Affirmative action in Massachusetts refers to the steps taken by employers and universities in Massachusetts to increase the proportions of historically disadvantaged minority groups at those institutions.
The Affirmative Action Plan is designed to effectuate federal and state non-discrimination laws and regulations and to ensure compliance with the provisions outlined in Executive Order 592 to eliminate discriminatory barriers in the workplace.
Outreach campaigns, targeted recruitment, employee and management development, and employee support programs are examples of affirmative action in employment.
The purpose of affirmative action is to ensure equal employment opportunities for applicants and employees. It is based on the premise that, absent discrimination, over time a contractor's workforce generally will reflect the demographics of the qualified available workforce in the relevant job market.
Applicant EEO is usually optional for the candidate to fill out (and at the very least includes a ``I don't want to answer'' option which your new hire form should NOT have because you have to have it for all current employees) and used internally to track adverse impact, if you even do that.
An equal opportunity employer statement is a paragraph or two declaring a company's commitment to providing equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees, regardless of race, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status.
If things are collaborative, you should just each provide a financial disclosure. It should include a listing of all assets (including major physical assets like real estate, cars, etc.), the value as of the date of separation (this date is determined by state law), and the legal owner(s) of each asset.
Complementary survey evidence suggests the underlying mechanism at work is “ism”, revealing that EEO statements backfire because racial minorities avoid environments in which they are perceived as regulatory, or symbolic, hires rather than being hired on their own merits.
What is the Tuition Equity Law? Effective July 1, 2023, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts created a pathway to expand access to in-state tuition as well as state financial aid. This law created an additional pathway for students, including some non-U.S. citizens, to be eligible for in-state tuition.