(a) The goals referred to in Section 153.01 are established to encourage affirmative action by all parties who participate in contracts with the City and apply to all contractors and subcontractors.
(b) No contractor shall discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, handicap, ancestry, Vietnam-era or disabled veteran status, or sexual orientation. Contractors shall take such affirmative action as is required by law to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, handicap, ancestry, Vietnam-era or disabled veteran status, or sexual orientation. As used herein, "treated" means and includes without limitation the following: recruited whether by advertising or other means; compensated, whether in the form of rates of pay or other forms of compensation; selected for training, including apprenticeship, promoted, upgraded, demoted, transferred, laid off and terminated. Contractors shall post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided by the hiring representatives of contractors setting forth the provisions of this nondiscrimination clause.
(c) Any person who intentionally misrepresents himself/herself as owning, controlling, operating or participating in a MBE or DBE for the purpose of obtaining contracts, subcontracts, or any other benefits under this chapter shall be guilty of theft by deception as provided in Ohio R.C. 2913.02.
(Ord. 90-478. Passed 8-28-90; Ord. 18-24. Passed 1-30-18.)