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and Subcontractors on Public Building or Public Work Financed in Whole or Part <br />by Loans or Grants from the United States ".) The Act provides that each <br />contractor or sub - recipient shall be prohibited from inducing, by any means, any <br />person employed in the construction, completion, or repair of public work, to give <br />up any part of the compensation to which he is otherwise entitled. The recipient <br />shall report all suspected or reported violations to the Federal - awarding agency. <br />9) It will comply with E.O. 11246, "Equal Employment Opportunity ", as amended by <br />E.O. 11375, "Amending Executive Order 11246 Relating to Equal Employment <br />Opportunity ", and as supplemented by regulations at 41 CFR part 60, "Office of <br />Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Equal Employment Opportunity, <br />Department of Labor." <br />10) It will comply with WIOA regarding testing and sanctioning for the use of <br />controlled substances. <br />11) It will comply with all Assurances agreed to in the Contract (Funding) Application, <br />which are made a part of these Assurances and Certifications by references. <br />12) Provisions have been made to ensure no funds are used to develop or implement <br />education curricula for school systems in the state. <br />13) Provisions have been made to prohibit the use of funds for (1) employment <br />generating activities, economic development activities and similar activities that are <br />not directly related to training for eligible individuals, and (2) foreign travel. <br />14) It will comply with the Davis -Bacon Act per the OMB Circular A 110 Revised, <br />Appendix A. <br />15) Whistleblower Policy: Each Contractor will have a Whistleblower Policy that <br />requires employees, officers, and directors to practice honesty and integrity in <br />fulfilling their responsibilities and to comply with all applicable laws and <br />regulations. Such Policy must encourage and enable employees and others to raise <br />serious concerns about financial irregularities within the Agency, without fear of <br />harassment, adverse employment consequences, or retaliation, prior to seeking <br />resolution from outside sources. <br />16) Drug -Free Workplace requirement, WIOA states that general fiscal and <br />administrative rules that apply to the use of WIOA title 1 funds include: (d) <br />Government -wide debarment and suspension, and government -wide drug -free <br />workplace requirements. All WIOA Title I grant recipients and sub - recipients must <br />comply with the government -wide requirements for debarment and suspension, and <br />the government -wide requirements for a drug -free workplace: <br />a) The purpose is to carry out the Drug -Free Workplace Act of 1988 by requiring <br />that: <br />(1) A grantee other than an individual shall certify to the agency that it will <br />provide a drug -free workplace; <br />(2) A grantee who is an individual shall certify to the agency that, as a condition <br />of the grant, he or she will not engage in the unlawful manufacture, <br />distribution, dispensing, or possession or use of a controlled substance in <br />conducting any activity with the grant. <br />b) Requirements implementing the Drug -Free Workplace Act of 1988 for <br />contractors with the agency are found in 40 CFR. <br />Regional Partnership Workforce Development Board <br />(Rev. 6/7/17) Page 18 <br />