Equal Opportunity Statement
The Company is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the Company to comply with all federal, state and local equal employment opportunity regulations and laws, not only because compliance is required but also because we have a corporate desire to do so.
The Company is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees according to all applicable equal opportunity, directives and regulations of federal, state, and local governing bodies and agencies. In keeping with this commitment, the Company’s continuing policy is to recruit, hire, train and promote all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family or marital status, religion, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and testing, citizenship, national origin, ancestry, off-duty tobacco use, expunged arrest or conviction records, protective order status, or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy of equal opportunity encompasses all material terms and conditions of the employment relationship and prohibits harassment based on any of the protected characteristics. See the Company’s Equal Employment Opportunity Policies Prohibiting Unlawful Discrimination and Harassment, starting on page 25 of this Handbook.
The Company, as part of its commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity, adheres to all city, state and federal laws with respect to Equal Employment Opportunity. The Company, therefore, will base all of its employment decisions on job-related standards and its commitment to equal employment opportunity (EEO). The Company will ensure that promotion decisions are made in accordance with the principles of EEO by imposing only valid requirements for promotional opportunities. The Company will also ensure that all other human resource matters such as compensation, benefits, transfers, disciplinary actions, termination of employment, layoffs, return from layoff, company-sponsored training, education, tuition assistance and social and recreational programs are administered without regard to an employee’s protected characteristics or status as described above.