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September 21, 2009 (Regular Meeting) Page 1581 All employees shall strive to perform the duties and responsibilities of their position in an exceptional manner; follow appropriate instructions of their supervisor; and abide by all rules, regulations, and laws of the workplace. Employees shall maintain any required license, certification, or other credential of their position. Section 3. Personal Conduct Employees shall maintain a level of personal conduct that is befitting a public employee or officer. Section 9. Gifts and Favors As prohibited by the NCGS, Chapter 133-32: (a)No official or employee shall directly or indirectly accept or solicit any personal gift, favor, or thing that may tend to influence that employee in the discharge of duties. (b)No official or employee shall grant in the discharge of duties any improper favor, service, or thing of value. Section 5. 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: (a) Engage in any political or partisan activity while on duty; (b) Use official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election or a nomination for office; (c) Be required as a duty of employment or as a condition for employment, promotion, or tenure in office to contribute funds or personal effort for political or partisan purposes; (d) Coerce or compel contributions for political or partisan purposes by another employee of the County; or (e) Use supplies or equipment of the County for political or partisan purposes. County employees in certain federally aided programs are subject to the Hatch Act as amended in 1993. This federal act, in addition to prohibiting (b), (c), and (d) above, also prohibits candidacy for elective office in a partisan election. Any violation of this section shall be considered a failure in personal conduct and shall subject an employee to disciplinary action up to and including dismissal. Section 6. 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 Human Resources Director. The Human Resources Director will review such employment for a possible conflict of interest and report any conflict to the County Manager for final determination. Conflicting outside employment will be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including dismissal. Section 7 Limitation of Employment of Relatives (a) Members of an immediate family may 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 or in any way having an influence over the family member's rate of pay. (b) Immediate family is defined for the purpose of this section as spouse, mother, father, guardian, children, sister, brother, grandparents, grandchildren plus the various combinations of half, step, in-law, and