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F0 -250.4 - Affirmative action clause. Page 2 of 3 <br />final payment under the contract, during which time these reports and related documentation shall be <br />made available, upon request, for examination by any authorized representatives of the contracting <br />officer or of the Secretary of Labor. Documentation would include personnel records respecting job <br />openings, recruitment and placement. <br />(e) Whenever the contractor becomes contractually bound to the listing provisions of this clause, it shall <br />advise the employment service system in each State where it has establishments of the name and <br />location of each hiring location in the State. As long as the contractor is contractually bound to these <br />provisions and has so advised the State system, there is no need to advise the State system of subsequent <br />contracts. The contractor may advise the State system when it is no longer bound by this contract clause. <br />(f) This clause does not apply to the listing of employment openings which occur and are tilled outside <br />of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. <br />(g) The provisions of paragraphs (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this clause do not apply to openings which the <br />contractor proposes to fill from within his own organization. This exclusion does not apply to a <br />particular opening once an employer decides to consider applicants outside of his own organization for <br />that opening. <br />(h) As used in this clause: (1) "All employment openings" includes all positions except executive and <br />top management, those positions that will be filled from within the contractor's organization, and <br />positions lasting three days or less. This term includes full -time employment, temporary employment of <br />more than three days' duration, and part-time employment. <br />(2) "Appropriate office of the State employment service system" means the local office of the Federal - <br />State national system of public employment offices with assigned responsibility for serving the area <br />where the employment opening is to be tilled, including the District of Columbia, Guam, the <br />Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. <br />(3) "Positions that will be filled from within the contractor's organization" means employment openings <br />for which no consideration will be given to persons outside the contractor's organization (including any <br />affiliates, subsidiaries, and parent companies) and includes any openings which the contractor proposes <br />to fill from regularly established "recall" lists. The exception does not apply to a particular opening once <br />an employer decides to consider applicants outside of his or her own organization. <br />(i) The contractor agrees to comply with the rules, regulations, and relevant orders of the Secretary of <br />Labor issued pursuant to the Act. <br />(j) In the event of the contractor's noncompliance with the requirements of this clause, actions for <br />noncompliance may be taken in accordance with the rules, regulations, and relevant orders of the <br />Secretary of Labor issued pursuant to the Act. <br />(k). The contractor agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for <br />employment, notices in a form to be prescribed by the Director, provided by or through the contracting <br />officer. Such notice shall state the contractor's obligation under the law to take affirmative action to <br />employ and advance in employment qualified disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era for <br />employment, and the rights of applicants and employees. <br />(1) The contractor will notify each labor union or representative of workers with which it has a collective <br />bargaining agreement or other contract understanding, that the contractor is bound by the terms of the <br />Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act, and is committed to take affirmative action to <br />employ and advance in employment qualified disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era. <br />(m) The contractor will include the provisions of this clause in every subcontract or purchase order of <br />$10,000 or more unless exempted by rules, regulations, or orders of the Secretary issued pursuant to the <br />Act, so that such provisions will be binding upon each subcontractor or vendor. The contractor will take <br />such action with respect to any subcontract or purchase order as the Director of the Office of Federal <br />Contract Compliance Programs may direct to enforce such provisions, including action for <br />noncompliance. <br />[43 FR 49268, Oct. 20, 1978; 43 FR 51402, Nov. 3, 1978; 60 FR 1987, Jan. 5, 1995; 61 FR 6117, Feb. <br />http: / /www.dol.gov /dol /esa/ public /regs /cfr /41 cfr/toc_Chapt60 /60_250.4.htm 3/25/02 <br />