The Board of Trustees of The University of Tennessee on September 28, 1979, approved and included the following policy statement on Equal Employment Opportunity Affirmative Action:

It is the policy of The University of Tennessee not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, or being a veteran with a disability or veteran of the Vietnam Era.  This policy extends to recruitment, employment, promotion, demotion, transfer, lay-off, termination, compensation, training, benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment.

Employment opportunities will not be distinguished on the basis of sex unless sex is a bona fide occupational qualification.  Employment opportunities will not be distinguished on the basis of age except where age is reasonably taken into account as a factor necessary to the normal operation or the achievement of any statutory objective of a program or activity administered by the University.

The University will take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and to advance in employment minorities, women, veterans with disabilities, and veterans of the Vietnam Era.  Reasonable accommodations will be made for otherwise qualified veterans with disabilities and other persons with disabilities.

1. Title VI Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended
2. The Equal Pay Act of 1963
3. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
4. Executive Order No. 11246 of September, 1965
5. Executive Order No. 11375 of 1967
6. Age Discrimination in the Employment Act of 1967
7. U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Revised Order #4, December 1971
8. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
9. The Vietnam Era Veteran’s Rehabilitation Act of 1974
10. Executive Order No. 12086 of October 5, 1978
11. Federal Register, Part IV, Friday, October 20, 1978
12. Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Service Act, as amended
13. The Tennessee Prohibition of Sex Discrimination in Wage Rates Act (T.C.A. 50-320-50-325
14. The Tennessee “Governor’s Code of Fair Practice” (1972)
15. The “Gerry Memorandum” of 1975
16. Americas With Disabilities Act of 1990

This AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLAN applies to all regular and term employees in all EEO categories of The University of Tennessee at Martin (UTM).  It is likewise the policy of UTM not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or being a veteran with a disability or a veteran of the Vietnam Era.  UTM will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or being a veteran with a disability or a veteran of the Vietnam Era.  Such action shall include, but not be limited to employment, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment, lay-off or termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation or benefits, and selection of training.  UTM this reaffirms its commitment to the Board of Trustees’ policy and to make good faith efforts to comply with the intent of effective affirmative actions.