(a) It shall be unlawful for any department of the City or any City official, his or her agent or employee, for or on behalf of the City, to refuse to employ or to discharge any person, otherwise qualified, on account of race, color, creed, national origin or ancestry; to discriminate for the same reasons in regard to tenure, terms or conditions of employment; to deny a promotion or an increase in compensation solely for the same reasons; to publish an offer of employment based on the same reasons; to adopt or enforce any rule or employment policy which discriminates between employees on account of the same reasons; to seek such information as to any employee as a condition of employment; or to penalize any employee or discriminate in the selection of personnel for training, solely on the basis of the same reasons.
(b) All contracting agencies of the City, or any department thereof, shall include in all contracts hereafter negotiated or renegotiated by them a provision obligating the contractor not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, creed, national origin or ancestry, and shall require him or her to include a similar provision in all sub-contracts.
(c) All purchase orders of the City, or any department thereof, shall include a provision that the vendor does not and will not discriminate against any of its employees or applicants for employment because of race, color, creed, national origin or ancestry.
(d) In the event that any contracting agency or vendor shall so discriminate, the City shall have the right to cancel any contract or revoke any purchase order with any contractor or vendor guilty of discrimination.
(Ord. 97-19. Passed 4-21-97.)