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y means of meetings, employee handbooks, or other appropriate channels. E. Recruitment 1. In all solicitations and advertisements for employees placed by or on behalf of the Contractor, the Contractor will state that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran’s status, disability, nationality, or sex. All such advertisements will be published in newspapers or other publications having a large circulation among minorities and women in the area from which the project workforce would normally be derived. 2. Unless precluded by a valid bargaining agreement, conduct systematic and direct recruitment through public and private employee referral sources likely to yield qualified minority and women applicants, including, but not limited to state employment agencies, schools, colleges and minority and women organizations. Through their EEO Officer, identify sources of potential minority and women employees, and establish with such identified sources procedures whereby minority and women applicants may be referred to the Contractor for employment consideration. 3. In the event the Contractor has a valid bargaining agreement providing for exclusive hiring hall referrals, he is expected to observe the provisions of that agreement to the extent that the system permits the Contractor’s compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity contract provisions. (The US Department of Labor has held that where implementations of such agreements have the effect of discriminating against minorities or women, or obligates the Contractor to do the same; such implementation violates Executive Order 11246, as amended). 4. In the event that the process of referrals established by such a bargaining agreement fails to provide the Contractor with a sufficient number of minority and women referrals within the time period set forth in such an agreement, the Contractor shall comply with the provisions of “Section I Unions” of this “State Of New Jersey Equal Employment

ferrals within the time period set forth in such an agreement, the Contractor shall comply with the provisions of “Section I Unions” of this “State Of New Jersey Equal Employment Opportunity Special Provisions for Wholly State Funded Projects” Attachment. F. Personnel Actions. Wages, working conditions, and employee benefits shall be established and administered, and personnel actions of every type, including hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, and termination, shall be taken without regard to age, race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veterans’ status, disability, nationality, or sex. The following procedures shall be followed: State Funded Project Attachment 2 – State Of NJ EEO Special Provisions for Wholly State Funded Projects Page 5 of 7

January 2022 June 2017 1. Conduct periodic inspections of project sites to ensure that working conditions and employee facilities do not indicate discriminatory treatment of project site personnel. 2. Periodically evaluate the spread of wages paid within each classification to determine any evidence of discriminatory wage practices. 3. Periodically review selected personnel actions in-depth to determine whether there is evidence of discrimination. Where evidence is found, the Contractor will promptly take corrective action. If the review indicates that the discrimination may extend beyond the actions reviewed, such corrective action shall include all affected persons. 4. Promptly investigate all complaints of alleged discrimination made to the Contractor in connection with his/her obligations under this contract, will attempt to resolve such complaints, and will take appropriate corrective action within a reasonable time. If the investigation indicates that the discrimination may affect persons other than the complainant, such corrective action shall include such other persons. Upon completion of each investigation, the Contractor will inform every complainant of all of their avenues of appeal. G. Training and Promotions. 1. Assist in locating, qualifying, and increasing the skills of minority group and women workers, and applicants for employment. 2. Consistent with the Contractor’s workforce requirements and as permissible under State regulations, make full use of training programs, i.e., apprenticeship, and on-the-job training programs, for the geographical area of contract performance. Where feasible, 25 percent of apprentices or trainees in each occupation shall be in their first year of apprenticeship or training. 3. Advise employees and applicants for employment of available training programs and entrance requirements for each. 4. Periodically review the training and promotion potential of minority group and women workers and encourage eligible employees to apply for such training and promotion. H.

each. 4. Periodically review the training and promotion potential of minority group and women workers and encourage eligible employees to apply for such training and promotion. H. Unions. If the Contractor relies in whole or in part upon unions as a source of employees, the Contractor will use their good faith efforts to obtain the cooperation of such unions to increase opportunities for minority groups and women within the unions, and to effect referrals by such unions of minority and women workers. Actions by the Contractor either directly or through a Contractor’s association acting, as agent will include the procedures set forth below: 1. The Contractor will send to each labor union or representative of workers with which it has a collective bargaining agreement or other contract of understanding, a notice advising the labor union or workers’ representative of the Contractor’s commitments under both the law against discrimination and this contract and shall post copies of the notice in conspicuous places readily accessible to employees and applicants for employment. Further, the notice will request assurance from the union or worker’s representative that such union or worker’s representative will cooperate with the Contractor in complying with the Contractor’s Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action obligations. 2. The Contractor will use their best efforts to develop, in cooperation with the unions, joint training programs aimed toward qualifying more minority group members and women for membership in the unions and increasing the skills of minority group employees and women so that they may qualify for higher paying employment. 3. The Contractor will use their best efforts to incorporate an Equal Employment Opportunity clause into each union agreement to the end that such union will be contractually bound to refer applicants without regard to their age, race, color, creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or nationality. 4. The Contractor is to obtain information as to the referral practices and policies of the labor union except to the

ion, gender identity or expression, disability, or nationality. 4. The Contractor is to obtain information as to the referral practices and policies of the labor union except to the extent that such information is within the exclusive possession of the labor union and such labor unions refuse to furnish this information to the Contractor, certify to the Department and shall set forth what efforts have been made to obtain this information. 5. In the event the union is unable to provide the Contractor with a reasonable flow of minority and women referrals within the time limit set forth in the collective bargaining agreement, the Contractor will, through independent recruitment efforts, fill the employment vacancies without regard to age, race, color, creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, State Funded Project Attachment 2 – State Of NJ EEO Special Provisions for Wholly State Funded Projects Page 6 of 7

January 2022 June 2017 gender identity or expression, disability, or nationality making full efforts to obtain qualified and/or qualifiable minority group persons and women. (The US Department of Labor has held that it shall be no excuse that the union with which the Contractor has a collective bargaining agreement providing for exclusive referral failed to refer minority employees). In the event the union referral practice prevents the Contractor from meeting the obligations pursuant to Executive Order 11246, as amended, and these Special Provisions, such Contractor shall immediately notify the Department. I. Subcontracting. The Contractor will use his best efforts to solicit bids from and to utilize minority group and women subcontractors or subcontractors with meaningful minority group and women representation among their employees. Contractors may use lists of minority owned and women owned construction firms as issued by the NJDOT and/or the New Jersey Unified Certification Program (NJUCP). Ensure subcontractor compliance with the Contract’s Equal Employment Opportunity obligations. J. Records and Reports 1. Keep such records as are necessary to determine compliance with the Contractor’s Equal Employment Opportunity obligations. Records kept will be designed to indicate: a. The work hours of minority and non-minority group members and women employed in each work classification on the project; b. The progress and efforts being made in cooperation with unions to increase employment opportunities for minorities and women (applicable only to Contractors who rely in whole or in part on unions as a source of their workforce); c. The progress and efforts being made in locating, hiring, training, qualifying, and upgrading minority and women workers; and d. The progress and efforts being made in securing the services of minority group and women subcontractors or subcontractors with meaningful minority and women representation among their employees. 2. All such records must be retained for

p and women subcontractors or subcontractors with meaningful minority and women representation among their employees. 2. All such records must be retained for a period of five (5) years following completion of the contract work and shall be available at reasonable times and places for inspection by authorized representatives of the NJDOT. 3. Submit monthly reports to the NJDOT after construction begins for the duration of the project, indicating the work hours of minority, women, and non-minority group employees currently engaged in each work classification required by the contract work. This information is to be reported on a form supplied by the NJDOT. State Funded Project Attachment 2 – State Of NJ EEO Special Provisions for Wholly State Funded Projects Page 7 of 7

January 2022 June 2017 STATE FUNDED PROJECT ATTACHMENT 3 REQUIREMENTS FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TO ENSURE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ON WHOLLY STATE FUNDED PROJECTS A. Minority and Women Employment Goal Obligations. The Department has established, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 17:27-7.2, the minority and women goals for each construction contractor and subcontractor based on availability statistics as reported by the New Jersey Department of Labor, Division of Planning and Research, in its report, “EEO Tabulation - Detailed Occupations by Race/Hispanic Groups.” The goals for minority and women participation, in the covered area, expressed in percentage terms for the Contractor’s aggregate work force in each trade, on all construction work are: Minority and Women Employment Goal Obligations for Construction Contractors and Subcontractors on Wholly State Funded Projects Minority % Women % County Participation Participation Percent Percent Atlantic 18 6.9 Bergen 22 6.9 Burlington 15 6.9 Camden 19 6.9 Cape May 5 6.9 Cumberland 27 6.9 Essex 53 6.9 Gloucester 9 6.9 Hudson 60 6.9 Hunterdon 3 6.9 Mercer 30 6.9

6.9 Hunterdon 3 6.9 Mercer 30 6.9 Middlesex 24 6.9 Monmouth 15 6.9 Morris 16 6.9 Ocean 7 6.9 Passaic 36 6.9 Salem 10 6.9 Somerset 20 6.9 Sussex 4 6.9 Union 45 6.9 Warren 5 6.9 The NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Construction EEO Monitoring Program has interpreted Section 7.2 of the State of New Jersey Affirmative Action Regulations as applicable to work hour goals for minority and women participation. State Funded Project Attachment 3 – Requirements for AA to Ensure EEO on Wholly State Funded Contracts Page 1 of 3

January 2022 June 2017 If a project is located in more than one county, the minority work hour goal will be determined by the county which serves as the primary source of hiring or, if workers are obtained equally from one or more counties, the single minority goal shall be the average of the individual goal for the affected counties. The NJ State Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Construction EEO Monitoring Program may designate a regional goal for minority membership for a union that has regional jurisdiction. No regional goals shall apply to this project unless specifically designated elsewhere herein. When hiring workers in the construction trade, the Contractor and/or subcontractor agree to attempt, in good faith, to employ minority and women workers in each construction trade, consistent with the applicable county or, in special cases, regional goals. It is understood that the goals are not quotas. If the Contractor or subcontractor has attempted, in good faith, to satisfy the applicable goals, they will have complied with their obligations under these EEO Special Provisions. It is further understood that if the Contractor shall fail to attain the goals applicable to this project, it will be the Contractor’s obligation to establish to the satisfaction of the Department that it has made a good faith effort to satisfy such goals. The Contractor or subcontractor agrees that a good faith effort to achieve the goals set forth in these special provisions shall include compliance with the following procedures: B. Requests for Referrals from Unions to Meet Contract Workforce Goals. Requests shall be made by the Contractor or subcontractor to each union or collective bargaining unit with which the Contractor or subcontractor has a referral agreement or arrangement for the referral of minority and women workers to fill job openings. Requests shall also be made for assurances for the referral of minority and women workers to fill job openings. Requests shall also be made for assurances from such unions or collective bargaining units that they will cooperate with the Contractor or subcontractor in fulfilling the Affirmative Action