EEO Policy

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
United Power is an equal opportunity and an Affirmative Action employer. As such, it is the policy of United Power to afford equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, veteran status or disability. In keeping with this policy, United Power will adhere to the following personnel practices:

• All personnel decisions will be made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, veteran status or disability, except where a bona fide occupational qualification exist. Decisions will be based upon individual ability, specialized background and job performance, among other things, using valid job related criteria.
• All other personnel actions, including but not limited to, compensation, benefits, transfers, promotions, demotion, termination, layoff, training and development, educational assistance, and social and recreational programs will be administered in a non-discriminatory manner.
• Intimidation, harassment or bias based upon discriminatory grounds will not be tolerated, and may result in termination of employment.
• An updated Affirmative Action Plan will be distributed annually to all department managers and will be available to review from the Human Resources Department.
• United Power will prepare and submit such reports and other information as may be required by Rural Utilities Services (RUS) and other agencies having jurisdiction in these matters. Overall responsibility for the development and execution of United Power's Affirmative Action Program is delegated to the Human Resources Manager as EEO/AAP Coordinator. The EEO/AAP Coordinator will provide the Chief Operations Officer with periodic EEO activity reports.