To comply with its obligations under the Order, a contractor must
ensure that facilities provided for employees are provided in such a
manner that segregation on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or
national origin cannot result. The contractor may neither require such
segregated use by written or oral policies nor tolerate such use by
employee custom. The contractor's obligation extends further to ensuring
that its employees are not assigned to perform their services at any
location, under the contractor's control, where the facilities are
segregated. This obligation extends to all contracts containing the
equal opportunity clause regardless of the amount of the contract. The
term ``facilities,'' as used in this section, means waiting rooms, work
areas, restaurants and other eating areas, time clocks, restrooms, wash
rooms, locker rooms, and other storage
or dressing areas, parking lots, drinking fountains, recreation or
entertainment areas, transportation, and housing provided for employees;
Provided, That separate or single-user restrooms and necessary dressing
or sleeping areas shall be provided to assure privacy between the sexes.
[62 FR 44189, Aug. 19, 1997]
