Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is committed to equal opportunity for all of its people and to nondiscrimination in all areas in which it provides services to the community. The University recruits, hires, trains, and promotes to all job levels the most qualified persons without regard to the race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, or any non-relevant disability of the individuals involved. The University in any of its activities uses neither these nor any other factors that are not relevant to an employment, training, compensation, benefits, or educational decision.

The University is committed to the effective implementation of its equal employment opportunity policy and to aggressive affirmative action efforts in all areas and at all levels of employment. This standard is based on the premise that effective education depends on the quality of the faculty and staff and that faculty and staff members can render the best service when they work under employment conditions that are conducive to maintaining high-quality performance. The continued high quality of the University depends, in part, on the successful recruitment and retention of ethnic minority group members and women for positions in which they have been underrepresented in the past.

Any faculty or staff member who feels she or he has been discriminated against because of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, or status as a disabled or Vietnam Era Veteran, can (1) bring the matter to the attention of the EEO/AA programs and compliance administrator in the Human Resources Department (222 King, 704-687-2276), (2) employ the University's grievance and appeal procedures by contacting the Chair of the Grievance Committee (faculty) or the Human Resources Department (staff) (222 King, 704-687-2276), or (3) in certain cases, appeal directly to the State Personnel Commission for relief. The official University policy on Equal Employment Opportunity, Policy Statement #26, can be found at www.legal.uncc.edu/policies/ps-26.html.