It is the policy of the City of Phoenix that any construction contractor ("contractor") who anticipates establishing a business relationship with the City of Phoenix for contracts of $10,000.00 or more adheres to a policy of equal employment opportunity to recruit, hire and promote regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability; adheres to a policy to pay equal compensation to men and women who perform jobs that require substantially equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and that are performed within the same establishment under similar working conditions; and that all contractors uphold this policy with their subcontractors. Contractors who employ more than 35 persons shall also include sexual orientation and gender identity or expression in their equal employment opportunity policies. (Ord. No. G-5600, § 2, 2011; Ord. No. G-5780, 2013; Ord. No. G-6022, 2015)