1973, Executive Order 11,246, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the
related regulations to each. Each party assures that it will not discriminate against
any individual including, but not limited to, employees or applicants for employment
and/or students because of race, religion, creed, color, sex, age, disability, veteran
status or national origin.
The parties also agree to take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are
employed and that employees are treated during their employment without regard to
their race, religion, creed, color, sex, age, disability, veteran status, or national origin.
Such action shall include, but not be limited to, the following: employment,
upgrading, demotion or transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising, layoff or
termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, and selection available to
employees and applicants for employment.
3. Prohibition on Hiring Illegal Immigrants. Tennessee Public Chapter No. 878 of 2006,
TCA 12-4-124, requires that Contactor attest in writing that Contractor will not
knowingly utilize the services of illegal immigrants in the performance of this Contract
and will not knowingly utilize the services of any subcontractor, if permitted under this
Contract, who will utilize the services of illegal immigrants in the performance of this
Contract. The attestation shall be made on the form, Attestation re Personnel Used
in Contract Performance (“the Attestation”), which is attached and hereby
incorporated by this reference as Attachment I.
If Contractor is discovered to have breached the Attestation, the Commissioner of
Finance and Administration shall declare that the Contractor shall be prohibited from
contracting or submitting a bid to any Tennessee Board of Regents College or any
other state entity for a period of one (1) year from the date of discovery of the
breach. Contractor may appeal the one (1) year by utilizing an appeals process in
the Rules of Finance and Administration, Chapter 0620.
4. Contractor must complete the attached minority/ethnicity report to determine if
they’re a minority owned business.
The Contractor is ☐ is not ☐ a minority owned business. A minority owned
business is a business which is solely owned, or at least fifty-one percent (51%) of
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