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Derby council approves annual updates to personnel policy manual, adds veteran preference and whistleblower protections
Summary
The Derby City Council voted 6-0 to adopt multiple updates to the city's personnel policy manual, adding a veterans'preference policy, a whistleblower protection provision to reflect new state law, and changes to drug-and-alcohol testing, leave conversions and outside-employment rules.
Derby City Council on Sept. 23 approved a package of updates to the city's personnel policy manual that city staff said align internal practice with state and federal law and reflect employee feedback.
City Human Resources Director Ginny Turner told the council the annual update consolidates routine clarifications, new legal requirements and suggestions from the City Employee Advisory Committee and management team. "These are made to meet the needs of the organization as those change, to comply with federal and state law," Turner said.
Among the changes the council approved:…
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