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Village of Westville, IL
Vermilion County
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Promotions, demotions, transfers, retention in or termination of employment with the Village shall be made on the basis of merit and efficiency as determined by such factors as intelligence, ability, skill, training and experience.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Promotions, demotions, transfers, retention in, or termination of employment of an individual by the Village shall be made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, order of protection status, marital status, physical or mental disability, military status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or unfavorable discharge from military service.
If an employee is doing his assigned or designated work to the best of his ability, but is found by the department supervisor, Mayor or applicable committee to be unsuited for the job he is assigned to perform, an honest effort shall be made to place him in a different job classification before termination of employment so long as an opening exists in some other job classification.
It shall be the responsibility of the department supervisor, with the Village Clerk, to keep and maintain adequate and current personnel records so that reference can be made to such records for the purpose of appraising an employee's merit and efficiency for possible merit pay increases, promotion, demotion, transfer, retention in, or termination of employment by the Village.
The department supervisor, after approval of the Mayor and confirmation by the Board, may dismiss or suspend an employee under his or her supervision. Similarly, the Village Board, after written notification to the department supervisor of the employee, may dismiss or suspend that employee.
In dismissing or suspending an employee, the Village Board shall state, in writing to the employee, the cause or causes for dismissal or suspension. Such notice shall be given to the suspended or dismissed employee within 24 hours.
Dismissal or suspension shall cause the employee to be separated from his pay status. Suspension of an employee shall not exceed 30 working days.
The following provisions, though not all-inclusive, shall constitute cause for dismissal or suspension:
A. 
Failure to report to work or refusal to work after reporting to work.
B. 
Reporting to work under the influence of alcohol or drugs not prescribed to the employee, or drinking or illegal drug use on the job.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
C. 
Repeated tardiness, or unauthorized absences.
D. 
Incompetency, inefficiency, dishonesty, or disobedience.
E. 
Unauthorized use of or appropriation to individual use of Village equipment, property, materials, or inventories.
F. 
Failure to pay undisputed debts in a timely manner.
G. 
Misconduct, including off-duty hours when such misconduct brings discredit to the Village.
H. 
Inability or incapacity to perform duties.
I. 
Failure to observe local, state and federal laws or regulations and Village policies.
J. 
Absence without leave.
K. 
Claiming sick leave when physically fit to work.