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9. 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 />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. <br />employee has an objective basis in fact to believe violates any State or Federal <br />law or rule regulation adopted pursuant to law and the employee informs the <br />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 or Director who receives a report under this policy <br />is required to communicate the matter to the Human Resources Representative <br />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 of <br />any person to the continued protection of confidentiality or communications provided by <br />common law. <br />10. WAGE INFORMATION <br />Employees working for the Utilities, or living, in Minnesota have the right, under Minn. <br />wages that have been voluntarily disclosed by that employee. In addition, regardless of <br />location, employees who are not managers or supervisors also have these rights. An <br />employee does not, however, have the right to disclose to a competitor of the Utilities or to <br />any other person any wage information regarding other employees of the Utilities that he or <br />she has learned in the course of performing job duties that involve access to confidential <br />and private information about employees. <br />The Utilities shall not require an employee to agree to give up his or her wage disclosure <br />rights as a condition of employment, to sign any document that purports to deny an <br />10 <br />August 2018 <br />January 2020 <br />83 <br />