a. It is the policy of the City to safeguard all individuals within the City from discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age over forty (40) and the physically disabled (as defined in the Equal Opportunities Act of 1976, KRS Chapter 207) in connection with employment; thereby to protect their interest in personal dignity and freedom from humiliation, to make available to the City their full productive capacities, to secure the City against strife and unrest which would menace its democratic institutions and to preserve the public safety, health and general welfare.
b. It is not the policy of the City to prohibit bona fide seniority or merit systems, or systems which measure earnings by quantity or quality of production, or the use of professionally developed ability tests, so long as such systems and tests are not designed intended or used to discriminate in connection with employment because of an individual’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age over forty (40) and the physically disabled; nor is it the City’s policy to require the granting of any preference to any individual in connection with employment.
(Ord. BG80-63, S16-16, 7/15/80; Ord. BG80-102, S1, 12/2/80; Ord. BG84-58, 10/16/84)