181-26 Exhibit A- Final Specifications_compressed.pdf

January 2022 June 2017 STATE FUNDED PROJECT ATTACHMENT 2 STATE OF NEW JERSEY EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR WHOLLY STATE FUNDED PROJECTS A. General. It is the policy of the New Jersey Department of Transportation (hereafter “NJDOT”) that its contracts should create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the State of New Jersey. Therefore, contractors engaged by the Department to perform under a construction contract shall put forth a good faith effort to engage in recruitment and employment practices that further the goal of fostering equal opportunities to minorities and women. The Contractor must demonstrate to the Department’s satisfaction that a good faith effort was made to ensure that minorities and women have been afforded equal opportunity to gain employment under the Department’s contract with the Contractor. Payment may be withheld from a Contractor’s contract for failure to comply with these provisions. Evidence of a “good faith effort” includes, but is not limited to: 1. The Contractor shall recruit prospective employees through the New Jersey career connections website, managed by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, available online atError! Hyperlink reference not valid. http://careerconnections.nj.gov/careerconnections/for_businesses.shtml 2. The Contractor shall keep detailed documented evidence of its efforts, including records of all individuals interviewed and hired, including the specific numbers of minorities and women; 3. The Contractor shall actively solicit and shall provide the Department with proof of solicitations for employment, including but not limited to advertisements in general circulation media, professional service publications and electronic media; 4. The Contractor shall provide evidence of efforts described at 2 above to the Department no less frequently than once every 12 months; and 5. The Contractor shall comply with the requirements set forth at N.J.A.C. 17:27-1.1 et seq. The Contractor is required to

ent no less frequently than once every 12 months; and 5. The Contractor shall comply with the requirements set forth at N.J.A.C. 17:27-1.1 et seq. The Contractor is required to implement and maintain a specific Affirmative Action Compliance Program of Equal Employment Opportunity in support of the New Jersey “Law Against Discrimination”, N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq., and according to the Affirmative Action Regulations set forth at N.J.A.C. 17:27-1.1 et seq. The provisions of N.J.S.A. 10:2-1 through 10:2-4 and N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq., as amended and supplemented) dealing with discrimination in employment on public contracts, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereunto, are hereby made a part of this contract and are binding upon the Contractor. Noncompliance by the Contractor with the requirements of the Affirmative Action program for Equal Employment Opportunity may be cause for delaying or withholding monthly and final payments pending corrective and appropriate measures by the Contractor to the satisfaction of the Department. The Contractor will cooperate with the State agencies in carrying out its Equal Employment Opportunity obligations and in their review of its activities under the contract. The Contractor and all its subcontractors, not including material suppliers, holding subcontracts of $2,500 or more, will comply with the following minimum specific requirement activities of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action set forth in these special provisions. The Contractor will include the following mandatory equal employment opportunity language in every subcontract of $2,500 or more with such modification of language in the provisions of such contracts as is necessary to make them binding on the subcontractor. During the performance of this Contract, the contractor agrees as follows: 1. The Contractor or subcontractor, where applicable, will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, or sex. The State Funded Project Attachment 2 – State Of NJ EEO Special Provisions for Wholly State Funded Projects

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