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EFFECTIVE DATES AND POLICY STATEMENT

EFFECTIVE DATES:

• Equal Employment Opportunity Plan Effective Date: Summer, 1999
• Equal Employment Opportunity Plan Duration: Summer, 2004
• Annual updates of the Equal Employment Opportunity Plan will be conducted throughout its duration.

POLICY STATEMENT:
It is the policy of Lane County to provide fair and equal employment opportunity to all qualified men and women within its workforce, and to prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, socio-economic, or marital status.

Lane County is committed to ensuring an inclusive, diverse workforce that is reflective of the community it serves. The County’s Diversity Implementation Plan enacted in 1995 and this Equal Employment Opportunity Plan provide the foundation for this commitment.

Lane County’s fair and equal employment opportunity policy includes, but is not limited to: 1) nondiscriminatory recruitment, screening, testing, hiring, training, promoting of persons in all job categories; 2) employment decisions that are based on Lane County’s commitment to equal employment opportunity; 3) ensuring that promotion decisions are in accord with the principles of equal employment opportunity by imposing only valid requirements for promotional opportunity; 4) ensuring that all personnel actions such as; compensation, benefits, transfers, work assignments, layoffs, return from layoff, disciplinary actions, terminations, training, and education are administered in a fair and nondiscriminatory manner; and 5) ensuring affirmative steps are taken to correct under-representation of any protected group within the County’s workforce.

William A. Van Vactor, County Administrator Date