It is the policy of the Town to foster, maintain,
and promote equal employment opportunity. The Town shall select employees
on the basis of an applicant's qualifications for the job and reward
them, with respect to compensation and opportunity for training and
advancement, without regard to age, sex, race, color, religion, political
affiliation, or national origin. Applicants with physical handicaps
shall be given equal consideration with other applicants for positions
in which their physical handicaps do not represent an unreasonable
barrier to satisfactory performance of duties or to the safety of
co-workers.
A.
All personnel responsible for recruitment and employment
shall continue to review regularly the implementation of this policy
and relevant practices to assure that equal employment opportunity
based on reasonable performance-related job requirements are being
actively observed. This will ensure that no employee or applicant
for employment shall suffer discrimination based on age, sex, race,
color, creed, religion, national origin or physical handicap. Notices
with regard to equal employment matters shall be posted in conspicuous
places on Town government premises in places where polices are ordinarily
posted.
B.
Sections in this article pertaining to equal employment
opportunity (EEO) shall be coordinated with the policies and procedures
outlined in the Town's Affirmative Action Program and Equal Employment
Opportunity Policy, which was adopted in September of 1977. When conflicts
arise between this article and the Affirmative Action Program, the
stricter policy shall prevail.
