FAQ Contact Us. Breadcrumb Home. The principle behind EEO is that everyone should have the same access to opportunities in the workplace. Affirmative Action is one aspect of the federal government's efforts to ensure equal employment opportunity for minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. It encompasses:. Affirmative Action is legally mandated for UC Berkeley due to the University's status as a federal contractor.
Members may download one copy of our sample forms and templates for your personal use within your organization. Neither members nor non-members may reproduce such samples in any other way e. Equal employment opportunity EEO means freedom from discrimination on the basis of protected classes such as race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability or genetic information.
Affirmative action plans AAPs define an employer's standard for proactively recruiting, hiring and promoting women, minorities, disabled individuals and veterans. Affirmative action is deemed a moral and social obligation to amend historical wrongs and eliminate the present effects of past discrimination. AAPs include numerical measures with the intent of increasing the representation of minorities.
Federal contractors above certain dollar limits are required to institute AAPs, and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is charged with enforcing contractor affirmative action mandates.
Diversity initiatives are goals devised to measure acceptance of minorities by embracing cultural differences within the workplace. Diversity initiatives are twofold: valuing diversity and managing diversity. California State Proposition prohibits the state from discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.
It does not prohibit action that must be taken to establish or maintain eligibility for any federal program, where ineligibility would result in a loss of federal funds to the state. Its provisions are similar to those of the Regents' Resolution SP Proposition became effective in November University policy prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, physical or mental disability, medical condition cancer-related , ancestry, marital status, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, or status as a Vietnam-era veteran or special disabled veteran.
Consistent with its status as a state and Federal contractor, the University undertakes affirmative action for underutilized minorities and women, for persons with disabilities, and for Vietnam-era and special disabled veterans.
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