Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part III - Gaming Control Board › Chapter 47 - Landbased Casino Gaming › Section III-4717 - Nondiscrimination and Minority Programs

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The casino operator and the casino manager
				shall adopt written policies, procedures and regulations to allow the
				participation of businesses owned by minorities in all design, engineering,
				construction, banking and maintenance contracts and any other projects
				initiated by the casino operator or casino manager. The written policies,
				procedures and regulations shall provide for the inclusion of businesses owned
				by minorities to the maximum extent practicable consistent with applicable
				law.
B. All businesses or vendors
				selected by the casino operator or the casino manager for any purpose shall
				strictly adhere to the nondiscrimination policies and practices embodied in
				applicable federal, state and local law.
C. The casino operator and the casino manager
				shall, as nearly as practicable, employ minorities at least consistent with the
				population of the state and consistent with applicable law.
D. No employee shall be denied the equal
				protection of the law. No regulation or policy shall discriminate against an
				employee because of race, religious ideas, beliefs or affiliations. No
				regulation or policy shall arbitrarily, capriciously or unreasonably
				discriminate against an employee because of age, sex, culture, physical
				condition, political ideas or affiliations.
E. In furtherance of the mandate set forth in
				the preceding subsections, the board shall monitor the casino operator and
				casino manager's hiring and contracting practices and exercise enforcement
				authority as follows.
1. Within five days of
				submission to the city of New Orleans, the casino operator and casino manager
				shall file with the board copies of all reports that it files with the city of
				New Orleans pursuant to any program or plan undertaken. Should the casino
				operator no longer be required to submit the reports to the city of New
				Orleans, the information contained in the reports will still be required by the
				board to be submitted in a format as determined by the board.
2. The casino operator or casino manager
				shall submit any additional information or record the board requires to assist
				in determining compliance.
3. In
				the event that the board has reason to believe that the reports submitted
				provide information that the casino operator or casino manager's employment
				practices are not in compliance with the Act, the chairman shall issue a notice
				of concern to the casino operator and casino manager prior to taking formal
				action against the casino operator or casino manager.
a. The notice of concern shall describe the
				alleged area of non-compliance and set a date for a meeting with the chairman
				for the purpose of discussing areas of concern. The meeting shall be held
				within 10 days of receipt of the notice unless the chairman agrees to extend
				the date for a longer period of time.
b. At the meeting with the chairman, the
				casino operator and casino manager shall present any information that it
				believes is relevant to the issues raised in the notice of concern.
c. If the chairman does not receive
				information to his satisfaction concerning the alleged areas of non-compliance
				he may:
i. take the matter directly to the
				board;
ii. inform the casino
				operator and casino manager of the steps deemed necessary to bring the casino
				operator and casino manager into compliance with the Act and establish a
				timetable for pursuing and completing such action; or
iii. take other action as he deems
				appropriate including but not limited to, civil penalties and the imposition of
				a plan that, in the discretion of the board, meets the objectives of the Act
				and rules and is otherwise consistent with law.