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Equal Employment Opportunity

Solvay is subject to certain governmental recordkeeping and reporting requirements for the administration of civil rights laws and regulations. To comply with these laws, Solvay invites candidates and employees to voluntarily self-identify. Submission of this information is voluntary and refusal to provide it will not subject you to any adverse treatment. The information obtained will be kept confidential and may only be used in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws, executive orders, and regulations, including those that require the information to be summarized and reported to the federal government for civil rights enforcement. When reported, data will not identify any specific individual. Solvay is committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected characteristics. This information will be used on a need-to-know basis and separate from your application.  

We will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants. For more information, please click here.


Consult the “Know your rights” information here.
 

Solvay is a federal contractor or subcontractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended by the Jobs for Veterans Act of 2002, 38 U.S.C. 4212 (VEVRAA), which requires Government contractors to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment: (1) disabled veterans; (2) recently separated veterans; (3) active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans; and (4) Armed Forces service medal veterans. These classifications are defined as follows: * A “disabled veteran” is one of the following: * a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or * a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability. * A “recently separated veteran” means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran’s discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service. * An “active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran” means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense. * An “Armed forces service medal veteran” means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985. Protected veterans may have additional rights under USERRA - the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. In particular, if you were absent from employment in order to perform service in the uniformed service, you may be entitled to be reemployed by your employer in the position you would have obtained with reasonable certainty if not for the absence due to service. For more information, call the U.S. Department of Labor's veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS), toll-free, at 1-866-4-USA-DOL. In addition to our affirmative action obligations under Section 4212, our company values all forms of military service.


Consult the “Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act” information here.

Solvay is a federal contractor or subcontractor required by law to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We are also required to measure our progress toward having at least 7% of our workforce be individuals with disabilities. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had a disability. Because a person may become disabled at any time, we ask all of our employees to update their information at least every five years. Identifying yourself as an individual with a disability is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer will be maintained confidentially and not be seen by selecting officials or anyone else involved in making personnel decisions. Completing the form will not negatively impact you in any way, regardless of whether you have self-identified in the past. For more information about this form or the equal employment obligations of federal contractors under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website here.

You are considered to have a disability if you have a physical or mental impairment or medical condition that substantially limits a major life activity, or if you have a history or record of such an impairment or medical condition. Disabilities include, but are not limited to: Blindness, Deafness, Cancer, Diabetes, Epilepsy, Autism, Cerebral palsy, HIV/AIDS, Schizophrenia, Muscular dystrophy, Bipolar disorder, Major depression, Multiple sclerosis (MS), Missing limbs or partially missing limbs, Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Obsessive compulsive disorder, Impairments requiring the use of a wheelchair, Intellectual disability (previously called mental retardation)  

Consult the “Voluntary Self‐Identification of Disability Form” information here.

Solvay is committed to working with and providing a positive candidate experience.  Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us here.  

Consult the “Reasonable Accommodation Notice” information here.

Solvay participates in the E-Verify program. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States.  We can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9. We will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, Solvay is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment.  

Consult the “E-Verify notice” information here.