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POLICY: NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT Policy #2
CREATION DATE: September 2015
REVISION DATE: October 2017

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 2016
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Jack & Jill Children’s Center is an equal opportunity employer. All employment activities will be
conducted in a manner to assure equal opportunity for all and will be based solely on the
individual merit and fitness of applicants, candidates and/or team members without regard to
race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, sexual
orientation/preference, marital status, pregnancy, disability, veteran’s status, or any other
characteristic protected by law.

Further, Jack & Jill Children’s Center is an equal opportunity service provider and will provide
its services to children and/or their family without regard to the child or family’s race, color,
creed, religion, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation/preference, marital status,
pregnancy, disability, veteran’s status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Any team member who acts in a discriminatory manner towards any person will be subject to
disciplinary action up to and including termination. This includes overt acts of discrimination
through speech, writing or behavior as well as acts of indifference, failure to acknowledge
another person and/or failure to act in a professional manner towards another person.

Team members hired for positions where the primary responsibility is direct child care must be
18 years of age in accordance with the regulations established by Broward County Child Care
Licensing and the Florida Department of Children and Families.