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handicap, age, or national origin. County will take affirmative action <br />to ensure that applicants for employment are employed, and that <br />employees are treated during employment, without regard to their <br />race, color, religion, handicap, sex, sexual orientation, age, or <br />national origin. Such action shall include but not be limited to the <br />following: employment; upgrading; demotion or transfer; <br />recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of <br />pay or other forms of compensation; and selection from training, <br />including apprenticeship. <br />County will incorporate the above Affirmative Action provisions in <br />all subcontracts for work covered by this Agreement. <br />B. Minority and Female -owned Business Enterprises <br />In connection with the performance of this Agreement, County shall comply <br />with the City and Federal Governments' current policies and use its best <br />efforts to obtain the maximum utilization of minority -owned business <br />enterprises based in San Leandro and ensure that minority and female - <br />owned enterprises based in San Leandro shall have maximum practicable <br />opportunity for subcontractor work under this Agreement. <br />2. County shall insert similar provisions in all subcontracts for work covered <br />by this Agreement. <br />C. General Employment Provisions Relating to Hand icap/Disability Discrimination for <br />CDBG Contractors <br />General prohibitions against employment discrimination. <br />a) No qualified individual with a handicap or a disability shall, solely <br />on the basis of such handicap or disability, be subjected to <br />discrimination in employment by a contractor receiving Federal <br />financial assistance as part of the CDBG program. <br />b) The County may not limit, segregate, or classify applicants or <br />employees in any way that adversely affects their opportunities or <br />status because of handicap or disability. <br />c) Prohibition against discrimination in employment by the County <br />applies to the following activities: recruitment, advertising, <br />processing of applications for employment; hiring, upgrading, <br />promotion, award of tenure, demotion, transfer, layoff, termination, <br />right of return from layoff, injury or illness, and rehiring; rates of pay <br />Exhibit E <br />Page 2 of 7 <br />