§ 127.10. Prohibitions.
(a) Politics prohibited. Politics prohibited shall include the following:
(1) No employe of the Commission shall be a member of or delegate or alternate to any political convention, nor shall he participate at any such convention, except in the performance of his official duty or as a visitor.
(2) No employe of the Commission shall serve as a member of any committee of any political party, or take an active part in political management or in political campaigns, or use his office or position to influence political movements.
(3) No employe of the Commission shall circulate or seek signatures to any nominations or other petition required by any primary or election law, nor shall he seek or accept election, nomination, or appointment as an officer of a political club or organization, or serve as a member of a committee of any such club or organization.
(4) No employe of the Commission shall in any manner participate in or interfere with the conduct of any election or the preparation therefor at the polling place or with the election officers while counting the votes or returning the election material to the place provided by law for that purpose, save only for the purpose of making and depositing his own ballot as speedily as it reasonably can be done.
(5) The rights of individual Commission employes are not impaired hereby, and the prerogative to attending meetings, to hear or see any candidate or nominee, and to express one’s individual opinion, shall remain inviolate.
(b) Discrimination prohibited. The Commissioners and the Executive Director will not discriminate against any person in recruitment, appointment, training, promotion, retention, or any other personnel action with respect to the Commission because of political or religious opinions or affiliations, or because of race, national origin, sex or age.
(c) A person in the employ of the Commission who knowingly violates a provision of this section shall be separated and removed from the Commission. An employe so separated and removed shall have all rights of hearing and appeal as provided in this chapter.
Cross References This section cited in 37 Pa. Code § 127.2 (relating to hiring policy).
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