§ 114-376. Types.

Separations and/or terminations from positions in the civil service shall be designated as one of the following types:

(1)

Resignation means the voluntary action of an employee to separate from the position held.

(2)

Termination means the act of ending an employment relationship with an employee or not for cause.

(3)

Layoff or reduction in force means the termination of an employment relationship due to budgetary or financial reasons, or in the event an office or department reorganization.

(4)

Not fit-for-duty means termination of an employee from the civil service as a result of a fitness-for-duty examination by a licensed physician certifying the employee is unable to perform the essential functions of the position.

(5)

Dismissal means discharge or separation of an employee from the civil service for cause.

(6)

Retirement means the voluntary election of an employee to separate from the civil service and receive a distribution from a retirement fund.

(7)

Death means separation of an employee from the civil service shall be effective as of the date of death of the employee.

(8)

Private contract management, privatization, managed competition, or outsourcing of city services means termination of an employment relationship due to the city's decision to utilize an alternative source to manage a business function or operation.

(Ord. No. 2007-22(06-O-2700), § 1, 3-27-07)