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of this policy includes parent, marital or non -marital domestic spouse, sibling, child and <br />step -child, grandparent, grandchild, parent -in-law, a person for whom the employee is a <br />legal guardian, first cousin, sibling -in-law, son/daughter-in-law, niece/nephew, and <br />aunt/uncle. <br />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 />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 employee <br />has an objective basis in fact to believe violates any State or Federal law or <br />rule regulation adopted pursuant to law and the employee informs the Utilities <br />that the order is being refusedfor 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 />Stat. § 181.172, to choose to disclose their own wages and to discuss another employee's <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 <br />to any other person any wage information regarding other employees of the Utilities that <br />10 <br />June 2023 <br />61847929v4 <br />