15 Alaska Admin. Code § 154.755

Current through October 17, 2024

Section 15 AAC 154.755 - Equal opportunity

(a) The benefits of the grant project shall be made available to all qualified persons without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, physical disability, sex, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy or parenthood.

(b) The grantee may not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, national origin, age, physical disability, sex, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy or parenthood. The grantee shall post in conspicuous places, accessible to employees and applicants for employment, at the location of the grantee's grant project, notices setting out the provisions of AS 18.80.220.

(c) The grantee shall state, in solicitations or advertisements for employees to work on a grant project, that the grantee is an equal opportunity employer and that all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, physical disability, sex, or marital status.

(d) The grantee shall send to each labor union or representative of workers with which the grantee has a collective bargaining agreement or other contract or understanding, a notice advising the labor union or workers' representative of the grantee's commitments to equal employment opportunity and shall post copies of the notice in conspicuous places accessible to employees and applicants for employment, at the location of the grantee's grant project.

(e) The grantee shall include the requirements of this section in the grantee's contracts and shall require compliance with these provisions in contracts entered into by its subcontractors.

(f) The grantee shall promptly comply with the directives of any state agency having jurisdiction over compliance with federal or state laws and regulations relating to the prevention of discriminatory employment practices.

15 AAC 154.755

Eff. 6/11/96, Register 139

With Register 179, October 2006 and under the authority of AS 44.62.125, the regulations attorney changed obsolete terminology concerning persons with disabilities in conformity with ch. 25, SLA 2006.

Authority:AS 18.55.100

AS 18.56.088