The University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) is a Government contractor subject to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Section 503), and to the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended (38 USC 4212), which requires Government contractors to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities and qualified protected veterans covered by the Act.

It is the policy of MU not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because he or she is an individual with a disability, or a special disabled or recently separated veteran, veteran of the Vietnam era, or other protected veteran. It is also the policy of MU to take affirmative action to employ, and to advance in employment, individuals with disabilities, or a special disabled or recently separated veterans, veterans of the Vietnam era, or other protected veterans. This policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, reclassification, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, and selection for training, including apprenticeship.

If you have a disability or are a qualified protected veteran covered by the Act, and would like to be considered under the affirmative action program, please tell us. You may inform us of your desire to benefit under the program at this time and/or at any time in the future. This information will assist us in placing you in an appropriate position and in making accommodations for your disability.

Submission of this information is voluntary, and refusal to provide it will not subject you to any adverse treatment. Information you submit about your disability will be kept confidential, except that (a) supervisors and managers may be informed regarding restrictions on the work or duties of individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans regarding necessary accommodations, (b) first aid and safety personnel may be informed, to the extent appropriate, if and when the condition might require emergency treatment, and Government officials engaged in enforcing laws such as those administered by OFCCP or the Americans with Disabilities Act, may be informed. The information provided will be used only in ways that are not inconsistent with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended (38 USC 4212).

If you are an individual with a disability or if you are qualified protected veteran covered by the Act, we would like to include you under the affirmative action program.

It would assist us if you tell us about (a) any special methods, skills, and procedures which qualify you for positions that you might not otherwise be able to do because of your disability so that you will be considered for any positions of that kind, and (b) the accommodations we could make that would enable you to perform the job properly and safely, including special equipment, changes in the physical layout of the job, elimination of certain duties relating to the job, provision of personal assistance services or other accommodations. If you would like to self identify under the provisions listed in this document, please contact:

Karen Touzeau
Assistant Vice Chancellor
Human Resource Services (MU)
(573) 882-4256

MU's Affirmative Action Program may be reviewed upon request in the Human Resource Services (MU) Department, during normal business hours or in Ellis Library.