ALLETE, Inc.

Voluntary EEOC Questionnaire

Voluntary Equal Opportunity Questionnaire

ALLETE, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability. We invite you to complete the optional self-identification fields below used for compliance with government regulations and record-keeping guidelines.


If you are an individual with disabilities who needs accommodation or you are having difficulty using our website to apply for employment, please contact our Human Resources department at 218-723-7553.


Selected candidates are subject to a pre-employment drug screen, reference and background check.


1. The Chairman, President & CEO supports this affirmative action program.


2. ALLETE's Compliance Officer, Laura Krollman is assigned and has overall responsibility for the implementation of affirmative action activities required under law.


3. This Company will: recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered, without regard to protected veteran or individual with disability status; and ensure that all employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements.


4. This Company, through its responsible managers, shall seek to recruit, hire, upgrade, train, and promote without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, or status as an individual with a disability.


5. Management shall seek to ensure that personnel actions such as compensation, benefits, layoffs, returns from layoffs, sponsored training, educational tuition assistance, and social and recreational programs, shall be administered in a nondiscriminatory fashion.


6. Management shall base employment decisions on the principles of equal employment opportunity and with the intent to further the commitment to equal employment. At no time will covered employees, or covered applicants for employment, who seek assistance pursuant to this policy be subject to discipline, or have opportunities for employment adversely affected because of such efforts.


7. Management shall take affirmative action to seek to ensure that protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are considered for employment and promotions on a nondiscriminatory basis.


8. Management shall seek to ensure that employees and applicants are not subject to harassment, intimidations, threats, coercion or discrimination because they have engaged in or are engaging in any of the following under EO 11246, The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or The Veteran ERA Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974:
a. Filing a complaint,
b. Assisting or participating in an investigation, hearing or administrative action,
c. Opposing an unlawful practice, or
d. Otherwise exercising any other legally protected right.


9. Employees and applicants are given the opportunity to identify themselves as veterans or individuals with disabilities, in accordance 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-300.42 and 60-741.42. This self-identification is strictly voluntary, confidential, and will not result in retaliation.

(In accordance with government regulations and reporting requirements, "White (not Hispanic or Latino)" will be selected by default if you choose to not disclose).

Voluntary Veterans Status

PRE-OFFER INVITATION TO SELF-IDENTIFY AS A VETERAN



1. This employer is a Government contractor 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.



2. If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed above, please indicate by selecting the appropriate below. As a Government contractor subject to VEVRAA, we request this information in order to measure the effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA.



3. Submission of this information is voluntary and refusal to provide it will not subject you to any adverse treatment. The information provided will be used only in ways that are not inconsistent with the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended.



4. The information you submit will be kept confidential, except that (i) supervisors and managers may be informed regarding restrictions on the work or duties of disabled veterans, and regarding necessary accommodations; (ii) first aid and safety personnel may be informed, when and to the extent appropriate, if you have a condition that might require emergency treatment; and (iii) Government officials engaged in enforcing laws administered by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, or enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act, may be informed.



5. ALLETE, Inc.’s various action oriented programs help ALLETE, Inc. maintain equal employment opportunity in the workforce, reaffirming its commitment to the spirit and letter of affirmative action law.

(In accordance with government regulations and reporting requirements, "Not a Protected Veteran" will be selected by default if you choose to not disclose).

Voluntary Self Identification of Disability

(In accordance with government regulations and reporting requirements, "No, I don't have a disability" will be selected by default if you choose to not disclose).



https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/selfidvideo.html

Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability

Form CC-305

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Why are you being asked to complete this form?

We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.

Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp.


How do you know if you have a disability?

A disability is a condition that substantially limits one or more of your "major life activities." If you have or have ever had such a condition, you are a person with a disability. Disabilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally)
  • Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS
  • Blind or low vision
  • Cancer (past or present)
  • Cardiovascular or heart disease
  • Celiac disease
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
  • Diabetes
  • Disfigurement, for example, disfigurement caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders
  • Epilepsy or other seizure disorder
  • Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn's Disease, irritable bowel syndrome
  • Intellectual or developmental disability
  • Mental health conditions, for example, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD
  • Missing limbs or partially missing limbs
  • Mobility impairment, benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s) and/or other supports
  • Nervous system condition, for example, migraine headaches, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Neurodivergence, for example, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learning disabilities
  • Partial or complete paralysis (any cause)
  • Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, for example, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema
  • Short stature (dwarfism)
  • Traumatic brain injury
 

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Disclaimers

ALLETE, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

If you are an individual with disabilities who needs accommodation or you are having difficulty using our website to apply for employment, contact our HR department at 218-723-7553.