Discipline - Adverse
action taken to punish the employee and to correct, improve, prevent
or stop unacceptable employee job performance or behavior.
Cause
- conduct which impairs the efficiency
of the public service where conduct bears a real and substantial relationship
to the efficiency and orderly operation of the public service in which
the employee is engaged.
Suspension
- An enforced leave of absence without pay for disciplinary
actions or during an investigation of alleged misconduct. If the investigation
clears the employee of the alleged misconduct, back wages for time may
be paid.
Reduction
in Pay - Reduces the employee's pay to a lower
step in the assigned pay range. The reduction in pay may be for a period
of time or it may be established indefinitely.
Reassignment
- Changes the employee's classification from one class to another
class, when both classes have the same minimum rate of pay.
Demotion
- Involves a reduction in pay. A change in the employee's
classification for a position in a lower class having a lower minimum
rate of pay.
Removal
or Termination - The ultimate disciplinary
action. Every reasonable step should have been taken to correct an employee's
violations before resorting to termination.
