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By January 1 of each year, the treasurer shall compile a list of corporations that, directly or through a subsidiary, do business in Northern Ireland and in whose stocks or obligations the treasurer has invested and shall determine whether such corporation has taken substantial action to achieve the following goals, known as the MacBride principles:
    I. Increasing the representation of individuals from underrepresented religious groups in the work force, including managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical and technical jobs.
    II. Adequate security for the protection of minority employees at the workplace and while traveling to and from work.
    III. The banning of provocative religious or political emblems from the workplace.
    IV. All job openings shall be publicly advertised and special recruitment efforts shall be made to attract applicants from underrepresented religious groups.
    V. Layoff, recall and termination procedures shall not in practice favor particular religious groups.
    VI. The abolition of job reservations, apprenticeship restrictions and differential employment criteria which discriminate on the basis of religion or ethnic origin.
    VII. The development of training programs that will prepare substantial numbers of current minority employees for skilled jobs, including the expansion of existing programs and the creation of new programs to train, upgrade and improve the skills of minority employees.
    VIII. The establishment of procedures to assess, identify and actively recruit minority employees with potential for further advancement.
    IX. The appointment of a senior management staff member to oversee the company's affirmative action efforts and the setting up of timetables to carry out affirmative action principles.

Source. 1989, 46:1, eff. June 16, 1989.