EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Paragon Bioservices, its owners and its officers, wholeheartedly support equal employment opportunities for everyone. Equal employment opportunity (EEO) is one important facet of the basic American ideal that every person has the same human rights and privileges without regard to his or her race, color, religion, sex, age, handicap, Vietnam veteran or disabled veteran status, marital status, national origin, or disability.

Equal employment opportunity means, of course, that every applicant for a job should be considered on the basis solely of his or her qualifications. It also means that every employee should be treated equally with every other similar employee, without discrimination because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, age, handicap, Vietnam veteran or disabled veteran status, marital status, national origin, or disability. Most importantly, equal employment opportunity means that everyone should not merely pay lip service to these principles, but instead should be constantly alert to the possibility of unconscious prejudice and to the necessity of endeavoring in a positive manner to perform his or her job and to handle relations with fellow employees so as to make these ideals true in fact.

Paragon Bioservices expects the full cooperation of everyone associated with it to cause equality for all to become a current actuality rather than a distant goal. We intend, therefore, that all matters related to recruiting, advertising, hiring, training, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, layoffs, recall from layoffs, educational assistance, and social and recreational programs, and all treatment on the job, be free of discriminatory practices.

To this end, the Manager of Human Resources has been named as EEO Coordinator of Paragon Bioservices and will have overall responsibility for the implementation of our EEO Program. The EEO Coordinator will be available to any member of management or any employee who may have a question concerning this policy and its implementation.