The following laws and orders require equal employment opportunity and affirmative action:
(A) Executive Order 11246 (as amended by Executive Order 11325). Requires specified contractors and subcontractors using federal funds to prevent discrimination based upon race, religion, color, sex or national origin and to develop and implement written affirmative action programs for their employment policies and practices.
(B) Title VII of the 1964 Federal Civil Rights Act (as amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972). Prohibits private andpublic employers from discriminating on the basis of race, religion, color, sex and national origin with regard to any term, privilege or condition of employment if they have 15 or more employees.
(C) Indiana Civil Rights Law. Prohibits private and public employers from discriminating on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, handicap, national origin and ancestry with regard to any term, condition or privilege of employment if they have six or more employees.
(D) Federal Equal Pay Act of 1963 (as amended). Requires all employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, and others, to provide equal pay for equal work, regardless of sex.
(E) Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (as amended). Prohibits private and public employers with 20 or more employees from discriminating against persons between 40 and 65 years of age on the basis of age. The Discrimination on Account of Age Act prohibits similar discrimination in the state.
(F) Title VI of the 1964 Federal Civil Rights Act. Prohibits recipients of any federal financial assistance from discriminating against, denying benefits of or excluding from participation any person in any program or activity so funded because of their race, color or national origin.
(G) State and Location Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972. Prohibits discrimination on grounds of race, color, national origin and sex with regard to participation in and the benefits of any program or activity funded in whole or in part by revenue sharing.
(H) U.S. Constitution (14th Amendment). Prohibits states from depriving any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law and prohibits states from denying any person within their respective jurisdictions the equal protection of the laws. A similar prohibition appears in the state constitution.
(I) Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Prohibits specified contractors and any recipient of federal assistance from discriminating against or denying benefits to, or excluding from participation in any federally funded program or activity, otherwise qualified individuals because of physical or mental handicaps.
(J) Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Act of 1974. Requires specified contractors to take affirmative action to employ qualified disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.
(Ord. 1978-5, passed - -78)