HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 85-07RESOLUTION NO. 85-07
ESTABLISHING A POLICY IN REGARD TO EMPLOYMENT OF
RELATIVES WITHIN THE CITY OF LODI CLASSIFIED
SERVICE AND THEREBY RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO.
83-15 PERTAINING THERETO
It is the policy of the City of Lodi not to discriminate in
its employment and personnel actions with respect to its employees,
prospective employees, and applicants on the basis of familial or
marital status. No employee, prospective employee, or applicant
shall be denied employment or benefits of employment on the basis
of his or her familial or marital status. This policy applies to
the selection of persons for a training program leading to
employment in addition to the above -designated persons.
Notwithstanding the above provisions pursuant to Government Code
§12940(3) the City of Lodi reserves the right to reasonably
regulate for reasons of supervisions, safety, security, or morale
the working of spouses and relatives in the same department,
division, or facility.
Further, the Council finds that in the following situations and
pursuant to §12940(3) the following provisions are necessary:
Marital status is defined as an individual's state of
marriage, non -marriage, divorce or dissolution, separation,
widowhood, annulment, or other marital state for the purpose of
this anti -discrimination policy.
Spouse is defined as a partner in marriage as defined in
California Civil Code Section 4100.
Familial status is defined as the state of an individual's
specific relatives working for the City of Lodi and shall include
spouse, child, brother, sister, parent or parent -in-law,
grandparent or grandchild.
The City of Lodi shall prohibit the appointment or
advancement to a position within the City of Lodi of any person or
employee who has the status of marital or familial relationship
with the Lodi City Manager, employee of the Personnel Department,
or employees of the City Manager's office.
Further, the City of Lodi may prohibit the appointment of or
advancement of any person or employee to any position within any
department within the City of Lodi, wherein that person so
appointed or advanced would or may in any manner or form,
supervise, dispatch, or evaluate; or wherein that person would or
may be supervised, dispatched or evaluated by any person within the
same department, where, in either event, there exists a marital or
familial status factor between said persons.
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In the event two persons employed in the same City
department marry each other and would thereby fall within the
prohibitions listed in this Resolution one of such employees shall
be transferred to a comparable position, if any exists, in another
City department.
Resolution No. 83-15 is rescinded upon the adoption of this
Resolution.
DATED: January 16, 1985
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 85-07
was passed and adopted by the City Council
of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting
held January 16, 1985 by the following vote:
Ayes: Council Members - Olson, Hinchman, Reid,
Pinkerton, & Snider
(Mayor)
Noes: Council Members - None
Absent: Council Members - None
Alice M. Reimche
City Clerk
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