U.S. - Invitation to Self-Identify

Tower Semiconductor Newport Beach is subject to certain nondiscrimination and affirmative action recordkeeping and reporting requirements which require the company to invite employees to voluntarily self-identify their gender and race/ethnicity. Submission of this information is voluntary and refusal to provide it will not subject you to any adverse treatment. The information obtained will be kept confidential and may only be used in accordance with the provisions of applicable federal laws, executive orders, and regulations, including those which require the information to be summarized and reported to the federal government for civil rights enforcement purposes.For civil rights monitoring and enforcement purposes only, all race/ethnicity information will be collected and reported in the seven categories identified below. The definitions for each category have been established by the federal government and are listed below.Descriptions as stated by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for EEO-1 Reporting Requirements:1. American Indian or Alaskan Native: All Persons having origins in the original peoples of North America and South America (including Central America), and who maintain cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community attachment. 2. Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino): All persons having origins in the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent. (For example, China, Japan, Korea, Philippine Islands, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam). 3. Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino): All persons having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. 4. Hispanic: All persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. 5. Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino): All persons having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.

U.S. – Protected Veteran Voluntary Self-Identification

Tower Semiconductor Newport Beach is committed to equal opportunity and affirmative action in all aspects of employment for qualified protected veterans. We ask that you please consider completing the section below to help us fulfill our commitments to equal opportunity and affirmative action and to meet our obligations as a government contractor under the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended by the Jobs for Veterans Act of 2002, 38 U.S.C. 4212 (VEVRAA). VEVRAA requires us to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment protected veterans. While Tower Semiconductor Newport Beach is required by VEVRAA to submit an annual report to the U.S. Department of Labor identifying the total number of employees who are “protected veterans” based on the categories listed below, submission of this information is voluntary on your part and refusal to provide it will not subject you to any adverse treatment. The information provided will be used only in a manner consistent with VEVRAA. The protected veteran classifications are defined as follows: • "Disabled Veteran": (1) a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or (2) a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability. • "Recently Separated Veteran”: any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service. • "Active Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran": a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense, (Period of War Dates: Korean Conflict June 27, 1950 – January 31,1955; Vietnam Era February 28, 1961 – May 7, 1975 for veterans serving in the Republic of Vietnam or August 5, 1964 – May 7, 1975 for all other cases; Persian Gulf War August 2, 1990 – current). • "Armed Forces Service Medal Veteran": a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.

U.S. – Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability:
Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibits federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating in employment against individuals with disabilities and requires employers take affirmative action to recruit, hire, promote, and retain these individuals. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Tower Semiconductor welcomes applicants with disabilities. We strive to provide an equal work environment for all employees and provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities during the application and interview process.
If you are an applicant with a disability and have questions about reasonable accommodation during the application, the interview process or the employment, please contact us at [email protected].
Tower values diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.