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ARTICLE XVII 17.0 DISCIPLINE 17.1 A. Any permanent employee covered by this MOU may only be disciplined in accordance with the standards and procedures and subject to all rights of appeal set forth in Santa Ana Municipal Code Sections 9-9, 9-10, 9-118.1, et seq. Any probationary employee covered by this MOU may be disciplined in accordance with the standards and procedures set forth in Santa Ana Municipal Code Sections 9-90, 9-91, 9-118, and subject to review in accordance with the grievance review procedure contained in this MOU. B. Upon request from the City the Union agrees to a reopener to Meet and Confer over changes to the Disciplinary Hearing process including but not limited to the use of a Hearing Officer and changes to the City Charter and/or the Municipal Code referencing the Disciplinary hearing process and the Personnel Board, 17.2 In addition, a new section shall be added to the Municipal Code to provide as follows: A. In the event an employee is ordered to absent himself from the job based on probable cause and it is subsequently detennined by the Police Chief, the City Manager, Personnel Board or a court of competent jurisdiction, that cause did not exist for the ordered absence, the employee shall have restored to him any paid leaves of absence against which such absence may have been charged, and he shall be granted a retroactive leave of absence with pay for the time during which he was prohibited from performing the duties of his position, less any compensation paid to him by the City during such ordered absence unless such employee waives his/her rights to retroactive pay. B. In the event an employee is reduced, suspended and/or discharged, and upon appeal the City Manager, Personnel Board or a court of competent jurisdiction does not sustain such reduction, suspension, and/or discharge, the employee shall be entitled to his base rate or salary including all additives, vacation, and sick leave as if such unsustained reduction, suspension, or discharge had not been invoked. However, in no event shall an employee be entitled to any salary or credit for vacation and sick leave for any period of time covered by a suspension sustained on appeal or for any period of time waived by the employee as a condition to the granting of a continuance of any hearing on appeal. C. If, during an absence for which an employee is paid pursuant to this Section, he earned any money which he would not have carried had he continued to perform the duties of his position, such sum shall be deducted from the salary otherwise payable to him pursuant to this Section. 56