§ 7-5. Workplace Conduct

City of Alamogordo endeavors to maintain a positive work environment. Each employee plays a role in fostering this environment. Accordingly, we all must abide by certain rules of conduct, based on honesty, common sense and fair play.

Because everyone may not have the same idea about proper workplace conduct, it is helpful to adopt and enforce rules all can follow. Unacceptable conduct may subject the offender to disciplinary action, up to and including termination, in the City's sole discretion. The following are examples of some, but not all, conduct which can be considered unacceptable:

1.

Obtaining employment on the basis of false or misleading information.

2.

Stealing, removing or defacing City of Alamogordo property or a co-worker's property.

3.

Disclosure of confidential information.

4.

Completing another employee's time records without authorization.

5.

Violation of safety rules and policies.

6.

Violation of City of Alamogordo's Drug and Alcohol-Free Workplace Policy.

7.

Fighting, threatening or disrupting the work of others, or other violations of City of Alamogordo's Workplace Violence Policy.

8.

Failure to follow lawful instructions of a supervisor.

9.

Failure to perform assigned job duties.

10.

Violation of the Punctuality and Attendance Policy, including but not limited to irregular attendance, habitual lateness or unexcused absences.

11.

Gambling on City property.

12.

Willful or careless destruction or damage to City assets, or to the equipment or possessions of another employee.

13.

Wasting work materials.

14.

Performing work of a personal nature during working time.

15.

Violation of the Solicitation and Distribution Policy.

16.

Violation of City of Alamogordo's Harassment or Equal Employment Opportunity Policies.

17.

Violation of the Communication and Computer Systems Policy.

18.

Unsatisfactory job performance.

19.

Any other violation of City policy or local, state, or federal law.

Obviously, not every type of misconduct can be listed. City of Alamogordo reserves the right to impose whatever discipline it chooses, or none at all, in a particular instance. The City will deal with each situation individually and nothing in this manual should be construed as a promise of specific treatment in a given situation. However, City of Alamogordo will endeavor to utilize progressive discipline but reserves the right in its sole discretion to terminate an employee at any time for any reason.

The observance of these rules will help to ensure that our workplace remains a safe and desirable place to work.

(Ord. No. 1547 , 1-19-18)