(a) Village employees are subject to a merit system. Under this system, all employees and applicants shall be evaluated solely on merit without regard to political affiliation, handicap, race, color, age, national origin, citizenship, sex, veteran's status, or any other factor protected by state or federal law. In that regard, this Chapter provides for the recruitment, selection, training, evaluation and retention of the best employees for each position in the Village. It provides for the orderly establishment of procedures for personnel administration which are consistent with the following merit principles:
(1) Recruiting, selecting, and advancing employees on the basis of their relative ability, knowledge, and skills, including open competition of qualified applicants for initial appointment, where appropriate;
(2) Establishing pay rates consistent with the principle of providing comparable pay for comparable work;
(3) Training employees, as needed, to assure high quality performance;
(4) Retaining employees on the basis of their satisfactory performance; correcting unsatisfactory performance and separating employees whose unsatisfactory performance cannot be corrected;
(5) Assuring fair treatment of applicants and employees in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to political affiliation, handicap, race, color, age, national origin, citizenship, sex, veteran's status, or any other factor protected by law;
(6) Assuring that employees are protected against coercion from partisan, political purposes and are prohibited from using their official authority for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the results of an election or a nomination for office.
(b) The Village shall have the right to require a physical examination of all new employees, and to require periodic physical examinations of all employees. All required physical examinations shall be at the expense of the Village and limited in scope to making a determination regarding the employee's ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
(Ord. 2021-27. Passed 12-6-21.)