Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Statement of Policy
It is the policy of Dragos, Inc. (the “Company”) not to discriminate or allow the harassment of employees or applicants on the basis of sex, genetic information, race, color, age, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law with regard to any employment practices, including but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff or recall from layoff, termination, wage and benefit administration, and selection for training or other employment opportunities, provided the individual is qualified, with or without reasonable accommodation, to perform the essential functions of the job. This policy applies to all jobs at the Company. The Company will strive to ensure individuals are employed, and employees are treated during employment, without regard to their sex, genetic information, race, color, age, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law in all employment practices as follows.
Employment decisions at the Company are based on legitimate job‐related criteria. All personnel actions or programs that affect qualified individuals, such as employment, promotion, demotion, transfer, recruitment, advertising, termination, rate of pay or other forms of compensation, and selection for training, are made without discrimination because of any basis protected by law. Employees may choose to voluntarily disclose their sex, race, national origin, disability and protected veteran status at any time by contacting Human Resources. Such information will be maintained in a confidential manner and will not be used against an individual when making any employment decisions. Employees and applicants with disabilities and disabled veterans are encouraged to inform Human Resources if they need a reasonable accommodation to perform a job for which they are otherwise qualified. The Company makes, and will continue to make, reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee to promote the employment of qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans, unless such accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operations of the Company.
Company and its CEO are fully committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and support the successful implementation of the Company’s Affirmative Action Programs for veterans and workers with disabilities in accordance with Section 402 of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (“VEVRAA”) and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (the “Rehab Act”) (collectively, the “AAPs”). The Company’s Chief People Officer, has been appointed the responsibility for implementation of the Company’s affirmative action activities. The Chief People Officer has the full support of top management to fully implement the above AAPs. All managers and supervisors will take an active part in the Company’s AAPs to ensure all qualified employees and prospective employees are treated in a non‐discriminatory manner with respect to all employment decisions.
The Company’s AAPs include an audit and reporting system, which, among other things, uses metrics and other information to measure the effectiveness of the AAPs. The Chief People Officer has been assigned responsibility for periodically reviewing progress with compliance and implementation of the Company’s AAPs. In accordance with public law, the Company’s AAPs are available for inspection in the Human Resources Department, 9:00 pm ‐5:00 pm upon request.
Company employees and applicants will not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in, or may have engaged in, filing a complaint, assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance review hearing, or other activity related to the administration of the Rehab Act, as amended, VEVRAA, as amended, and/or any other federal, state or local law or regulation regarding equal employment opportunity, opposing any act or practice made unlawful, or exercising any other right protected by such laws or regulations or exercising any other right protected by such laws or regulations. Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is ﴾a﴿ in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company’s legal duty to furnish information.