§ 2.50.050. Penalties for noncompliance with the equal employment provisions of this chapter.

(a)

Every public works contract shall provide that a contractor who, within the time specified in the contract, does not submit an equal employment plan and make the certifications required in this chapter shall be in breach of the contract.

(b)

If, after an award is made, the contractor is found by the County or by a Federal or State agency empowered to make such findings to be in substantial or material violation of the Fair Employment Practices Act of the State of California, the Equal Employment Opportunity Requirement of Executive Order 11246, title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, or of the provisions of this chapter or of the Board-established guidelines implementing them, he may be found to be in material breach of contract, and the County shall have the power to cancel the contract in whole or in part, or alternatively, to deduct for each working day during which the contractor is found to have been in such non-compliance, two percent (2%) of the total amount payable to the contractor.

(Ord. 4324, 08/15/06)