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1 City of Little Canada Personnel Policy SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION It is the purpose of this personnel policy to establish uniform and equitable procedures that will permit the personnel program of the City of Little Canada (referred to as the “City” throughout) to operate in an efficient fashion. Employees should read this personnel policy and become familiar with the content. This personnel policy is not a contract of employment. It does not promise or guarantee any particular benefit or specific action. Any term and/or condition of employment not specifically established in the personnel policy shall remain solely within the discretion of the City to modify, establish, or eliminate. The City retains the full and unrestricted right to operate and manage all manpower of the workforce, facilities, and equipment; to establish functions and programs; to set and amend budgets; to determine the utilization of technology; to establish and modify the organizational structure; to select, direct and determine the number of personnel; to establish work schedules, and to perform any inherent managerial function not specifically referred to in this personnel policy. Any employee included in a collective bargaining agreement entered into in accordance with the Public Employment Labor Relations Act (Minn. Stat. Sections 179A.01 to 179A.25) shall be exempt from any provision to this personnel policy that is inconsistent with such agreement. No provision of this policy is intended to violate, supersede or conflict with any applicable Federal law or regulation, State statute or local ordinance. In the event of conflict or violation of any such regulation, the offending provision of this chapter will be void, but all remaining provisions will remain in effect. No person shall be discriminated against with reference to City employment in any way forbidden by Federal or State law. Equal Employment Opportunity The City of Little Canada does not discriminate on the basis of disability status in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs or activities. It is the policy of the City to provide reasonable accommodations to the known physical and mental limitations of qualified disabled employees in order for them to perform the essential functions of the job in question. No person shall be discriminated against with reference to City employment in any way forbidden by Federal or State law. The City of Little Canada is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Equal Employment Opportunity is designed to ensure fair and equal treatment for all persons in all employment practices. It is further designed to follow the Minnesota Human Rights Act as it relates to employment and prohibits discriminatory practices in employment because of race (inclusive of traits associated with race, including hair texture and hair styles such as braids, locs, and twists), color, creed, religious or political affiliation or belief, sex (including pregnancy or childbirth and related disabilities, national origin, gender (including gender identity, gender nonconformity and status as a transgender individual), marital status, familial status, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, public assistance, disability, age membership or activity in a city or county agency that addresses discrimination based on protected characteristics under the Minnesota Human Right Act and sexual orientation or preference. Additionally, no person shall be employed, promoted, demoted, or discharged by the City or discriminated against because of the exercise of rights under provisions of the Public Employment Labor Relations Act, Minn. Stat. 179A.01 to 179A.25.