[Amended 7-15-1985 by Ord. No. 85-21]
Equal employment opportunity shall be afforded
to Township employees and applicants for employment regardless of
race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran
status, or the presence of a non-job-related medical condition or
handicap. This shall apply to recruitment, hiring, promotion, training,
compensation, transfers, layoffs, terminations and benefits.
A.
Affirmative action. The Township of Bridgewater endorses
without qualification the national and state policy of equal employment
opportunity and nondiscrimination in the provision of services to
the public. Through this affirmative action plan, the Township reaffirms
its policy to make all decisions with regard to recruitment, hiring,
promotions and all other terms and conditions of employment without
discrimination on grounds of race, color, creed or religion, sex,
national origin, age, physical or mental handicap, military status,
marital status or other factors prohibited by law. Further, the Township
commits itself to the program of affirmative action set forth herein,
by which:
(1)
The underutilization, if any, of minorities and women
in major job classifications is determined.
(2)
The specific causes of such underutilization are identified
and, if found to exist, will be eliminated to the greatest extent
possible.
(3)
Employment practices the impact of which may have
been unlawfully discriminatory are eliminated to the greatest extent
possible.
(4)
Special recruitment efforts are undertaken to assure
that minorities and women come to be represented in all major job
classifications in proportions consistent as nearly as possible to
the relevant labor market.
(5)
Goals and timetables are to be established as projections
of the results of such affirmative action.
(6)
Organizational structures and monitoring systems are
established to assure effective operation of the program over time,
achievements of its goal and modification as necessary or desirable
to that end.
(7)
The Township reaffirms a strict policy of nondiscrimination
on the basis of minority status, sex or other impermissible grounds
in the provision of all services provided to the public.
(8)
The Township assures that equal employment opportunities
and the provisions of any and all public services are administered
in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, on behalf of any
qualified handicapped person.
(9)
Provision of equal employment in all public services
in a nondiscriminatory manner to qualified disabled veterans and veterans
of the Vietnam era.
(10)
The Township will not tolerate any behavior or verbal
or physical conduct by any administrator, supervisor or staff member
which constitutes sexual harassment of any employee.
B.
Just and equitable incentives and conditions shall
be established and maintained in order to promote efficiency and economy
in the operation of the Township government.
C.
Appointments, promotions and other personnel actions
requiring the application of the merit principle shall be based on
systematic, uniformly administered tests where applicable and evaluations
of skills and performance.
D.
Every effort shall be made to stimulate and improve
employee satisfaction and motivation by fair administration of this
policy and by consideration of the rights and interests of employees
consistent with the best interests of the public and the Township.
E.
Continuity of employment with the Township shall be
subject to good behavior, satisfactory performance, necessity for
the performance of work and the availability of funds.
F.
Employment opportunities in the Township government
shall be posted on the public bulletin board and advertised in the
official Township newspaper and may be advertised in appropriate professional
journals. Qualified Township employees shall have preference in being
considered for said positions; provided, however, that they have completed
six months of satisfactory service with the Township.
B.
The Mayor may remove any department director pursuant
to the provisions of state statute.
C.
Each department director shall appoint, promote and
remove subordinate officers within his/her department, subject to
the ratification of the Mayor and/or the Township Administrator pursuant
to the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 1-22-1998 by Ord. No. 98-3; 4-20-2015 by Ord. No.
15-13]
