(A) It is the policy of the town to provide equal opportunity to all of its employees and applicants for employment and to assure that there shall be no discrimination against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, age, physical or mental handicap, marital status or political beliefs unless related to a bona fide occupational requirement.
(B) To this end, the town will take affirmative actions to equalize opportunity for employment at all levels of operation for those classes of people who have traditionally been denied equal opportunity—minority group members, women, and the handicapped; and the town recognizes an obligation to make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified handicapped applicant or employee unless the accommodation imposes an undue hardship.
(C) All applicants for employment with the town will be recruited from the reasonably available labor market and evaluated on each person’s individual qualifications and abilities.
(D) All town employees shall be afforded equal employment opportunity during their terms of employment and are guaranteed protection against retaliation for exercising any legal or administrative procedures to secure rights to equal employment opportunity or testifying on behalf of someone else doing so.
(E) Adoption of this subchapter reaffirms the town’s policy of nondiscrimination in employment, including but not limited to the following:
(1) Recruitment;
(2) Selection;
(3) Placement;
(4) Testing;
(5) Training;
(6) Promotion;
(7) Transfer;
(8) Discipline;
(9) Demotion;
(10) Layoff and termination.
(F) All supervisory personnel are responsible for and shall be committed to achieving and promoting equal employment opportunity with the town and for implementing this equal employment opportunity policy.
(Res. 08-10-20-06, passed 8-10-2020)