§ 5-6-8. EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.

This chapter does not supersede Chapter 5-3 (Discrimination in Employment Generally), but provides further coverage and clarification on employment practices as they relate to people with disabilities.

(A)

No qualified person shall, on the basis of disability be subjected to discrimination in employment under any program or activity operated by or contracted for the City.

(B)

The City and its contractors shall take positive steps to employ and advance in employment qualified people with disabilities. These steps shall include, but not be limited to, modifying existing affirmative action programs to recruit, hire and promote qualified people with disabilities through the establishment of measurable goals.

(C)

The City and its contractors shall not limit, segregate, or classify applicants, or employees in any way that adversely affects their opportunities or status because of their disabilities.

(D)

The City will not participate in a contractual or other relationship that has the effect of subjecting qualified disabled applicants or employees to discrimination. The relationships referred to in this subsection include relationships with employment and referral agencies, with labor unions, with organizations providing or administering fringe benefits to employees of the City, and with organizations providing training and apprenticeship programs.

(E)

Specific activities to which this chapter apply are:

(1)

recruitment, advertising, and the processing of applications for employment;

(2)

hiring, upgrading, promotion, award of tenure, demotion, transfer, layoff, termination, right of return from layoff, and rehiring;

(3)

rates of pay or any other form of compensation and changes in compensation;

(4)

job assignments, job classifications, organizational structures, position descriptions, lines of progression, and seniority lists;

(5)

leaves of absence, sick leave, or any other leave.

(6)

fringe benefits available by virtue of employment;

(7)

selection and financial support for training, including apprenticeship, professional meetings, conferences, and other related activities, and selection for leaves of absence to pursue training;

(8)

employer sponsored activities, including social or recreational programs; and

(9)

any other term, condition, or privilege of employment.

Source: 1992 Code Section 7-6-8; Ord. 031106-12; Ord. 031211-11.