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13. DISCRIMINATION
<br />Contractor shall not discriminate because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, marital
<br />status, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, or disability, as defined and prohibited
<br />by applicable law, in the recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, termination or
<br />other employment related activities. Contractor affirns that it is an equal opportunity employer
<br />and shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.
<br />14. JURISDICTION - VENUE
<br />This Agreement and all questions relating to its validity, interpretation, performance, and
<br />enforcement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
<br />California. This Agreement has been executed and delivered in the State of California and the
<br />validity, interpretation, performance, and enforcement of any of the clauses of this Agreement
<br />shall be determined and governed by the laws of the State of California. Both parties further
<br />agree that Orange County, California, shall be the venue for any action or proceeding that may
<br />be brought or arise out of, in cormection with or by reason of this Agreement.
<br />15. COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
<br />Contractor shall carry out all services pursuant to this Agreement in substantial
<br />conformity with all applicable laws, ordinances, statutes, codes, rules, regulations, orders, and
<br />decrees of the United States, the State of California, the County of Orange, the City, and of any
<br />other political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality exercising jurisdiction over the City,
<br />including all applicable federal, state, and local occupation, safety and health laws, rules,
<br />regulations and standards, applicable state and labor standards, prevailing wage requirements, the
<br />City zoning and development standards, City permits and approvals, building, plumbing,
<br />mechanical and electrical codes, as they may apply, and all other provisions of the City and its
<br />Municipal Code (as they may apply), and all applicable disabled and handicapped access
<br />requirements, including, without the limitation, the Americans With Disability Act, 42 U.S.C. §
<br />12101 et seq., Government Code § 4450 et seq., and the Unruh Civil Rights Act, Civil Code § 51
<br />et seq.
<br />Contractor shall comply with Labor Code Sections 1060-1064, the "Displaced Janitor
<br />Opportunity Act." Among other things, this Act states that "a successor [janitorial services]
<br />contractor or successor subcontractor shall retain, for a 60 -day transition employment period,
<br />employees who have been employed by the terminated contractor or its subcontractors, if any,
<br />for the preceding four months or longer at the site or sites covered by the successor service
<br />contract unless the successor contractor or successor subcontractor has reasonable and
<br />substantiated cause not to hire a particular employee based on that employee's performance or
<br />conduct while working under the tenninated contract." Contractor is advised to review the Act
<br />in its entirety.
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