Discrimination, harassment, abusive conduct and retaliation.
This type of conduct includes repeated derogatory remarks, insults, or verbal or physical conduct that a reasonable person would find hostile, offensive, or unrelated to City business.
What is Abusive Conduct?
This factor determines the order of layoff among regular full-time employees within the same classification.
What is Seniority?
This type of airfare is explicitly not reimbursable for City travel.
What is Business-class or First-class airfare?
This step-by-step process must be followed after any accident involving a City-owned or personal vehicle used for City business, including reporting, exchanging information, and documenting damage.
What is the City’s Vehicle Accident / Collision Procedure?
A solicitation for competitive proposals that state the technical specifications, requirements, and outcomes for the services desired, including the price thereof.
What is a Request for proposal" or ("RFP")
These characteristics include race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, pregnancy, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, and genetic information.
What are Protected Classifications or classes?
This benefit provides an additional 5% pay when an employee performs the majority of essential duties in a higher classification for at least five consecutive workdays.
What is Out-of-Class Pay?
These types of expenses—including entertainment, movies, golf, spa treatments, and family or partner costs—are strictly non-reimbursable under the Travel Policy.
What are Unauthorized Expenses?
This rule prohibits the use of handheld wireless telephones or electronic communication devices unless the driver is performing an authorized emergency-duty function.
What is the prohibition on handheld wireless device use while driving on City business?
This type of contract may be awarded without competition when the City Manager determines in writing that only one vendor can provide the required goods or services.
What is a sole source contract?
This prohibited behavior includes taking disciplinary action, changing work assignments, spreading rumors, or discouraging participation in an investigation.
What is Retaliation?
This person must be reasonably impartial and not involved in the investigation or recommendation of disciplinary action.
Who is the “Skelly Officer”?
This level of approval is required for any travel more than 150 miles outside of California from City Hall.
What is written approval from the City Manager (not a designee)?
These card limits may be set by the Department Head up to $5,000, but anything higher must be approved by the City Manager.
What are purchase card limits?
Contracts exceeding this dollar amount require City Attorney review before execution.
What is $10,000?
These leaders are responsible for monitoring the work environment, taking immediate action to stop violations, and ensuring complaints are handled promptly and fairly.
Who are Managers and Supervisors?
This period of employment is considered an extension of the selection process and allows the City to release an employee without cause or appeal unless discrimination is alleged.
What is the Probationary Period?
This vehicle class is the only category eligible for reimbursement when renting a car for City business unless an exception is approved in advance.
What is a compact or intermediate (mid-size) rental car?
This required action must occur immediately if a card is lost or stolen and includes contacting both the issuing bank and the City’s Approving Official/Program Administrator.
What is reporting a lost or stolen purchase card?
A contract must be awarded to the bidder who is both responsive and responsible and offers this.
What is the lowest bid?