General Program Management Policies and Procedures
Memorandum #01-02
Memorandum #01-02
To: All Subrecipients
Subject: Equal Employment Opportunity
Effective Date: November 4, 2001
The Snohomish County Workforce Development Council (WDC), all its subrecipients, and all WorkSource Snohomish County partners must assure that they will comply fully with the Washington State Methods of Administration and the nondiscrimination and equal opportunity provisions of the following laws in the treatment of applicants for WorkSource Snohomish County services, WorkSource Snohomish County program participants, applicants for employment, and employees:
- Section 188 of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) which prohibits discrimination against all individuals in the United States on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation or belief, and against beneficiaries on the basis of either citizenship/status as a lawfully admitted immigrant authorized to work in the United States or participation in any WIA Title I-financially assisted program or activity;
- Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin;
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, which prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities;
- The Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs.
The WDC, its subrecipients, and WorkSource Snohomish County partners also assure that they will comply with 29 CFR Part 37 and all other regulations implementing the laws listed above. This assurance applies to the subrecipients' and other WorkSource Snohomish County partners provision of any and all WorkSource Snohomish County services and to all agreements any subrecipient or WorkSource Snohomish County partner makes to carry out WorkSource Snohomish County program(s) or activity(ies). The United States has the right to seek judicial enforcement of this assurance which has been or will be incorporated into the Operations Plan, the Memorandum of Understanding, and each Basic Contract between the WDC and its subrecipients by December 31, 2001.
Each WorkSource Snohomish County site will have the poster entitled We Believe in Equal Opportunity prominently displayed, will provide Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title I-B and Welfare to Work program participants with the attached Equal Opportunity is the Law document, and will obtain a signature verifying receipt of the Equal Opportunity is the Law on the Intake/Orientation Documentation, also attached, from every applicant for WIA Title I-B or Welfare to Work program services prior to registration.