[Ord. No. 10516, 9-20-2018; Ord. No. 10776, 10-6-2022; Ord. No. 10803, 4-20-2023]
The City stands committed to fulfilling its obligations under
the Americans With Disabilities Act and all other applicable State
and Federal statutes governing the workplace. It is the policy of
the City to hire, train, promote, compensate, and administer all employment
practices without regard to a disability unrelated to the ability
to perform a job with or without reasonable accommodation. Discrimination
against job applicants or employees because they are disabled is prohibited
and will not be tolerated.
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GUIDELINES
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When dealing with situations involving job applicants or employees
with a disability, the City will endeavor to follow these guidelines:
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It is against the policy of the City to discriminate against
qualified individuals with disabilities who, with or without reasonable
accommodation, can perform the essential functions of a job.
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The City is committed to ensuring that qualified individuals
with a disability are not discriminated against in applying for employment
and once such individuals have been employed in the workplace. It
is the policy of the City, where possible and readily achievable,
to make existing facilities used by employees readily accessible to
and usable by individuals with disabilities. However, there may be
instances where the City is not aware that an employee has a disability
which might impact on an aspect of his or her employment or whether
an existing facility is accessible to and usable by individuals with
disabilities. It is incumbent upon any job applicant or employee to
alert the City or his or her Supervisor as to the existence of a disability
which the job applicant or employee believes needs to be accommodated
so that he or she will enjoy and be afforded equal employment opportunity
in the workplace.
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An individual may be considered disabled if he or she has a
physical or mental impairment and the impairment substantially limits
one or more of the individual's major activities in life, has a record
or history of such an impairment, or is perceived as having such an
impairment. The City is committed to making reasonable accommodations
in job duties, the work environment, and the application process to
enable a qualified person with a disability to enjoy equal employment
opportunities, so long as such accommodations do not constitute an
undue hardship.
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At the same time, the City also has an obligation to provide
a safe work environment for all employees and customers. Reasonable
precautions will be taken to ensure that an employee's disability,
or any attempted reasonable accommodations thereto, do not present
a direct threat to the health and/or safety of the individual employee
with a disability or to others.
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PROCEDURAL CHANNELS
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The employee should advise his or her Supervisor of the existence
of a disability which the employee believes needs to be accommodated
so that he or she will have equal employment opportunities in the
workplace. The City will attempt to work with the employee to determine
if the employee's disability can be reasonably accommodated. Employees
also should advise their Department Head, the Chief Administrative
Officer or Assistant Chief Administrative Officer of any facilities
which they believe need to be made accessible and usable by individuals
with disabilities. In addition, the employee may contact his or her
Supervisor, Department Head, Chief Administrative Officer or Assistant
Chief Administrative Officer if he or she believes that he or she
has been discriminated against by reason of a disability. Any complaint
of disability discrimination shall be investigated and treated in
a confidential manner to the extent reasonable. If the investigation
leads to a determination that the charges are true, corrective action
will be taken immediately.
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