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G) Standardization of hours of work, attendance and leave regulations, work- ing conditions and the development of employee morale, welfare and training. (j) Suitable provision for orderly and equitable presentation to the City Manager and to the City Council by employees relating to general conditions of employment. SECTION 8. APPOINTMENTS. Appointments to vacant positions in the com- petitive service shall be iMMe inaccordancewith the personnel rules. Appointments and promotions shall be based on merit and fitness to be ascertained so far as practicable by competitive assembled or unassembled examinations. Examinations shall be used to aid in the selection of qualified employees, and shall consist of such recognized selection techniques as achievement, aptitude, and other written tests, personal interview, performance tests, evaluation of daily work performance, work samples, background appraisal, or any combination of these, which will in the opinion of the Personnel Officer, test fairly the qualifications of candidates. Physical and medical tests may be given as part of any examination. In any examination the Personnel Officer may include, in addition to competitive tests, a qualifying test or tests, and set minimum standards therefor. When appointment is to be made to a vacancy in the competitive service, the Personnel clerk shalt transmit to the Department Head concerned the names of all persons on the appropriate certified employment or promotional list, in the order in which they appear on the list. In the absence of appropriate employment lists a pro- visional appointment may be made in accordance with the personnel rules established by this ordinance. No special credit shall be allowed in meeting any qualifications or in the giving of any test or the establishment of any employment or promotional lists, for service rendered under a provisional appointment to a full time position. During the period of suspension of any employee or pending final action on pro- ceedings to review suspension, demotion or dismissal of an employee, such vacancy may be filled by the Personnel Officer subject to the provisions of this ordinance and the personnel rules. SECTION 9. PROBATIONARY PERIOD. All regular appointments, including promotional appointments, shall be for a probationary period of not less than six months and not more than one year as provided by the personnel rules, except public safety officers in which case the probationary period will be for one year. During the pro- bationary period, the employee may be released at any time without right of appeal or hearing. An employee rejected during the probationary period from a position to which he has been promoted shall be reinstated to the position from which he was promoted, un- less he is dismissed from the city service as provided in this ordinance and the rules.. An employee in the competitive service promoted or transferred to a position not included in the competitive service shall be reinstated to the position from which he was promoted or transferred if, within six months after such promotion or transfer, action is taken to rejector dismiss him, unless he is discharged in the manner provided in this ordinance and the personnel rules for positions in the competitive service.