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Appendix E: Developing an Affirmative Action Program

If you are an employer who has a federal contract or subcontract of $10,000 or more, you have an obligation, under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, to take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance people with disabilities. You are also obligated, under the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Act, to take affirmative action in employing disabled and Vietnam Era veterans.

If you have a contract or subcontract of $50,000 or more and employ 50 or more persons, you have an obligation to develop and maintain a written affirmative action program, and to disseminate that program inside and outside your organization, in accordance with regulations of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs of the U.S. Department of Labor. Employers with a contract or subcontract of $50,000 or more who employ 50 or more employees also are required, by Executive Order 11246, to have a written affirmative action plan for the employment and advancement of minorities and women. Some employers who are federal contractors combine their affirmative action plan under all of these statutes.

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