• Administration of the Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance which provides for Indian Preference in employment, contracting and subcontracting conducted on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, located in Southeast Idaho.

• Providing information on Indian Preference and Equal Employment laws;
• Providing job search, application assistance, interviewing and job retention information.
• Negotiating Indian Preference Agreements with employers operating on or near the Fort Hall Indian Reservation;
• Maintaining employment referral services to employers both on or near the Reservation;
• Investigating and completing on-site inspections of employers, contractors, or subcontractors to insure compliance with the TERO Ordinance and Tribes' Indian Preference Policy;
• Receiving and investigating potential employment discrimination complaint charges;
• Drafting charges of alleged violations of Title VII, filing with EEOC and attempting to conciliate complaints; Assisting Indians in capitalizing on employment opportunities and in developing their own businesses.

• TERO Hiring Hall Application for job seeker registration
• Complaint Procedures & Complaint Form
• Tribal Prevailing Wage Scale
• Certification Schedule & Application for Indian Preference Businesses
• TERO Indian Preference Business Directory

Job Seeker Orientations are held the first, second and third Thursday of every month at 8:00 a.m. at the TERO Office.

Job seekers can file a TERO application, find out information on our Hiring Hall Procedures, seek employment using the Job Order and Referral system and register with the Department of Labor job seeker and access unemployment benefits by using the free computer.

Denell Broncho, Director

Kimberly Dixey, Compliance Officer

Mitzi Silversmith, Placement Officer

Commissioners - Keith Tinno, Chairman

Debra Rodriguez, Vice Chairman

Lucille Edmo, Secretary

Lloyd Preacher, Sr., Sgt.-At-Arms

Clinton Plentywounds, Member

Mildred Borjas, Alternate

Tribal Employment Rights Office, established in 1981

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes

PO Box 306

Widowville Road, Bldg #91

Fort Hall, ID 83203

Phone:  208-478-3848

Fax:    208-478-3756

Email:  tero@shoshonebannocktribes.com

Council of Tribal Employment Rights Office

http://www.ctertero.com/

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

http://www.eeoc.gov/

Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

http://www.dol.gov/esa/ofccp/

Idaho Transportation Department

http://itd.idaho.gov/