EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

The Surgery Center at Cranberry shall not fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
 
The Center shall not limit, segregate or classify employees or applicants for employment in any way that would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his or her status as an employee, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
 
The Center shall not hire, fire or otherwise adversely affect the employment status of an individual because of pregnancy.
 
The Center shall not discriminate on the basis of age for persons who are at least 40 years of age, unless where age is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to normal operations.
 
The Center shall not discriminate between employees on the basis of sex by paying unequal wages to men and women who perform equal work on jobs that require equal skill, effort and responsibility and that are performed under similar working conditions. An exception exists for payment made pursuant to a seniority system, a merit system, and a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production, or a differential based on any factor other than sex.
 
The Center shall not discriminate against persons with disabilities who, with reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of a job. An exception exists if the Center can demonstrate that such accommodation would impose undue hardship.
 
The Center shall not retaliate against any employee because the employee has opposed practices made unlawful under the above laws or filed a charge, testified, assisted or participated in an investigation, proceeding or hearing.