This section will provide you with information in response to the most frequently asked questions by members of the UCLA community regarding affirmative action for staff employees.
To view the University’s staff and academic affirmative action plans and policies, please click on the corresponding links in Related Information.
If you’ve read the FAQ and have additional questions, send us an email at the address below.
*Excerpts taken from the University of California Office of the President Diversity website.
1 Pregnancy includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy and childbirth.
2 Service in the uniformed services includes membership, application for membership, performance of service, application for service, or obligation for service in the uniformed services.
3 Covered Veterans includes veterans with disabilities, recently separated veterans, Vietnam era veterans, veterans who served on active duty in the U.S. Military Ground, Naval or Air Service during a war or in a campaign expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized, or Armed Forces service medal veterans.
Campus Human Resources, Staff Diversity and AA/EEO Compliance Office
Email: StaffDiversity@chr.ucla.edu | Phone: (310) 794-0691 | Fax: (310) 794-2800
Affirmative action, therefore, is a vehicle by which we seek to reach the goal of equal employment opportunity. Affirmative Action may take the form of outreach recruitment efforts, educational opportunities for career advancement, and other training and skill enhancement programs for all employees, including women, minorities, persons with disabilities and covered veterans.3 Affirmative action is proactive and can be all of these things and much more.