Equal Employment Policy

POLICY

Virginia University of Lynchburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. We are completely devoted to providing equal opportunity in all areas of employment including hiring, promoting, counseling, training, transferring, benefits, compensating, demoting, and terminating.  We believe that the key to overall success in the institution is finding and employing people whose individual talents will help advance our University.

In compliance with the Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and perspective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job.

All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working condition, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regards to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes.

It is the responsibility of all employees to create a non-discriminatory work environment.  It is also their responsibility to take immediate corrective action in the event that an act of discrimination occurs.  It is the responsibility of all employees to conduct themselves in a non-discriminatory manner while engaging in university business.  If you have any reason to believe you are working in a discriminatory environment, please discuss your concerns with your supervisor.

Furthermore, it is the responsibility of the Director of Human Resources to ensure the administration of the University’s Equal Employment Opportunity Policy.  It is the responsibility of each supervisor to oversee that this policy is followed consistently in an impartial manner.  It is the responsibility of every employee to fulfill the University’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy.  Achievement of this objective will only occur in the event that each employee fully cooperates with this policy.

Policy last revised 08/18/2018