DATE: January 1, 2024
APPLIES TO: All Employees and Applicants for Employment
From: Michèle Goetz, Associate Vice President/CEO
SUBJECT: Employment of Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans

SDSURF - KPBS provides equal employment opportunities for all prospective and current employees. SDSURF - KPBS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, disability, genetic information, reproductive health decision-making, or any other status protected by law. SDSURF - KPBS takes affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunity. Affirmative Action is a results-oriented program designed to ensure that each individual can participate equally in all employment opportunities at SDSURF - KPBS.

SDSURF - KPBS recruits, hires, trains, and promotes persons in all job titles and ensures that all personnel actions are based on merit, qualifications, abilities, and valid job requirements, without regard to disability or status as a disabled veteran, a recently separated veteran, an active-duty wartime or campaign badge veteran, or an armed forces service medal veteran. This policy governs all aspects of employment, including application, hiring, compensation, promotion, discipline, termination of employment, and access to benefits and training.

SDSURF - KPBS encourages any employee with questions or concerns about equal employment opportunity or discrimination in the workplace to bring these issues to our attention. Employees and applicants shall not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in or may engage in any of the following activities: filing a complaint; assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of the affirmation action provisions of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (“VEVRAA”), Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, or any other federal, state, or local law requiring equal opportunity for individuals with a disability or with a status as protected veteran; opposing any act or practice made unlawful by VEVRAA or the Rehabilitation Act; or exercising any other right protected by VEVRAA or the Rehabilitation Act.

Any applicant or employee who believes he or she requires an accommodation in order to apply for a job or to perform the essential functions of a job should contact the EEO officer and request such an accommodation. The individual with the disability should specify what accommodation he or she needs to apply for or perform the job. SDSURF - KPBS will analyze the situation, engage in an interactive process with the employee, and respond to the employee’s request.

SDSURF - KPBS managers and supervisors take affirmative action to ensure adherence to equal employment opportunity practices and provide appropriate training of personnel in their areas of responsibility. The implementation of this policy requires the understanding and cooperation of all employees, supervisors, and managers.

SDSURF - KPBS maintains an affirmative action program for employment of individuals with disabilities and status as a disabled veteran, a recently separated veteran, an active-duty wartime or campaign badge veteran, or an armed forces service medal veteran. The program will be audited periodically, updated annually, and made available for applicant and employee inspection during normal business hours. To review the plan, please contact Melinda Swearingen, Associate Director, Human Resources at 619-594-1087 or via email at mswearingen@sdsu.edu.

The top executive of our corporation fully supports our equal employment opportunity and affirmative action efforts. As Associate Vice President/Executive Director of SDSURF - KPBS, I am committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. In order to ensure dissemination and implementation of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action throughout all levels of the company, I have selected Melinda Swearingen as the EEO officer for SDSURF - KPBS. One of the EEO officer’s duties will be to establish and maintain an internal audit and reporting system to allow for effective measurement of our Affirmative Action Program.

Michèle Goetz
San Diego State University Research Foundation
1/1/2024

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