(a) The City shall be an equal employment opportunity employer and there shall be equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of his or her actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, height, weight, marital status, physical or mental disability, family status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
(b) Continued efforts shall be made to attract a qualified, diverse applicant pool and to ensure that hiring decisions are based on job-related factors. Contact with organizations and educational institutions as well as with relevant publications shall be made to achieve this end.
(c) Testing forms, educational requirements and job descriptions shall be re-evaluated to eliminate any existing artificial barriers.
(d) Nondiscrimination shall be recognized as a City policy. Failure to adhere to the policy shall be dealt with by disciplinary action the same as any other infraction of City rules.
(e) The written policy of equal employment opportunity shall be published and disseminated.
(f) Orientation lectures for all supervisory personnel, as well as other employees, shall be given to ensure familiarity with the equal employment opportunity policy.
(g) An Equal Employment Officer, charged with the responsibility of securing compliance and advising the City Manager of the program's status, shall be appointed.
(h) All recruitment sources shall be notified in writing that the City, as an equal employment opportunity employer, solicits referral of qualified applicants without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, height, weight, marital status, physical or mental disability, family status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
(i) A system of control and feedback shall be instituted to assure application of the equal employment opportunity policy and enforcement requirements at all levels.
(j) Racial identity shall be maintained in post-employment files.
(k) Equal employment opportunity posters and other literature and materials shall be displayed in conspicuous areas throughout all City facilities.
(l) The City shall cooperate with the Michigan Civil Rights Commission, the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and community groups in building an equal employment opportunity climate in business and in the community.
(Ord. 04-2015. Passed 9-15-15.)