EQUAL EMPLOYMENT STATEMENT

Hinkle Contracting Company, LLC is legally and morally committed to a policy that promotes the full realization of equal employment opportunity and insures that employees are selected and treated during their employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age (over 40), disability, or national origin. Such action shall include employment, upgrading, demotion or transfer, recruitment, layoff or termination, rate of pay, and/or any other forms of compensation, selection for training, including apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship and/or on-the-job training. There are to be no exceptions to this policy.