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516.14 FINDINGS AND ORDERS. (a) If the Commission determines that the respondent has not engaged in a discriminatory practice, the Commission shall state its findings of fact and conclusions of law and shall issue an order dismissing the complaint. A copy of the order shall be delivered to the complainant, the respondent and such public officers and persons as the Commission deems proper. (b) If the Commission determines that the respondent has engaged in a discriminatory practice, the Commission shall state its findings of fact and conclusions of law and shall issue an order requiring the respondent to cease and desist from the discriminatory practice and to take such affirmative action as in the judgment of the Commission will carry out the purposes of this chapter. A copy of the order shall be delivered to the respondent, the complainant and to such public officers and persons as the Commission deems proper. 516.15 REMEDIES. (a) Affirmative action ordered under this section may include, but is not limited to: (1) Hiring, reinstatement or upgrading of employees with or without back pay. Interim earnings or amounts earnable with reasonable diligence by the person or persons discriminated against shall operate to reduce the back pay otherwise allowable; (2) Admission or restoration of individuals to union membership, admission to or participation in, a guidance program, apprenticeship, training program, on-the-job training program, or other occupational training or retraining program, and the utilization of objective criteria in the admission of individuals to such programs; (3) Admission of individuals to a place of public accommodation; (4) The extension to all individuals of the full and equal enjoyment of the advantages, facilities, privileges and services of the respondent; (5) Reporting as to the manner of compliance; (6) Posting notices in conspicuous places in the respondent's place of business in the form prescribed by the Commission and inclusion of such notices in advertising material; (7) Payment to the complainant of damages for an injury, including humiliation and embarrassment, caused by the discriminatory practice, and costs, including reasonable attorney fees; (8) Payment to the Commission of a $500 fine for each violation. Each day on which a continuing violation occurs shall constitute a new and separate violation of this ordinance. Fines collected pursuant to this section will be used to establish a fund to 16