Application for Employment

R & S Steel, LLC (the “Company”) is an equal opportunity employer. It has been, and shall continue to be both the official policy and the commitment of the Company, including all its divisions, to further equal employment opportunities in hiring or employment. The Company is committed to the employment and advancement of minorities, females, individuals with disabilities and veterans. No question on this form is intended to secure information to be used for such discrimination. If you fall into one of these protected classifications, we invite you to identify yourself and receive coverage under our Company’s Affirmative Action Plan.

Completion of this section is voluntary and in no way affects the decision regarding your employment opportunity. The Company is required by federal regulations to report information as requested below. The information provided will be held in the strictest confidence, will be maintained in a separate file and will not be used in a manner inconsistent with the Acts. You may inform us of your status related to the following data or your change in status at this time and/or any time in the future.

Definitions:

Hispanic or Latino: A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.

White (Not Hispanic or Latino): A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East or North Africa.

Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino): A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino): A person having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa or other Pacific Islands.

Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino): A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand and Vietnam.

American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino): A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.

Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino): All persons who identify with more than one of the above five races.

R & S Steel, LLC is subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended by the Jobs for Veterans Act of 2002, which requires us to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment:

Disabled veterans;

Recently separated veterans;

Active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans; and

Armed Forces service medal veterans.

These classifications are defined as follows:

A “disabled veteran” is one of the following:
a) A veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or
b) A person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A “recently separated veteran” means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran’s discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service.

An “active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran” means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An “Armed Forces service medal veteran” means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.

Protected veterans may have additional rights under USERRA – the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act in particular, if you were absent from employment in order to perform service in the uniformed service, you may be entitled to be reemployed by your employer in the position you would have obtained with reasonable certainty if not for the absence due to service.

e request this information to measure the effectiveness or the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Your decision to provide the relevant information is purely voluntary on your part, and refusal to provide such information will not subject you to any adverse treatment. The information will not be used in a manner inconsistent with VEVRAA, as amended.

The information you submit will be kept confidential, except that (i) supervisors and managers may be informed regarding restrictions on the work or duties of disabled veterans, and regarding necessary accommodations; (ii) first aid und safety personnel may be informed, when and to the extent appropriate, if you have a condition that might require emergency treatment; and (iii) Government officials engaged in enforcing laws administered by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. or enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act, may be informed.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed above, please indicate by checking the appropriate box- below.

We are a federal contractor or subcontractor required by law to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We are also required to measure our progress toward having at least 7% of our workforce be individuals with disabilities. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had a disability. Because a person may become disabled at any time, we ask all of our employees to update their information at least every five years.

Identifying yourself as an individual with a disability is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer will be maintained confidentially and not be seen by selecting officials or anyone else involved in making personnel decisions. Completing the form will not negatively impact you in any way, regardless of whether you have self-identified in the past. For more information about this form or the equal employment obligations of federal contractors under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at dol.gov/agencies/ofccp.

You are considered to have a disability if you have a physical or mental impairment or medical condition that substantially limits a major life activity, or if you have a history or record of such an impairment or medical condition. Disabilities include, but are not limited to: