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| Affirmative Action Plan -Veterans: Statement of Policy |
The Board of Trustees of the University of Tennessee on September 28, 1979, approved and included the following policy statement on Equal Employment Opportunity and 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 a 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.
In accordance with the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Act of 1974, The University of Tennessee at Martin (UTM) will take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified veterans with disabilities and veterans of the Vietnam Era. “The act protects (1) veterans with disabilities who are defined as being persons entitled to disability compensation under laws administered by the Veterans Administration for disability, or a person whose discharge or release from active duty was for such a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty and (2) veterans of the Vietnam Era who are defined as persons who served on active duty for a period of more than 180 days, any part of which occurred between February 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975, and who were discharged or released with other than dishonorable discharge or for a service-connected disability, if any part of such active duty was performed between the above dates and discharge or release occurred within 48 months preceding an alleged violation of the Act, or the affirmative action clause, or regulations issued pursuant to the Act.”
The University of Tennessee at Martin will take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified veterans, including veterans with disabilities and Vietnam Era veterans. With respect to all veterans, as with veterans with disabilities and other protected groups, “qualified” refers to the capability of performing a particular job, with reasonable accommodations to any disability. Business necessity and financial cost may be considered in determining whether a particular accommodation is reasonable.
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