 19. VOLUNTARY DEMOTION. In addition to the power and authority to demote for cause as provided in Section 18 hereof, said Commission shall be, and it is hereby, empowered and authorized to demote upon request of the officer or employee in the classified service concurred in by the City Manager. Such request and concurrence shall be in writing filed with the Commission and shall each specify the position to which demotion is requested and concurred in. The request shall be supported by appearance before the Commission wherein the same is personally acknowledged by such officer or employee. 20. PLACEMENT ON DEMOTION. Demotion, whether voluntary or involuntary as provided herein., may be to any rank in the promotional order below the position demoted from, if there is such an identifiable order. In the absence of such identifiable promotional order.