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Accurate Marine Environmental, Inc. (“Accurate Marine”) is a Government contractor subject to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (which requires Government contractors to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities) and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (“VEVRAA”) (which requires Government contractors to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans).
If you are an individual with a disability or if you are a disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, other protected veteran or Armed Forces service medal veteran (as those terms are defined below), we would like to include you under our affirmative action program. If you would like to be included under the affirmative action program, please tell us. You may inform us of your desire to benefit under the program at this time and/or at any time in the future. This information will assist us in placing you in an appropriate position and in making accommodations for your disability, if you are disabled.
Definitions:
a. The term “disability” means a mental or physical impairment which substantially limits one or more of
the person’s major life activities.
b. The term “disabled veteran” refers to (i) a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who
is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or (ii) a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
c. The term “recently separated veteran” means any veteran who was discharged or released from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service within the past three years.
d. The term “other protected veteran” means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military ground, naval or air service during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized, under laws administered by the Department of Defense.
e. The term “Armed Forces service medal veteran” means any veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985 (61 FR 1209)
complaint or assisting in an investigation under the Rehabilitation Act or the VEVRAA. Submission ofthis information is voluntary and refusal to provide it will not subject you to any adverse treatment. Information you submit will be kept confidential, except that (i) supervisors and managers may be informed regarding restrictions on the work or duties of individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans, and regarding necessary accommodations; (ii) first aid and safety personnel may be informed when and to the extent appropriate, if you have a condition that might require emergency treatment; and (iii) Governmental officials engaged in enforcing laws administered by the OFCCP or the Americans with Disabilities Act may be informed. The information provided will be used only in ways that are not inconsistent with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA.
If you are an individual with a disability, it would assist us if you could tell us about (i) any special methods, skills and procedures which qualify you for positions that you might not otherwise be able to do because of your disability so that you will be considered for any positions ofthat kind, and (ii) the accommodations which we could make which would enable you to perform the job properly and safely, including special equipment, changes in the physical layout of the job, elimination of certain duties relating to the job, provision of personal assistance services or other accommodations. The information will assist us in placing you in an appropriate position and in making accommodations for your disability.