AFFIRMATIVE STEPS Sample Clauses

AFFIRMATIVE STEPSIn order to implement affirmative action, it may be necessary to initiate special procedures based on the need to increase the proportions of minority and women faculty (protected-class persons). Such procedures will be developed and instituted by Western as needed.
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AFFIRMATIVE STEPS. If subcontracts are to be let, the prime contractor is required to take all necessary steps identified in 2 C.F.R. § 200.321(b)(1)-(5) to ensure that small and minority businesses, women’s business enterprises, and labor surplus area firms are used when possible.
AFFIRMATIVE STEPSCONTRACTOR shall take the following affirmative steps to ensure minority business, women’s business enterprises and labor surplus area firms are used when possible: (1) Placing qualified small and minority businesses and women's business enterprises on solicitation lists. (2) Ensuring that small and minority businesses, and women's business enterprises are solicited whenever they are potential sources. (3) Dividing total requirements, when economically feasible, into smaller tasks or quantities to permit maximum participation by small and minority businesses, and women's business enterprises. (4) Establishing delivery schedules, where the requirement permits, which encourage participation by small and minority businesses, and women's business enterprises. (5) Using the services and assistance of the Small Business Administration and the Minority Business Development Agency of the Department of Commerce.
AFFIRMATIVE STEPS. Contracts funded in whole or in part by federal funding are subject to the requirement to solicit minority businesses, women’s business enterprises, and labor area surplus firms are used when possible, located at 2 C.F.R. § 200.321. The list of Labor surplus firms are provided at the Department of Labor’s website at xxxxx://xxxxxx.xxx/programs/lsa.cfm. Regulation 2 C.F.R. § 200.321 requires, where subcontracting is permitted, contractors to take the following affirmative steps:
AFFIRMATIVE STEPS. Activities during preparation of bids and offers. Bidders/offerors shall take affirmative steps in compliance with the regulations, prior to submission of bids or closing date for receipt of initial offers, to encourage participation in projects by MBEs and WBEs. Such efforts include: 1. When feasible, segmenting total work requirements to permit maximum MBE/WBE participation. 2. Assuring the MBEs and WBEs are solicited whenever they are potential sources of goods or services. This step may include: a. Sending letters or making other personal contacts with MBEs and WBEs, (e.g. those whose names appear on lists prepared by EPA or the recipient and other MBE/WBEs known to the bidder/offeror). MBEs and WBEs should be contacted when other potential subcontractors are contacted, within reasonable time prior to bid submission or closing date for receipt of initial offers. Those letters or other contacts should communicate the following:
AFFIRMATIVE STEPS. When feasible, segmenting total work requirements to permit maximum MBE/WBE/SBRA participation.
AFFIRMATIVE STEPSConsultant shall take the following affirmative steps to ensure minority business, women's business enterprises and labor surplus area firms are used when possible: (1) Placing qualified small and minority businesses and women's business enterprises on solicitation lists. (2) Ensuring that small and minority businesses, and women's business enterprises are solicited whenever they are potential sources. (3) Dividing total requirements, when economically feasible, into smaller tasks or quantities to permit maximum participation by small and minority businesses, and women's business enterprises. (4) Establishing delivery schedules, where the requirement permits, which encourage participation by small and minority businesses, and women's business enterprises. (5) Using the services and assistance of the Small Business Administration and the Minority Business Development Agency of the Department of Commerce. F:\Marketlngl_Proposals\Florlda Countiesllndian Rlver\2017 Indian River County\Proposals\Sector 3 Wabasso Beachl_Contracllng\2017-12-21 FEMA Beach Consulting Agreement Sector 3_F INAL.docx
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AFFIRMATIVE STEPS. If subcontracts are to be let, the contractor is required to take all necessary steps identified in 2 C.F.R. § 200.321(b)(1)-(5) to ensure that small and minority businesses, women’s business enterprises, and labor surplus area firms are used when possible and make efforts to ensure that these groups participate in contracting. The Church Entity has a commitment, and all contracting entities must make a commitment to use good faith efforts to meet the Church Entity’s goals of subcontracting with M/WBE firms for 5% of the entire contract value.
AFFIRMATIVE STEPSPursuant to CFR Part 200.321, Bidder must take affirmative steps listed in that part (1) through (5) to encourage participation of SBE, MBE and WBE subcontractors.

Related to AFFIRMATIVE STEPS

  • Affirmative Action Requirements The State intends to carry out its responsibility for requiring affirmative action by its contractors.

  • Affirmative Action Subrecipient agrees that it shall be committed to carry out an Affirmative Action Program that encompasses that principals provided in President’s Executive Order 11246, as revised on January 4, 2002.

  • Affirmative Action Program 1 CONSULTANT shall strive to implement principles of equal employment opportunity through an effective affirmative action program, which shall have as its objective to increase the use of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities and other protected groups, at all levels of employment in all divisions of CONSULTANT's work force, where these groups may have been previously under-used and under-represented.

  • Affirmative Action Plan 1 CONSULTANT shall certify that if it has fifty (50) or more employees, a written affirmative action plan has been filed or will be developed and submitted (within 120 days of contract award) for each establishment. File current Affirmative Action plans, if required, with one of the following: The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, the State of Wisconsin, or the Milwaukee County Department of Audit, 000 X. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000. If a current plan has been filed, indicate where filed and the year covered

  • Affirmative Action Compliance The offeror represents that- (i) It □ has developed and has on file, □ has not developed and does not have on file, at each establishment, affirmative action programs required by rules and regulations of the Secretary of Labor (41 CFR parts 60-1 and 60-2), or (ii) It □ has not previously had contracts subject to the written affirmative action programs requirement of the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Labor.

  • Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action 9.26.1 The Contractor certifies and agrees that all persons employed by it, its affiliates, subsidiaries, or holding companies are and shall be treated equally without regard to or because of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, or political affiliation, in compliance with all applicable Federal and State anti-discrimination laws and regulations. 9.26.2 The Contractor shall certify to, and comply with, the provisions of Exhibit D, Contractor’s EEO Certification. 9.26.3 The Contractor shall take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, or political affiliation, in compliance with all applicable Federal and State anti-discrimination laws and regulations. Such action shall include, but is not limited to: employment, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising, layoff or termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, and selection for training, including apprenticeship. 9.26.4 The Contractor certifies and agrees that it will deal with its subcontractors, bidders, or vendors without regard to or because of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, or physical or mental disability, marital status, or political affiliation. 9.26.5 The Contractor certifies and agrees that it, its affiliates, subsidiaries, or holding companies shall comply with all applicable Federal and State laws and regulations to the end that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, or political affiliation, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under this Contract or under any project, program, or activity supported by this Contract. 9.26.6 The Contractor shall allow County representatives access to the Contractor’s employment records during regular business hours to verify compliance with the provisions of this Subsection 9.26 when so requested by the County. 9.26.7 If the County finds that any provisions of this Subsection 9.26 have been violated, such violation shall constitute a material breach of this Contract upon which the County may terminate or suspend this Contract. While the County reserves the right to determine independently that the anti-discrimination provisions of this Contract have been violated, in addition, a determination by the California Fair Employment Practices Commission or the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that the Contractor has violated Federal or State anti-discrimination laws or regulations shall constitute a finding by the County that the Contractor has violated the anti-discrimination provisions of this Contract. 9.26.8 The parties agree that in the event the Contractor violates any of the anti-discrimination provisions of this Contract, the County shall, at its sole option, be entitled to the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) for each such violation pursuant to California Civil Code Section 1671 as liquidated damages in lieu of terminating or suspending this Contract.

  • Trustee Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting To the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of the 1940 Act, any action that may be taken at any meeting of the Board of Trustees or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting and without prior written notice if a consent or consents in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Trustees having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take that action at a meeting at which all Trustees on the Board of Trustees or any committee thereof, as the case may be, were present and voted. Written consents of the Trustees may be executed in one or more counterparts. A consent transmitted by electronic transmission (as defined in Section 3806 of the DSTA) by a Trustee shall be deemed to be written and signed for purposes of this Section. All such consents shall be filed with the secretary of the Trust and shall be maintained in the Trust’s records.

  • Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub, the officers and directors of the Company and Merger Sub are fully authorized in the name of their respective corporations or otherwise to take, and will take, all such lawful and necessary action, so long as such action is not inconsistent with this Agreement.

  • Taking of Necessary Action (a) Each party hereto agrees to use its commercially reasonable best efforts promptly to take or cause to be taken all action and promptly to do or cause to be done all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Contingent Value Right Agreement and the Stockholders Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and thereof, including all actions and things necessary to cause all conditions precedent set forth in Article 7 to be satisfied. Each party acknowledges that the Company's stockholders' meeting at which the stockholders will vote on, among other things, the transactions contemplated hereby is anticipated to occur on May 12, 1998. (b) As promptly as practicable after the date hereof (it being understood that the relevant stockholders' meeting is anticipated to occur on May 12, 1998), the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC a preliminary proxy statement (the "Proxy Statement") by which the Company's stockholders will be asked to approve, among other things, the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock contemplated hereby. The Proxy Statement as initially filed with the SEC, as it may be amended and refiled with the SEC and as it may be mailed to the Company's stockholders, shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer. The Company shall use its reasonable efforts to respond to any comments of the SEC, and to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company's stockholders at the earliest practicable time. As promptly as practicable after the date hereof, the Company shall prepare and file any other filings required of the Company or its Subsidiaries under the Exchange Act, the Securities Act or any other federal, state or local laws relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and state takeover laws (the "Other Filings"). The Company and Buyer will notify each other promptly of the receipt of any comments from the SEC or its staff and of any request by the SEC or its staff or any other government officials for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement or any Other Filing or for additional information and will supply each other with copies of all correspondence between each of them or any of their respective representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or its staff or any other government officials, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement or any Other Filing. The Proxy Statement and any Other Filing shall comply in all material respects with all applicable requirements of law. Buyer shall provide the Company all information about Buyer required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Proxy Statement or any Other Filing and shall otherwise cooperate with the Company in taking the actions described in this paragraph. Whenever any event occurs which is required to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or any Other Filing, the Company or Buyer, as the case may be, shall promptly inform the other party of such occurrence and cooperate in filing with the SEC or its staff or any other government officials, and/or mailing to stockholders of the Company, such amendment or supplement. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.4, the Proxy Statement shall include the recommendation of the Board that the stockholders of the Company vote in favor of and approve the issuance of Company Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement. (c) The Company shall call a meeting of its stockholders to be held as promptly as practicable for the purpose of voting upon the transactions (including the issuance of Company Common Stock) contemplated hereby; provided that should a quorum not be obtained at such meeting of the stockholders, the meeting of the stockholders shall be postponed or adjourned in order to permit additional time for soliciting and obtaining additional proxies or votes. (d) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain the consents set forth in each of Schedules 3.4(d)-A, 3.4(d)-B and 3.4(d)-C.

  • Legally Required Disclosure Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Employee is required by law to disclose any Confidential Information, the Employee will be permitted to do so, provided that notice of this requirement is delivered to the Company in a timely manner, so that the Company may contest such potential disclosure.

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