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M:\MasterFiles\1999 thru 2010\2000\City Council\Council Packets\09-11-00\Item 07D--Res 5468, Affirmative Action--Givonna Reed.doc <br /> 24 <br />AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLAN FOR DISABLED INDIVIDUALS <br /> <br />1. Disabled Individual Affirmative Action Clause. The City of Mounds View shall not <br /> discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of <br /> physical or mental disability with regard to any position for which the employee or <br /> applicant for employment is qualified. The City of Mounds View agrees to take <br /> affirmative action to employ, advance in employment, and otherwise treat <br /> qualified disabled individuals without discrimination based upon their physical or <br /> mental disability in all employment practices such as the following: employment, <br /> promotion, demotion or transfer, recruitment, advertising, layoff or termination, <br /> rates of pay or other forms of compensation and training. <br /> <br />The City of Mounds View agrees to comply with the rules and relevant <br />orders of the Minnesota Department of Human Rights issued pursuant to <br />the Minnesota Human Rights Act. The City of Mounds View agrees to <br />post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for <br />employment, notices in a form to be prescribed by the Commissioner of <br />the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. Such notices shall state the <br />City of Mounds View's obligation under the law to take affirmative action to <br />employ and advance in employment qualified disabled employees and <br />applicants for employment and the rights of these applicants and <br />employees. <br /> <br />The City of Mounds View shall notify each labor union or representative of <br />workers with which it has a collective bargaining agreement or other <br />contract understanding, that the City is bound by the terms of the <br />Minnesota Human Rights Act and is committed to taking affirmative action <br />to employ and advance in employment physically and mentally challenged <br />individuals. <br /> <br />2. Schedule for Review. The City of Mounds View will review all physical <br />and mental job requirements to the extent that these requirements tend to <br />screen out qualified disabled individuals. It will be determined whether <br />these requirements are job related, and consistent with business necessity <br />and the safe performance of the job. These requirements will be reviewed <br />when positions become available.