[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR60-3.13]

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           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
   CHAPTER 60--OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS, EQUAL 
                         EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY,
                           DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 60-3--UNIFORM GUIDELINES ON EMPLOYEE SELECTION PROCEDURES (1978)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 60-3.13  Affirmative action.

    A. Affirmative action obligations. The use of selection procedures 
which have been validated pursuant to these guidelines does not relieve 
users of any obligations they may have to undertake affirmative action 
to assure equal employment opportunity. Nothing in these guidelines is 
intended to preclude the use of lawful selection procedures which assist 
in remedying the effects of prior discriminatory practices, or the 
achievement of affirmative action objectives.
    B. Encouragement of voluntary affirmative action programs. These 
guidelines are also intended to encourage the adoption and 
implementation of voluntary affirmative action programs by users who 
have no obligation under Federal law to adopt them; but are not intended 
to impose any new obligations in that regard. The agencies issuing and 
endorsing these guidelines endorse for all private employers and 
reaffirm for all governmental employers the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Coordinating Council's ``Policy Statement on Affirmative Action Programs 
for State and Local Government Agencies'' (41 FR 38814, September 13, 
1976). That policy statement is attached hereto as appendix, section 17.

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