Island Transit has a strong commitment to the community we serve and to our employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class.

Island Transit’s Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to, recruitment advertising, hiring, upgrading, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, and treatment of employees.

All applicants and employees have the right to file complaints alleging discrimination. Retaliation against an individual who files a charge or complaint of discrimination, participates in an employment discrimination proceeding (such as an investigation or lawsuit), or otherwise engages in protected activity is strictly prohibited and will not be tolerated.

Island Transit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees who need them because of a disability or to practice or observe their religion, absent undue hardship.

As Island Transit’s Executive Director, I maintain overall responsibility and accountability for Island Transit’s compliance with its EEO Policy and Program. To ensure day-to-day management, including program preparation, monitoring, and compliant investigation, I have appointed Robyn Goldring, Administrative & HR Manager as Island Transit’s EEO Officer. Robyn Goldring will report directly to me and acts with my authority with all levels of management, labor unions and employees. The EEO Officer can be contacted by phone at (360) 678-9517, and by email at goldring@islandtransit.org.

All Island Transit executives, management, and supervisory personnel, however, share in the responsibility for implementing and monitoring Island Transit’s EEO Policy and Program within their respective areas and will be assigned specific tasks to ensure compliance is achieved. Island Transit will evaluate its managers’ and supervisors’ performance on their successful implementation of Island Transit’s policies and procedures, in the same way Island Transit assesses their performance regarding other agency’s goals.

Island Transit is committed to undertaking and developing a written nondiscrimination program that sets forth the policies, practices and procedures, with goals and timetables, to which the agency is committed, and make the EEO Program available for inspection by any employee or applicant for employment upon request.

I am personally committed to a workplace that acts upon its daily responsibility to treat all applicants and employees with dignity and respect, as well as equitably under the guidelines of our EEO Policy and Program.

Approved by                                         

                        Todd E. Morrow, Executive Director                                                   

Effective March 1, 2022 Island Transit’s EEO Policy Statement was reviewed and updated as part of the EEO Program development.