HM Pacific Northwest Inc. 5/18/2023

i 1 j. Encourage present minority and female employees to recruit other minority 2 persons and women and where reasonable, provide after school, summer 3 and vacation employment to minority and female youth both on the site and 4 in other areas of a Contractor's work force. I 5 6 k. Validate all tests and other selection requirements where there is an 7 obligation to do so under 41 CFR Part 60-3. I 8 9 I. Conduct, at least annually, an inventory and evaluation of all minority and 10 female personnel for promotional opportunities and encourage these 11 employees to seek or to prepare for, through appropriate training, etc., such 12 opportunities. 13 I 14 m. Ensure that seniority practices, job classifications, work assignments and 15 other personnel practices, do not have a discriminatory effect by continually 16 monitoring all personnel and employment related activities to ensure that 17 the EEO policy and the Contractor's obligations under these specifications I 18 are being carried out. 19 20 n. Ensure that all facilities and company activities are nonsegregated except I 21 that separate or single-user toilet and necessary changing facilities shall be 22 provided to assure privacy between the sexes. 23 I 24 o. Document and maintain a record of all solicitations of offers for subcontracts 25 from minority and female construction contractors and suppliers, including 26 circulation of solicitations to minority and female contractor associations I 27 and other business associations. 28 29 p. Conduct a review, at least annually, of all supervisors' adherence to and 30 performance under the Contractor's EEO policies and affirmative action 31 obligations. 32 33 8. Contractors are encouraged to participate in voluntary associations which assist in I 34 fulfilling one or more of their affirmative action obligations (7a through 7p). The efforts 35 of a contractor association, joint contractor-union, contractor-community, or other 36 similar group of which the Contractor is a member and participant, may be asserted I 37 as fulfilling any one or more of the obligations under 7a through 7p of this Special 38 Provision provided that the Contractor actively participates in the group, makes every 39 effort to assure that the group has a positive impact on the employment of minorities I 40 and women in the industry, ensure that the concrete benefits of the program are 41 reflected in the Contractor's minority and female work-force participation, makes a 42 good faith effort to meet its individual goals and timetables, and can provide access I 43 to documentation which demonstrate the effectiveness of actions taken on behalf of 44 the Contractor. The obligation to comply, however, is the Contractor's and failure of 45 such a group to fulfill an obligation shall not be a defense for the Contractor's 46 noncompliance. I47 48 9. A single goal for minorities and a separate single goal for women have been 49 established. The Contractor, however, is required to provide equal employment I 50 opportunity and to take affirmative action for all minority groups, both male and 51 female, and all women, both minority and non-minority. Consequently,the Contractor I 2023 FEDERAL OVERLAY FEDERAL AID#STBGUL-2715(011) IWO#3788 March 2,2023 SP-27