Common use of DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF ALL CONTRACTS Clause in Contracts

DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF ALL CONTRACTS. (1) The Vendor will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. The Vendor will take affirmative action to ensure that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Affirmative Action means that the Vendor and/or subcontractor must take positive steps to recruit and employ qualified or qualifiable minority group members and women in all job categories of work and advancement. Such action shall include, but not be limited to, the following: employment, up-grading, demotion or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising, layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. The Vendor agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided setting forth the provisions of this Equal Opportunity clause. (2) The Vendor will, in all solicitations or advertisements for employees placed by or on behalf of the Vendor, state that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin. (3) The Vendor will send to each labor union or representative of workers with which he has a collective bargaining agreement or other contract or understanding, a notice to be provided advising the said labor union or workers representatives of the Vendor's commitments under this Equal Opportunity clause, and shall post copies of the notice in conspicuous places available to employees and applicants for employment. (4) The Vendor will comply with all provisions of Presidential Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965 (the "Executive Order"), and of the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the United States Department of Labor ("USDOL"). (5) The Vendor will furnish all information and reports required by the Executive Order, and by rules, regulations and orders of the USDOL, or pursuant thereto, and will permit access to his books, records, and accounts by United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") and the USDOL for purposes of investigation to ascertain compliance with such rules, regulations and orders. (6) In the event of the Vendor's noncompliance with the Equal Opportunity clause of the contract or with any of the said rules, regulations or orders, the contract may be cancelled, terminated or suspended in whole or in part and the Vendor may be declared ineligible for further Government contracts or federally assisted construction contracts in accordance with procedures authorized in the Executive Order, and such other sanctions may be imposed and remedies invoked as provided in the Executive Order, or by rule, regulation or order of the USDOL, or as otherwise provided by law. (7) The Vendor will include the portion of the sentence immediately preceding Paragraph (1) and the provisions of Paragraph (1) through (7) in every subcontract unless exempted by rules, regulations, or orders of the USDOL issued pursuant to the Executive Order, so that such provisions will be binding upon each subcontractor or vendor. The Vendor will take such action with respect to any subcontract as HUD may direct as a means of enforcing such provisions, including sanctions for noncompliance. Provided, however, that in the event a Vendor becomes involved in or is threatened with litigation with a subcontractor or vendor as a result of such direction by HUD, the Vendor may request the United States to enter into such litigation to protect the interest of the United States.