Equal Opportunity Commitment
Cummings & Lockwood is among the group of Connecticut law firms which have committed to increasing the number of minority lawyers successfully practicing at our firm and at the same time increasing opportunities for growth and development of those lawyers. The Statement of Connecticut Law Firms on Minority Hiring and Retention is available at your placement office for further information.
Cummings & Lockwood is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
Statement of Affirmative Action
Cummings & Lockwood is committed to the principals of equal employment opportunity for all job applicants and current employees. The firm bases all employment decisions upon the qualifications and abilities of each individual without regard to race, color, religious creed, age, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, status as a veteran of the Vietnam era or as a disabled veteran, learning disability or present or past history of mental disorder, mental retardation or physical disability, including but not limited to, blindness.
To implement this policy, the firm will continue to:
- Recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religious creed, age, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, status as a veteran of the Vietnam era or as a disabled veteran, learning disability or present or past history of mental disorder, mental retardation or physical disability, including but not limited to, blindness.
- Base employment decisions only on job-related criteria and the legal needs of our clients so as to further the principle of equal employment opportunity.
- Ensure that promotion decisions are in accord with principles of equal employment opportunity by imposing only valid job-related requirements for promotion opportunities.
- Ensure that all personnel actions (including, but not limited to, compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, return from layoff, firm-sponsored training, education, tuition assistance, and social and recreational programs) are administered without regard to race, color, religious creed, age, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, status as a veteran of the Vietnam era or as a disabled veteran, learning disability or present or past history of mental disorder, mental retardation or physical disability, including but not limited to, blindness.
- Recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religious creed, age, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, status as a veteran of the Vietnam era or as a disabled veteran, learning disability or present or past history of mental disorder, mental retardation or physical disability, including but not limited to, blindness.
- Base employment decisions only on job-related criteria and the legal needs of our clients so as to further the principle of equal employment opportunity.
- Ensure that promotion decisions are in accord with principles of equal employment opportunity by imposing only valid job-related requirements for promotion opportunities.
- Ensure that all personnel actions (including, but not limited to, compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, return from layoff, firm-sponsored training, education, tuition assistance, and social and recreational programs) are administered without regard to race, color, religious creed, age, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, status as a veteran of the Vietnam era or as a disabled veteran, learning disability or present or past history of mental disorder, mental retardation or physical disability, including but not limited to, blindness.
