Affirmative action requires you to take positive steps to
identify discrimination based on protected class status and to
improve work opportunities for women, racial and ethnic
minorities and people who belong to other protected groups that
have been deprived of job opportunities. Affirmative action
involves making a specific effort to recruit individuals on the
basis of membership in protected classes. Affirmative action
also involves taking positive actions to ensure that
individuals, when employed, have an equal opportunity for
benefits and promotions. Affirmative action involves determining
areas of workforce underrepresentation, locating qualified
protected class candidates by enlarging the recruiting base and
developing the skills they need to succeed in those new
positions. The following information discusses affirmative
action requirements that were enacted before the effective date
of Proposition 209 for state contractors and subcontractors. The
Office of Compliance Programs (OCP) continues to enforc