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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 626 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 859<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1403987,"object_type":"law","relational_id":353106,"identifier":"2.2-4201","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/42\/2.2-4201","url":"\/2.2-4201\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-4201\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/42\/2.2-4201","dublin_core":{"Title":"Required contract provisions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-4201","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All contracting agencies shall include in every government contract<\/span> of over $10,000 the following provisions:

\t\tDuring the performance of this contract<\/span>, the contractor agrees as follows:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The contractor will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, or national origin, except where religion, sex, or national origin is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the contractor. The contractor agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, notices setting forth the provisions of this nondiscrimination clause, including the names of all contracting agencies with which the contractor has contracts<\/span> of over $10,000. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The contractor will, in all solicitations or advertisements for employees placed by or on behalf of the contractor, state that such contractor is an equal opportunity employer. However, notices, advertisements and solicitations placed in accordance with federal law<\/span>, rule or regulation shall be deemed sufficient for the purpose of meeting the requirements of this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> If the contractor employs more than five employees, the contractor shall (i) provide annual training on the contractor’s sexual harassment policy to all supervisors and employees providing services in the Commonwealth, except such supervisors or employees that are required to complete sexual harassment training provided by the Department of Human Resource Management, and (ii) post the contractor’s sexual harassment policy in (a) a conspicuous public place in each building located in the Commonwealth that the contractor owns or leases for business purposes and (b) the contractor’s employee handbook.\n\t\t\tThe contractor shall include the provisions of subdivisions 1, 2, and 3 in every subcontract or purchase order<\/span> of over $10,000, so that such provisions shall be binding upon each subcontractor or vendor.

\t\t\tNothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to empower any agency to require any contractor to grant preferential treatment to, or discriminate against, any individual or any group because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin on account of an imbalance that may exist with respect to the total number or percentage of persons of any race, color, religion, sex, or national origin employed by such contractor in comparison with the total number or percentage of persons of such race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in any community or in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREQUIRED CONTRACT PROVISIONS (\u00a7 2.2-4201)\n\nAll contracting agencies shall include in every government contract of over\n$10,000 the following provisions:\t\tDuring the performance of this contract, the\ncontractor agrees as follows:\n\n1. The contractor will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for\nemployment because of race, religion, color, sex, or national origin, except\nwhere religion, sex, or national origin is a bona fide occupational\nqualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the contractor.\nThe contractor agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and\napplicants for employment, notices setting forth the provisions of this\nnondiscrimination clause, including the names of all contracting agencies with\nwhich the contractor has contracts of over $10,000.\n\n2. The contractor will, in all solicitations or advertisements for employees\nplaced by or on behalf of the contractor, state that such contractor is an equal\nopportunity employer. However, notices, advertisements and solicitations placed\nin accordance with federal law, rule or regulation shall be deemed sufficient\nfor the purpose of meeting the requirements of this chapter.\n\n3. If the contractor employs more than five employees, the contractor shall (i)\nprovide annual training on the contractor’s sexual harassment policy to\nall supervisors and employees providing services in the Commonwealth, except\nsuch supervisors or employees that are required to complete sexual harassment\ntraining provided by the Department of Human Resource Management, and (ii) post\nthe contractor’s sexual harassment policy in (a) a conspicuous public\nplace in each building located in the Commonwealth that the contractor owns or\nleases for business purposes and (b) the contractor’s employee handbook.\n\t\t\tThe contractor shall include the provisions of subdivisions 1, 2, and 3 in\nevery subcontract or purchase order of over $10,000, so that such provisions\nshall be binding upon each subcontractor or vendor.\t\t\tNothing contained in this\nchapter shall be deemed to empower any agency to require any contractor to grant\npreferential treatment to, or discriminate against, any individual or any group\nbecause of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin on account of an\nimbalance that may exist with respect to the total number or percentage of\npersons of any race, color, religion, sex, or national origin employed by such\ncontractor in comparison with the total number or percentage of persons of such\nrace, color, religion, sex, or national origin in any community or in the\nCommonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 626, \u00a7 2.1-376; 2001, c. 844; 2020, c. 859.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}