Tulalip Tribes TERO Office

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Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance #60

Requires all businesses, contractors and subcontractors to utilize preference in hiring TERO qualified and certified workers while doing business within or near the boundaries of the Tulalip reservation.

Tribal Contracting Ordinance #89

Insures that all Native American Businesses from the TERO Native American Owned Business Registry are given the opportunity to bid on any construction project within the boundaries of the Tulalip reservation.

TERO laws and ordinances enforce specific requirements upon employers such as regulating their employment practices and obligating them to provide preference in recruiting, hiring, training and promotions to Native Americans.

TERO has compliance officers who will monitor the employers performance to insure they are in compliance with tribal perference provisions.

TERO can impose fines and other sanctions on employers who fail to comply with their specific Native American preference requirements.

A Tribes authority to enact and enforce Native American Employment Preference Law is grounded in its inherent sovereign powers of self government. TERO supports the most basic principle of Indian law and has been upheld by a host of supreme court decisions. TERO is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Representative (EEOC) on the Tulalip reservation.