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R was voluntary or involuntary. • 4. The City Clerk-Administrator is responsible for collecting and maintaining data for the Affirmative Action Plan. K. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLAN FOR DISABLED INDIVIDUALS 1. Disabled Individual Affirmative Action Clause. The City of Mounds View shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of physical or mental disability in regard to any position for which the employee or applicant for employment is qualified. The City of Mounds View agrees to take affirmative action to employ, advance in employment, and otherwise treat qualified disabled individuals without discrimination based upon their physical or mental disability in all employment practices such as the following: employment, promotion, demotion or transfer, recruitment, advertising, layoff or termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and training. The City of Mounds View agrees to comply with the rules and relevant orders of the Minnesota Department of Human Rights issued pursuant to the Minnesota Human Rights Act. The City of Mounds View agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, notices in a form to be prescribed by the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. Such notices shall state the City of Mounds View's obligation under the law to take affirmative action • to employ and advance in employment qualified disabled employees and applicants for employment, and the rights of applicants and employees. The City of Mounds View shall notify each labor union or representative of workers with which it has a collective bargaining agreement or other contract understanding, that the City is bound by the terms of the Minnesota Human Rights Act and is committed to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment physically and mentally challenged individuals. 2. Schedule for Review. The City of Mounds View will review all physical and mental job requirements to the extent that these requirements tend to screen out qualified disabled individuals. It will be determined whether these requirements are job related, and consistent with business necessity and the safe performance of the job. These requirements will be reviewed when the position becomes open. 3. Pre-Employment Medical Exams. The City of Mounds View may require a comprehensive medical exam after a conditional offer has been made to employment. The results of such an examination will not be used to screen out qualified disabled individuals. Information obtained in response to such inquires or examination shall be kept confidential except that (a) supervisors and managers may be informed regarding 15