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parties that classes taken as prerequisites to an approved course of study are covered by this Tuition Reimbursement Program, as are courses taken in preparation for an employees' job advancement within the City. A written explanation will be provided to any employee denied tuition reimbursement. Reimbursement is only made if an employee successfully completes their coursework with a grade of C or better. Eligible items for reimbursements are tuition and course-related book expenses. 42.6 Domestic Partners Domestic partners of City employees registered with the State of California shall be afforded group health coverage eligibility and leave of absence rights to the extent required by law. No additional group health coverage eligibility or leave of absence rights shall be provided to domestic partners of City employees. 42.7 Fitness for Duty The City will notify the Union before an employee is to be removed from service for afitness- for-duty examination. Such notification will be followed by a written notice giving the general reasons for the scheduled examination to the Representative/Organizer of Loca121. 42.8 Application of Pay and Benefits Only employees of the City, at the time this agreement is ratified by the City Council, are eligible to receive any of the salary or benefits so provided. 42.9 COPE Deductions The parties agree that effective the first of the second month following the ratification of this agreement, employees will be able to have deductions made on a voluntary basis from their salary to the COPE Political Action Fund. Section 43. No Strike Clause The Employee Union, its members and representatives agree that it and they will not engage in, authorize, sanction, or support any strike, slowdown, stoppage of work, curtailment of production, concerted refusal of overtime work, refusal to operate designated equipment (provided such equipment is safe) or to perform customary duties; and neither in the Employee Union nor any representatives thereof shall engage in job action for the purpose of effecting changes in the directives or decisions of management of the City, nor to effect a change of personnel or operations management or of employees not covered by this Memorandum of Understanding. Section 44. Separability Should any provision of this Memorandum of Understanding be declared illegal by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision of the Memorandum of Understanding shall be null and void but such nullification shall not affect any other provision of this Memorandum of Understanding, all of which other provisions shall remain in full force and effect. 32