EEO. Contractor shall comply with the provisions of the NYS Human Rights Law, and all other State and Federal statutory and constitutional non-discrimination provisions. As such, Contractor and its Subcontractors shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed (religion), color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, age, disability, predisposing genetic characteristic, marital status, or domestic violence victim status, and shall also follow the requirements of the Human Rights Law with regard to non-discrimination on the basis of prior criminal conviction and prior arrest. Contractor agrees it is bound by certain provisions of NYS Executive Law Article 15-A and the MWBE Regulations promulgated by DMWBD. If any of the terms or provisions in this section conflict with applicable law or regulations, such laws and regulations shall supersede these requirements. In relation to the Contract, Contractor shall specifically comply with the following EEO provisions of Article 15-A: • Contractor and its Subcontractors shall undertake or continue existing EEO programs to ensure that minority group members and women are afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, or marital status. For these purposes, EEO shall apply in the areas of recruitment, employment, job assignment, promotion, upgrading, demotion, transfer, layoff, or termination and rates of pay or other forms of compensation. • Contractor and Subcontractors shall submit an EEO policy statement to ITS upon request. The EEO policy statement shall include, at minimum, language indicating that the Contractor or Subcontractor: (a) will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of: race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, or marital status; (b) will undertake or continue existing EEO programs to ensure that minority group members and women are afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination; and (c) shall make and document its conscientious and active efforts to employ and utilize minority group members and women in its work force. o shall state in all solicitations or advertisements for employees that, in the performance of the Contract, all qualified applicants will be afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, or marital status. o shall request each employment agency, labor union, or authorized representative of workers with which it has a collective bargaining or other agreement or understanding, to furnish a written statement that such employment agency, labor union, or representative will not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, or marital status, and that such union or representative will affirmatively cooperate in the implementation of the Contractor's obligations herein. The Contractor will include the above three provisions in every Subcontract under the Contract in such a manner that the requirements of the subdivisions will be binding upon each Subcontractor as to work in connection with the Contract. If Contractor and/or any Subcontractor does not have an existing EEO policy statement, they may complete one using the Sample MWBE and EEO Policy Statement form attached to the Contract as an Appendix ("Sample M/WBE and EEO Policy Statement"), or any updated version thereof provided by ITS.
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