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EXHIBPI'«A„ <br /> EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTLINITI'CLAUSE required by the Illinois Fair <br /> Employment Practices <br /> Commission as a material term of all public contracts: <br /> EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNTI'Y <br /> In the event of the contractor's noncompliance with any provision of this Equal Employtnent Opportunity Clause,the Illinois <br /> Fair Employment Practices Act or the Fair Employment Practices Commission's Rules and Regulations for Public Contracts, <br /> the contractor may be declared nonresponsible and therefore ineligible for future contracts or subcontracts with the State of <br /> Illinois or any of its political subdivisions or municipal corporations,and the contract may be canceled or avoided in whole or <br /> in part,and such other sanctions or penalties may be unposed or remedies invoked as pmvided by statue or regulation. <br /> During the perforn�ance of this contract,the contractor agrees as follows: <br /> (1) That it will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race,color,religion, sex, <br /> national origin or ancestry,and further that it will exainine all job classifications to deternune if minority persons or <br /> women are underutilized and will take appropriate affinnative action to rectify any such underutilization. <br /> (2) That, if it hires additional employees in order to perforxn this contract, or any portion hereof, it will deternune the <br /> availability (in accordance with the Comcnission's Rules and Regulations for Public Contracts) of minorities and <br /> women in the area(s) from which it may reasonably recruit and it will hire for each job classification for which <br /> employees are hired in such a way that minorities and women are not underutilized. <br /> (3) That,in all solicitations or advertisements for employees placed by it or on its behalf,it will state that all applicants will <br /> be af�'orded equal opportunity without discrimination because of race,color,religion,sex,national origin or ancestry. <br /> (4) That it will send to each labor organization or representative of workers with which it has or is bound by a collective <br /> bargaining or other agreement or understanding, a notice advising such labor organization or representative of the <br /> contractor's obligations under the Illinois Fair Employment Practices Act and the Commission's Rules and Regulations <br /> for Public Contracts. If any such labor organization or representative fails or refuses to cooperate with the contractor in <br /> its ef�'orts to comply with such Act and Rules and Regulations,the contractor will promptly so notify the Illinois Fair <br /> Employment Practices Corrunission and the contracting agency and will recruit employees from other sources when <br /> necessary to fulfill its obligations thereunder. <br /> (5) That it will submit reports as required by the Illinois Fair Employment Practice Commission's Rules and Regulations <br /> for Public Contracts,fiunish all relevant inforn�ation as may fiom time to time be requested by the Corrunission or the <br /> contracting agency, and in all respects comply with the Illinois Fair Em}�loyment Practices Act and the Cominission's <br /> Rules and Regulations for Public Contracts. <br />� (6) That it will pernut access to all relevant books,records,amounts and work sites by personnel of the contracting agency <br />' and the Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission for purposes of investigation to ascertain compliance with the <br /> Illinois Fair Employment Practices Act and the Commission's Rules and Regulations for Public Contracts. <br /> (7) That it will include verbatim or by reference the provision of paragraphs 1 through 7 of this clause in every perforn�azice <br /> subcontract as defined in Section 2.10(b)of the Commission's Rules and Regulations for Public Contracts so that such <br /> provisions will be binding upon every such subcontractor;and that it will also include the provi�ions of paragraphs 1,5, <br /> 6, and 7 in every supply subcontract as defined in Section 2.10(a) of the Commission's Rules and Regulations for <br /> Public Contracts so that such provisions will be binding upon every such subcontractor. In the same maiuier as with <br /> other provisions of this contract,the contractor will be liable for compliance with applicable provisions of this clause by <br /> all its subcontractors; and further it will promptly notify the wntracting agency and the Illinois Fair Employment <br /> Practices Commission in the event any subcontractor fails or refuses to comply therewith. In addition,no contractor <br /> will utilize any subcontractor declared by the Commission to be nonresponsible and therefore ineligible for contracts or <br /> subcontracts with the State of Illinois or any of its political subdivisions or municipal corporations. <br />