Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action
The University recognizes a moral, economic, and legal responsibility
to ensure equal employment opportunity for all persons, regardless
of race, color, religion, gender (except when gender is a bona
fide occupational qualification), sexual orientation, age, national
origin, physical or mental disability (except when making reasonable
accommodations for physical or mental disabilities that would
impose undue hardship on the conduct of University business),
or status as a disabled or Vietnam Era Veteran. Nondiscriminatory
consideration is to be afforded applicants and employees in
all employment actions including recruiting, hiring, training,
promotion, placement, transfer, layoff, leave of absence, and
termination. All personnel actions to include such matters as
compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, return from layoffs,
University-sponsored training, education, tuition assistance,
and social and recreational programs is to be administered according
to the same principles of equal opportunity. Promotion and advancement
decisions are to be made in accordance with the principles of
equal opportunity, and the University, in general, attempts
to fill existing position vacancies from qualified persons already
employed by the University. Outside applicants may be considered
concurrently at the discretion of the selecting official.
To facilitate the University’s affirmative action efforts
on behalf of disabled workers, disabled veterans, and veterans
of the Vietnam Era, individuals who qualify and wish to benefit
from the Affirmative Action Plan are invited and encouraged
to identify themselves. Unless otherwise required by law, the
information obtained will be kept confidential, except that
supervisors and managers may be informed about restrictions
on the work or duties of disabled persons and about necessary
accommodations.
The University is committed to the effective implementation
of its equal employment opportunity policy and to aggressive
affirmative action efforts in all areas at all levels of employment.
This standard is based on the premise that effective education
depends on the quality of the faculty and staff and that faculty
and staff can render the best service when they work under employment
conditions that are conducive to maintaining high-quality performance.
The continued high quality of the University depends, in part,
on the successful recruitment and retention of ethnic minority
group members and women for positions in which they have been
underrepresented in the past.
Questions or concerns about equal opportunity should be referred
to the Director of Equal Opportunity at 758-4814 or
mclaugda@wfu.edu.
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