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12,9-2011 -------- f tiddd: o"Q 27. NON - DISCRIMINATION POLICY Generah The City of Centerville is committed to a policy of non- discrimination with regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, public assistance status, or disability. Definition: Discrimination is defined as any overt or covert behavior that excludes access to, admission to, full utilization of, of benefit from any public service because of race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, age, public assistance status, or disability. Discipline: Employees who participate in discrimination of any kind are subject to discipline, up to and including termination. Policy: In keeping with the City's commitment and the requirements of the law, the City and staff will strive to remove any discrimination in the treatment of customers, employment, assignment and promotion of personnel, training programs, services and opportunities offered to citizens and staff location and use of facilities, and in verbal and written communications. Complaint Procedure: Employees can bring complaints, ask questions, and raise concerns under this policy without fear of reprisal. (A) An Employee who believes he /she has been made the subject of any discrimination or who believes he /she has witnessed discrimination should report the incident immediately to his /her supervisor. The employee's supervisor shall then immediately notify the City Administrator about the complaint. (B) If the contact with the immediate supervisor does not prove effective, or if the problem is with the supervisor, the Employee may at his /her own discretion, by -pass the immediate supervisor and submit a written complaint directly to the City Administrator. (C) An Employee should report the complaint in writing, detailing the nature of the complaint and all events leading up to the situation prompting the complaint. I!at any witnesses to the event, the time, date and place of the alleged violation, and any other information that may be pertinent to the complaint. 28. SAVINGS CLAUSE This policy is subject to the laws of the United States and the State of Minnesota; in the event that any provision shall be held to be contrary to law by a court of competent jurisdiction from whose final judgment or decree no appeal has been taken within the time provided, such provision shall be void. All other provisions of the policy shall continue and remain in full force and effect. .....____.__ --------------------------------- .... ... _.....______... f Deleted: 12-09,2009 Page 47 of 51 Adopted .2011