145.01.10 MERIT SYSTEM.
   In the application of the merit system, employees and applicants shall be evaluated solely on merit without regard to race, sex, religion, disability, national origin, or any factor precluded by applicable law.
   These policies and procedures provide for the recruitment, selection, training, evaluation and retention of the best employee for each position in the Village of North Kingsville. They provide for the orderly establishment of procedures for personnel administration which are consistent with the following merit principles;
   (a)    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;
   (b)    Establishing pay rates consistent with the principle of providing comparable pay for comparable work;
   (c)    Training employees, as needed, to assure high quality performance;
   (d)    Retaining employees on the basis of their satisfactory performance; correcting unsatisfactory performance and separating employees whose unsatisfactory performance cannot be corrected;
   (e)    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, or religion;
   (f)    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.
      (Ord. O-03-018. Passed 5-21-03.)