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112 forth in Article III, Section 9. Law enforcement and emergency services require a work schedule to accommodate a 24 hour, seven day workweek. Employees in administrative, professional or managerial positions shall work the number of hours necessary to assure the satisfactory performance of their duties. When the activities of a particular department require some other schedule to meet work needs, the county manager may authorize a deviation from the normal schedule. Section 2. Gifts and Favors (a) No official or employee of the county shall accept any gift, whether in the form of service, loan, thing or promise from any person who to the employee's knowledge is interested directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever in business dealings with the county. (b) No official or employee shall accept any gift, favor or thing of value that may tend to influence that employee in the dischar~of duties. (c) No official or employee shall grant in the discharge of duties any improper factor, service, or thing of value. Section 3. Political Activity Restricted Each employee has a civic responsibility to support good government by every available means and in every appropriate manner. Each employee may join or affiliate with civic organizations of a partisan or political nature, may attend political organizations in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of North.Carolina and in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the United States of America. However, no employee shall (1) engage in any political or partisan activity while on duty; (2) use official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election or a nomination for office; (3) be required as a duty of employment or as a condition for employment, promotion, or tenure in office to contribute funds for political or partisan purposes; (4) coerce or compel contributions for political or partisan purposes by another employee of the county; or (5) use any supplies or equipment of the county for political or partisan purposes. Competitive service employees and employees in certain federally- aided programs are subject to the Hatch Act as amended in 1975. This federal act, in addition to prohibiting (2), (3), and (4) above, also prohibits candidacy for elective office in a partisan election. Any vioation of this section shall subject such employee to dismissal or other disciplinary action. Section 4. Outside Employment The work of the county will take precedence over other occupational interests of employees. All outside employment for salaries, wages, or commission and all self-employment must be reported to the employee's supervisor in writing, who in turn will report potentially conflicting employment to the county manager. The county manager will review such employment for possible conflict of interest. Conflicting outside employment will be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including dismissal. Section 5. Limitation of Employment of Relatives (a) Members of an immediate family shall not be employed at the same time if such employment would result in an employee directly or indirectly supervising a member of the immediate family. (b) This policy shall not be retroactive, and no action will be taken concerning those members of the same family employed in conflict with (a) above prior to the adoption of this policy.