(a) Each Contractor shall be eligible for a certificate of employment compliance required under Section 187.07 when the Administrator, from the required submittals and other information supplied by the Contractor, determines that the Contractor is complying with this Code and the Regulations.
(b) Each Contractor shall submit to the Administrator and implement a written affirmative action program containing the components required under division (c) of Section 187.15. When the Administrator is satisfied that the Contractor has complied with the Code and its regulations, the Administrator shall issue a written “certificate of employment compliance.”
(c) Immediately upon a finding that sixty (60) days after entering into a Contract, a Contractor has no affirmative action program, has deviated substantially from an approved affirmative action program, or has Discriminated against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, Disability, ethnic group or Vietnam-era or disabled veteran status, the Administrator shall proceed according to division (f) of Section 187.17. Anything in the foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, the Director shall not impose sanctions or remedial action against a Contractor solely because the Contractor fails to achieve the established placement goals.
(d) By notice in writing to the Director and the Clerk of Council, the Mayor may waive compliance with the employment goals established under division (c) of Section 187.15 with respect to a specific Contractor seeking the award of a specific Contract when, in the Mayor’s sole judgment, the action is necessary in the best interests of the City and its citizens.
(Ord. No. 1445-13. Passed 11-17-14, eff. 11-19-14)