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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE:
PRESENTED October 15, 2003
2003-0-17 ADOPTED October 15, 2003
AMENDING THE PERSONNEL MANUAL, SECTION 12. l- 102
WHEREAS, the Town Council recommends amending the Personnel Manual.
THEREFORE, ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as
follows:
Section I. Section 12-1.102. Disclosure of Violations
(a) Reprisal Prohibited.
Neither the Town of Leesburg shall net nor the Town Council shall engage in
reprisal against an employee for disclosing a violation or suspected violation of a
local, state, or federal law. This prohibition against reprisal shall protect both
Town employees and contract employees of the Town Council in cases where the
aforementioned disclosure is made either to another employee of the Town or to a
contract employee of the Town Council or to a member of the Town Council or to
law enforcement authorities, including, but not limited to, any federal law.
enforcement agencies, the offices of the Virginia State Police, the office of
Commonwealth's Attorney, the office of the Sheriff of Loudoun County, the
Leesburg Police Department, or the public or members of the media
(b) Application
An employee of the Town of Leesburg or contract employee of the Leesburg
Town Council who reports or have has indicated an intent to report, such violation
or suspected violations shall be protected by this rule, unless the employee, or
contract employee of the Town Council, knew the report was false. This
protection shall extend to employees, or contract employees of the Town Council,
who participate, or who were known by the Town of Leesburg or the Leesburg
Town Council to have indicated an intent to participate, in an investigation,
hearing or inquiry conducted by a public body or by any law enforcement agency,
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or Leesburg Town Council to have indicated an intent to participate in a court
proceeding.
AN ORDINANCE:
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AMENDING THE PERSONNEL MANUAL, SECTION 12.1-102
Employees of the Town of Leesburg and contract employees of the Town of
Leesburg are encouraged to make timely, good-faith reports of violations or
suspected violations of local, state or federal criminal laws directly to the Office
of the Commonwealth's Attorney or other local, state or federal law enforcement
agencies.
(c) Forms of Reprisal
Reprisal includes such actions as discharge, threats of discipline or arbitrary and
capricious changes in the conditions of employment.
Section II. This ordinance shall be in effect upon its passage.
PASSED this 15th day of October 2003
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