Equal Employment/Affirmative Action
Equal Employment Opportunity & Affirmative Action Policy Statement
It is the policy of the Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (JSA) and the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) to maintain a firm commitment to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. To ensure that this commitment is carried out in practice, JSA/Jefferson Lab shall:
- Administer all personnel actions including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, compensating, providing benefits, recreational activities and facilities, transferring, promoting, laying off, recalling, approving professional and educational activities, and developing and interpreting policies without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, and within the limits imposed by law, citizenship.
- Ensure the furtherance of the principles of equal employment opportunity by basing all personnel decisions, which affect employees or employment applicants, on only valid and necessary criteria.
- Provide a work environment that is free of harassment, intimidation, or coercion for all employees regardless of race, color, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, or veteran status.
- Seek out and employ disabled veterans and other disabled persons and veterans of the Vietnam-era; and provide all disabled employees with necessary and reasonable accommodations.
- Strive, through outreach efforts, to overcome any identified underutilization of females and minorities.
The Chief Operating Officer is the Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Officer for JSA/Jefferson Lab. The Chief Operating Officer is assisted by the Human Resources Manager, who holds overall responsibility for monitoring all personnel actions within the organization for compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action policies and the Affirmative Action Plan. The Employment Manager is designated as the Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Coordinator and is responsible for preparing the Affirmation Action Plan and coordinating actions designed to meet the goals and objectives of the Plan with Associate Directors/Office Heads, managers, and supervisors.
In order to ensure that the Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action policy is fully implemented within the spirit and in the interest of governing laws and regulations, we expect all Associate Directors/Office Heads, managers and supervisors to: be familiar with, support fully, and assume responsibility for following these policies in all personnel actions; inform employees and applicants of Jefferson Lab's Equal Employment Opportunity Policy; and assist in the identification of problem areas, and establishment of goals for increased minority and female hiring, when these groups are found to be underutilized.
JSA/Jefferson Lab's policy on Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action is included in the Administrative Manual, available on the JLab Intranet. Copies of the Affirmative Action Plans are available in each division office and Human Resources. We encourage all employees to become familiar with the contents of these documents and to participate actively in furthering the JSA/Jefferson Lab equal opportunity and affirmative action programs.