[Adopted 6-20-1994 by Ord. No. 1184 (Ch. 23 of the 1982 Code)]
The municipality will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status or sex. The municipality will take affirmative action to insure that such applicants are recruited and employed, and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status or sex. Such action shall include but not be limited to the following: employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff and termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; in selection for training, including apprenticeship. The municipality agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided by the Borough setting forth provisions of this nondiscriminating clause.
The municipality will, in all solicitations through advertisement for employees placed by or on behalf of the municipality, state that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status or sex.
The municipality will send to each labor union or representative of workers for which it has a collective bargaining agreement or other contract or understanding, a notice to be provided by the agency contracting officer advising the labor union or workers' representative of the municipality's commitment under this act and shall post copies of the notice in conspicuous places available to employees and applicants for employment.
The municipality shall inform in writing the appropriate recruitment agencies in the area, including employment agencies, placement bureaus, colleges, universities, and labor unions that it does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status or sex, and that it will discontinue the use of any recruitment agency which engages in direct or indirect discriminatory practices.
The municipality shall revise any of its testing procedures, if necessary, to assure that all personal testing conforms with the principles of job related testing, as established by the statute and court decisions of the State of New Jersey and as established by applicable federal law and applicable federal court decisions.
The municipality shall review all procedures relating to transfer, upgrading, downgrading, and layoff to insure that all such actions are taken without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status or sex, and conform with the decisions of the State of New Jersey and applicable federal law and applicable federal court decisions.