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SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION It is the purpose of this personnel policy to establish uniform and equitable procedures which will permit the personnel program of the City of Little Canada to operate in an efficient fashion. Little Canada Code Chapter 209, the former Personnel Ordinance, was repealed as of , and is no longer in effect. 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, 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 policy. 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 employed, promoted, demoted, or discharged by the City or discriminated against because of political opinions or affiliations, race, color, national origin, religion, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance or disability, or because of the exercise of rights under provisions of the Public Employment Labor Relations Act, Minn. Stat. 179A.01 to 179A.25. No person who is between 18 and 70 years of age shall be discriminated against with reference to City employment in any way forbidden by Federal or State law. The City of Little Canada does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped 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 handicapped employees in order for them to perform the essential functions of the job in question. 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, color, creed, religious or political affiliation or belief, national origin, sex, marital status, public assistance, disability, age and sexual preference. 1 Page 33