§ 908. Restrictions and forfeiture of employment.

(a)

Political solicitation in work areas. No officer, agent or employee of the City shall permit any political solicitation in any building or room occupied for the discharge of official duties of the City, unless the building or room is operated for use of the public.

(b)

Freedom from political pressures. No employee of the City shall promote, remove or reduce any other employee, or promise or threaten to do so, for withholding or refusing to make any contribution for any political party or purpose, or for refusal to render any political service, and shall not directly or indirectly attempt to coerce, command or advise any employee to make any contribution or render any service.

(c)

Interference in elections. No employee of the City shall use official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with any partisan election or any nomination for office, or affecting its result.

(d)

Religious and political matters irrelevant to employment matters. No questions in any examination shall relate to political or religious opinions or affiliations, and no appointment, transfer, layoff, promotion, reduction, suspension or removal shall be affected or influenced by such opinions or affiliations.

(e)

Interference with the classified system. No persons shall make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating or report with regard to any application, test, certification or appointment or in any manner commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of the Human Resources system.

(f)

No payment for employment opportunities. No person shall, directly or indirectly, give, render, pay, offer, solicit or accept any money, service or other valuable consideration for or on account of any appointment, proposed appointment, promotion or proposed promotion to, or any advantage in, a position in the service of the City.

(g)

Interference with examinations or qualifications. No employee of the Human Resources department, examiner or other person shall defeat, deceive or obstruct any person in the persons right to examination, eligibility, certification, appointment or promotion, or furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of affecting the rights or prospects of any person with respect to employment.

(h)

False information in employment application. No employee or applicant for employment shall make a false statement on any application for employment.

(i)

Forfeiture of employment. Any employee of the City who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be discharged forthwith from the City service. It shall be the duty of the person or persons with authority to discharge, to discharge such offending person at once. Any elector of the City may bring suit to restrain the payment of compensation to any such offending employee and as an additional remedy any such elector may also obtain a writ of mandamus to compel the dismissal of the offending employee. Employees discharged by an elector's mandamus, shall have no right of review of the action before the Human Resources Board. Any person dismissed under this section shall be ineligible for appointment to any position in the service of the City for a period of five years.