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The City of Walla Walla is committed to the concept of equal employment opportunity as a necessary element of the basic merit principle. This commitment will be supported by positive, practical efforts to ensure equal employment opportunities for minorities, women, and those that may be employment disadvantaged. This commitment extends to all City employment opportunities including promotional opportunities for current City employees at all job levels and professional development and training opportunities.
The existence of these guidelines, however, should not be construed as an admission either in whole or in part that the City of Walla Walla has engaged in any activity whereby minorities or women have been or are presently being underutilized, concentrated, or discriminated against in any way in violation of federal, state, or local fair employment practice laws.
The City will not discriminate in its human resource practices. Employment decisions, including hiring, promotions and training, will be made without regard race, color, national origin, age, disability, religion, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex unless based upon bona fide occupational qualification. The City will maintain non-segregated and non-discriminatory facilities. All personnel actions and programs including but not limited to compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, recalls, company-sponsored training, education, tuition assistance, and social and recreational programs will be administered in a nondiscriminatory manner with respect to minorities and women, provided the individual is qualified to perform the work available.
The use of goals and timetable by the Employer shall not discriminate against an individual, or group of individuals, with respect to any employment opportunity for which he, she, or they are qualified on the grounds that he, she, or they are not the beneficiaries of affirmative action themselves since the City of Walla Walla does not sanction the discriminatory treatment of any person. All targets that the City of Walla Walla has established shall not be considered rigid, inflexible quotas but rather reasonable objectives to be achieved in good faith.