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University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Policy Name: Affirmative Action
Policy Number: LR 401.2
Effective Date: April 1, 2010 (review date)
Revised Dates: –
Most Recent Review Date: –
Policy:
It is the policy of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons; to prohibit discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, veteran’s status, or disability, and to promote the full realization of equal employment opportunity through a positive, continuing program of affirmative action.
This policy will be followed in recruiting, hiring, determination of pay, promotions, university-sponsored training programs, transfers, layoffs, returns from layoff, demotions, terminations, social and recreational programs, use of university facilities, fringe benefits, and treatment as individuals. It is to be implemented throughout the campus and is the responsibility of all departments and all personnel, supervisory and non-supervisory. Compliance with this policy shall be promoted and monitored by the Department of Human Relations.
In the vocabulary of equal employment opportunity, affirmative action signifies a positive, continuing, result-oriented program developed by an employer to assure meaningful employment opportunities to all segments of the community and more specifically to minority group members, women and others who have been discriminated against in the past. It contrasts with simple nondiscrimination, which implies a more passive observance of equal opportunity. The concept of affirmative action assumes that discrimination in employment is likely to be a structural problem built into policies and practices which on the surface do not appear to be discriminatory, but which in fact have created barriers to employment and promotion for women and minority groups.
The university’s Affirmative Action Plan sets forth specific result-oriented procedures to which the university commits itself in order to overcome such institutional barriers to equal employment opportunity. It also establishes an organizational structure for developing future goals and procedures and for assuring that all efforts are made to meet these goals on an ongoing basis.
The university commits itself to a policy of equal employment opportunity and to a program of affirmative action not solely because of legal requirements but also because it believes that such practices are basic to human dignity.
Source: Human Resources
Status: Active
Approved By:
Originator: Department of Human Resources
Custodian: Department of Human Resources