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ESA News Release: [02/19/2004]
Contact Name: Dolline
Hatchett
Phone Number: (202) 693-4651
U.S. Department of Labor Honors Nine Organizations for
Creating Opportunities in the Workplace
WASHINGTON—For their efforts to promote equal employment
opportunity, nine companies and organizations were honored today by the U.S.
Department of Labor at an annual awards ceremony hosted by the
department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).
Three types of awards—the Secretary of Labor’s Opportunity
Award, Exemplary Voluntary Efforts (EVE) Awards, and Exemplary Public Interest
Contribution (EPIC) Awards—were presented to recognize innovative
workplace programs and initiatives that increase equal employment opportunity
for the American workforce.
“Each of these employers can take great pride in their efforts to
provide women, people of color, veterans, and people with disabilities access
to equal employment opportunities in our 21st Century
workforce,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao. “They create
opportunity in America’s workforce and serve as role models for employers
across the country.”
SCANA Corporation, headquartered in Columbia S.C., received the
Secretary of Labor’s Opportunity Award. This award, OFCCP’s top
honor, is given to one federal contractor each year that has established and
instituted innovative workforce strategies and programs to ensure equal
opportunity.
Recipients of the EVE Awards, honoring federal contractors that have
demonstrated exemplary and innovative equal employment opportunity programs
are: the Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, Calif.; Dell Computer Corporation,
Round Rock, Tex.; LG&E Energy Corporation, Louisville, Ky.; and Tice
Electric Company, Portland, Ore.
The EPIC Awards honor public interest organizations that assist federal
contractors with equal employment efforts, especially in the areas of hiring
and recruitment. Recipients are the National Business and Disability Council,
Albertson, N.Y.; Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization, Portland, Ore.;
Lynchburg Community Action Group, Lynchburg, Va.; and Nontraditional Employment
for Women, New York, N.Y.
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, part of the Labor
Department’s Employment Standards Administration, administers and enforces
laws that ensure equal opportunity for workers employed by federal
contractors.
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