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~1_ .__ ___ WHISTLEBLOWERS <br />Pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 181.932, Elk River Municipal Utilities will not discharge, <br />discipline, threaten, or otherwise discriminate against, or penalize an employee regarding <br />the employee's compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment <br />because: <br />a. The employee, or a person acting on behalf of any employee, in good faith, <br />reports a violation or suspected violation of any federal or state law or rule <br />adopted pursuant to law to the Utilities or to any governmental body or law <br />enforcement official; <br />b. The employee is requested by a public body or office to participate in an <br />investigation, hearing, inquiry; or <br />c. The employee refuses the Utilities' order to perform an action that the <br />employee has an objective basis in fact to believe violates any State or <br />Federal law or rule regulation adopted pursuant to law and the employee <br />informs the Utilities that the order is being refused for that reason. <br />The Utilities will make reasonable efforts to preserve as confidential the identity of an <br />employee making a report under this policy to the extent feasible and consistent with <br />applicable law. Any Utilities manager who receives a report under this policy is required <br />to communicate the matter to the Human Resources Representative immediately. <br />Employees shall not make any statements or disclosures pursuant to this section knowing <br />that they are false or that they are in reckless disregard of the truth. This section does not <br />permit disclosures that would violate federal or state law or diminish or impair the right <br />of any person to the continued protection of confidentiality or communications provided <br />by common law. <br />'kl_~ WEAPONS PROHIBITED <br />Elk River Municipal Utilities prohibits all employees from carrying or possessing <br />firearms or other weapons while acting in the course and scope of their employment for <br />the Utilities. Carrying or possessing firearms or weapons in Utilities vehicles is also <br />prohibited. <br />This policy extends to any situation in which employees are acting in the course and <br />scope of their employment including while utilizing personal vehicles or attending work- <br />related training. However, it is not a violation of this policy to lawfully carry a firearm in <br />a personal vehicle that is lawfully encased and secured. Employees may be disciplined <br />for violations of this policy up to and including termination of employment. <br />A narrow exception is made to this policy, which is applicable only in connection with <br />attendance at the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Underground School ("MMUA <br />Underground School") or the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Overhead School ("MMUA <br />8 <br />~ww-~~+Fu <br />u, i,~p,., '~~~ I <br />