Equal Employment Opportunity
The City is proud of our commitment to equal employment opportunity for all qualified job candidates and employees and ask that all employees support diversity in the workplace. To this end, no job applicant or employee will be unlawfully discriminated against or harassed because of race, color, religion, ancestry, citizenship status, gender, childbirth, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, age, national origin, disability, military status, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Any violations of this policy should be brought to management’s attention immediately, so the City can investigate and remedy the situation as appropriate. Employees and applicants shall not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion or discrimination because they have engaged or may engage in any of the following activities:
a) Filing a complaint;
b) Assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing or other activity related to the administration of the affirmative action provisions of the Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended (“VEVRAA”), Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Section 503”) or any other federal, state or local law requiring equal opportunity for special disabled veterans or veterans of the Vietnam era or workers with disabilities or any other state or federal law prohibiting discrimination;
c) Opposing any act or practice made unlawful by any federal, state or local law pertaining to equal employment opportunity; or
d) Exercising any other right protected by any federal, state or local law pertaining to equal employment opportunity.
e) Application for employment (for applicants)
f) Requesting an accommodation
The City of Winchester is an at-will employer. The city has the right to discipline up to and including termination of employment at any time with or without cause.
The City has adopted Tennessee’s Department of Labor “Drug Free Workplace Program” pursuant to T.C.A. Section 50-9-100 et. seq. The State of Tennessee may revise its policy at any time with or without notice.