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Dissemination of Policy: All members of the contractor's staff who are to hire, supervise, promote, and discharge employees, or who
<br />recommend such action, or who are substantially involved in such action, will be made fully cognimnt o~ and will implement, the
<br />contractor's EEO policy and comractuai will be taken as a minimum:
<br />a. Periodic meetings of supervisory and personnel office employees will be conducted before the start of work and then not less
<br />often than once every six months, at which time the contractors EEO policy and its implementation will be reviewed and
<br />explained. The meetings will be conducted by the EEO Officer.
<br />b. All new supervisory or personnel office employees will be given a Urorough indoctrination by the EEO Officer, covering all
<br />major aspects of the contractor's EEO obligations within thirty days following their reporting for duty with the contractor.
<br />c. All personnel who are engaged is direct recruitrneN for the project will be instructed by the EEO Officer in the contractors
<br />procedures for locating and hiring minority goup employees.
<br />d Notices and posters setting forth the contractors EEO policy will be placed in areas readily accessible to employees, applicars
<br />for employment and potential employees.
<br />e. The contractors EEO policy and the procedures to implement such policy will be brought to the attention of employees by
<br />means ofineetings, employee handbooks, or other appropriate means.
<br />Itecraitment: When advertising for employees, the contractor will include in all advertisements for employees the notation: "An
<br />Equal Opportunity Employer." All such advertisements will be placed in publications having a large circlilation among minority groups
<br />in the area from which the project work force would normally be derived
<br />a_ The contrailor will, unless precluded by a valid bargaining agreement, conduct systematic and direct recxuitment through
<br />public and private employee referral sources likely to yield qualified minority group applicants. To med. this requirement, the
<br />contractor will identity sources of potential minority group employees, and establish with such identified sources procedures
<br />whereby minority goup applicants may be referred to the contractor for employment consideration.
<br />b. In the evert the contractor has a valid bargaining ageemerrt providing for exclusive hiring hall referrals, he is expelled to
<br />observe the provisions of that ageement to the extent that the system permits the contractors compliance with EEO contras
<br />provisions. (The DOL has held that where implementation of such ageemcets have the effect of discriminating against
<br />minorities or women, err obligates tbe contractor to do the same, such implementation violates Executive Order 11246, as
<br />amended.)
<br />c. The contrailor will encourage his present employees to refer minority goup applicants for employment Information and
<br />procedures with regard to referring minority goup applica~ will be discussed with employees
<br />Personnel Actioms: Wages, working conditions, and employe benefits shall be established and administered, and personnel actions of
<br />every type, imcluding hiring, upgading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff and termination, shall be taken without regard to race,
<br />color, religion, sex, national origin, age or disability. The following procedures shall be followed:
<br />a. The contractor will conduct periodic inspections of project sites to insure that working conditions and employee facilities do
<br />not indicate discriminatory treatment ofprojed site personnel..
<br />b. The contractor will periodically evaluate the spread of cages paid within each classification to determine any evidence of
<br />discriminatory wage practices.
<br />c. The contractor will periodically review selected personnel actions in depth to ddermine whether there is evidence of
<br />discrtmination. Where evidence is found, the contractor will promptly take corrective action. If the review indicates that the
<br />discrimination may extemd beyond the actions reviewed, such corrective action shall include all affected persons
<br />d The contractor will promptly investigate all complaints of alleged discrimination made to the contractor in connection with his
<br />obligations under this co~ract, will attempt to resolve such complaints, and will take appropriate corrective-action within a
<br />reasonable time. If the investigation indicates that the disrrim;nar;on may affect persons other than the complainant, such
<br />corrective action shall include such other persons Upon completion of each investigation, the contractor will inform every
<br />complainant of all of his avenues of appeal.
<br />Training and Promotion:
<br />a. The contractor will assist in locating, qualifying, and increasing the skills of minority goup and women employees, and
<br />applicants for employment
<br />b. Consistent with the contractors work force requirements and as permissible under Federal and State regulations, the contractor
<br />shall make full use of training programs, i.e., appreaticeslrip, and on-theyob training programs for the geographical area of
<br />contrail perfomrnarrce. Where feasible, 25 percent of apprentices or trainees in each occupation shall be in thew first year of
<br />apprenticeship or training. Ixr the event a special provision for training is provided under this contrail, this subparagraph will
<br />be superseded as indicated in the special provision
<br />c. The contractor will advise employees and applicants for employment mf available training progams and entrance requirements
<br />for each.
<br />d The contractor will periodically review the training and promotion potential of minority goup and women employees and will
<br />encourage eligible employees to apply for such training and promotion.
<br />Unions: )f the contractor relies in whole or in part upon unions as a source of employees, the contractor will use his/her best efforts to
<br />obtain the cooperation of such unions to increase opportunities for minority goups and women within the unions, and to effect referrals
<br />by such unions of minority and female employees. Actions by the contractor either directly or through a contractors association acting
<br />as agent will include the procedures set forth below: .
<br />a. The contractor will use best efforts to develop, in r~operation with the unions, joint training programs aimed toward qualifying
<br />more minority goup members and women for membership in the unions and inQeasing the skills of minority goup employees
<br />and women so that they may qualify for higher paying employment
<br />b. The contractor will use best efforts to incorporate an EEO clause into each union ageement to the ced that such umion will be
<br />contractually bound to refer applicams without regard to their race, celor, religion, sex, national origin, age or disability.
<br />a The contractmr is to obtain information as to the referal practices and policies of the labor union except that to the extemt such
<br />information is within the exclusive possession of the labor union and such labor union refuses to famish such information to
<br />the contractor, the contactor shall so certify to tbe SI3A and shall set forth what efforts have been made to obtain such
<br />information.
<br />d In the eveart the rnrion is unable to provide the contractor with a reasonable flow of minority and women referrals within the
<br />time limit sd forth in the collective harp in~nn ageement, the contractor will, through independent recruitment efforts, fill the
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