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Affirmative
Action Plan of the Massachusetts Trial Court
I. Statement
of Policy
The
Trial Court is committed to a practice of affirmative action to:
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promote
cultural diversity;
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ensure
equal opportunity for all those currently employed or seeking
employment with the Trial Court; and
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remedy
any past employment practices which have resulted, whether intentionally
or not, in discriminatory treatment based on minority classification
(race, color, or national origin), sex, age (over forty), sexual
orientation, marital status, religion, disability, or Vietnam
era veteran status.
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The
Trial Court will ensure that no person shall, on these grounds,
be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or otherwise
be subjected to discrimination in any employment practices, including
but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, transfer, promotions, training,
compensation, benefits, discipline and terminations.
In
addition, it is the policy of the Trial Court that goods and services
shall be purchased from agencies or companies which have exhibited
an established policy and practice of nondiscrimination in employment
or in the provision of services.
To
this end, the Trial Court has prepared this Affirmative Action Plan
(Plan). The purpose of the Plan is to:
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identify
how the Trial Court would appear without underutilization of
minorities and women;
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if
different from the current profile, establish goals and timetables
for achieving the ideal;
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identify
any discriminatory employment practices;
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replace
them with programs and practices which are not discriminatory,
which remedy the effects of past discrimination, and which promote
cultural diversity; and
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monitor
the overall operation of these programs and practices, and their
success in moving the Trial Court towards its goal of equal
opportunity.
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This
plan should not preempt any existing Trial Court policy providing
the policy is at least equal to and consistent with the Plan.
The
Trial Court is committed to implementing this Plan in a fair and
effective manner, with the full resources available to the Trial
Court.
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