Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Doctors Oxygen Service, Inc. (Doctors Oxygen) will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or veterans’ status. Doctors Oxygen will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants and employees are treated fairly, without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or veterans’ status. Such action shall include, but not be limited to the following: employment, promotion, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training. Doctors Oxygen agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, this Affirmative Action and EEO Policy.

Doctors Oxygen will, in all solicitations or advancements for employees placed by or on behalf of Doctors Oxygen, state that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or veterans’ status.

Doctors Oxygen shall base employment decisions on the principles of equal employment opportunity and with the intent to further Doctors Oxygen’s commitment to affirmative action and equal employment. At no time will any covered employee, or covered applicant for employment, who exercises his/her rights pursuant to Doctors Oxygen’s Affirmative Action program be subject to discipline or have his/her opportunities for employment adversely affected.

Doctors Oxygen invites any employee or any applicant for employment to review Doctors Oxygen’s written Affirmative Action program. The AAP is available for inspection upon request Monday-Friday by appointment in the HR department. Any questions should be directed to Doctors Oxygen’s HR administrator.

Applicants are encouraged to identify their race and gender. This self-identification is strictly voluntary and confidential and will not result in retaliation of any sort.

Employees are invited to self-identify as an individual with a disability or a covered veteran. This self-identification is strictly voluntary and confidential and will not result in retaliation of any sort.

Doctors Oxygen Service, Inc.
EEO Policy Statement Reaffirming Commitment to EEO

In setting forth this plan Doctors Oxygen reaffirms its belief in and commitment to affirmative action and equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment in all terms and conditions of employment.

As part of Doctors Oxygen’s commitment to equal employment opportunity, it will seek to ensure that all personnel activities, including but not limited to, recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, promotion, transfer, layoff and termination processes remain free of any discrimination based upon race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or veterans’ status.

In accordance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 and the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act of 1998, Doctors Oxygen is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability, disabled veterans, special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans.

Doctors Oxygen invites any employee or any applicant for employment to review Doctors Oxygen’s Affirmative Action Plan for Individuals with a Disability and Covered Veterans. The AAP is available for inspection upon request Monday through Friday by appointment in the HR department. Any questions should be directed to the EEO Administrator.

Doctors Oxygen’s employees and applicants shall not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion or discrimination because they have engaged in or may engage in any of the following activities: (1) filing a complaint; (2) assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance review, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, Other Protected Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended or any other Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity of persons with disabilities or Disabled Veterans or Covered Veterans or; (3) opposing any act or practice made lawful by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended, or any other Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity for disabled persons or Disabled Veterans or Covered Veterans; or (4) exercising any other right protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, or any other right protected by the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended.