However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. Support separation-related initiatives, including but not limited to reviewing accounts for archival eligibility, cleaning up and maintaining CHT hierarchies, creating CACs and Grands as required, assisting with testing new tools and processes and reviewing and validating data for the 7-to-3 conversion initiative.