Civil Rights

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MISSION

To guarantee equal treatment to all employees, aspiring employees, visitors and beneficiaries of the programs of the Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW) and the Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (PRHTA); that no rights are denied by means of race, color, religion, gender (including equal pay for equal work), gender identity, genetic information, pregnancy, real or perceived sexual orientation, national origin, age, social condition, political ideas, serological status, veteran condition, for being a victim or perceived victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or any irrelevant impediment of the requirements of an occupation.

PROGRAMS
Contract Compliance
Title VI and Americans with Disabilities Act
Disadvantage Business Enterprise
Equal Employment Opportunity
On the Job Training

WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS
Implicación del Hostigamiento Sexual en el Trabajo (Only Spanish)
Manual de Recomendaciones para llevar a cabo una Investigación Interna en casos de Discrimen, incluyendo Hostigamiento Sexual (para Directores o Supervisores) (Only Spanish)

POLICIES
Equal Opportunity
Igualdad De Oportunidad de Empleo para Jóvenes (Only Spanish)
Contra el Hostigamiento Sexual (Only Spanish)
Your Rights under Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964
Ley 212 – Ley para garantizar la igualdad de oportunidades en el empleo por género (Only Spanish)

NOTICES

DBE Goal 2024 – 2026 (FHWA)
DBE Goal 2023-2025 (FTA)

For more information, please contact us at:
Highway and Transportation Authority
Civil Rights Office
PO Box 42007
San Juan, PR 00940-2007
Roberto Sánchez Vilella Government Center, Stop 22 ½ Santurce, South Tower, 16th floor

Telephone: (787) 721-8787 Ext. 51740
Email: Derechosciviles@act.pr.gov

Yomarie Pacheco Sánchez, Esq.
Director