123:1-49-43 Additional requirements for agency affirmative action plans.

In addition to the general requirements of an Affirmative Action Plan, an agency shall:

(A) Provide sufficient resources to administer its Equal Employment Opportunity Program in a positive and effective manner;

(B) Examine recruiting and employee selection and job qualification procedures for bias and eliminate any such procedure found to have a discriminatory impact on minorities or women;

(C) Conduct a continuing campaign to eradicate every form of prejudice or discrimination based upon race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, from the agency’s personnel policies and practices and working conditions, including corrective action against employees who engage in discriminatory practices;

(D) Utilize to the fullest extent the present skills of employees by all means, including the redesigning of jobs where feasible, so that tasks not requiring the full utilization of skills of incumbents are concentrated in jobs with lower skill requirements;

(E) Provide the maximum feasible opportunity to employees to enhance their skills through on-the-job training, work-study programs, and other training measures so that they may perform at their highest potential and advance in accordance with their abilities;

(F) Communicate the agency’s equal employment opportunity policy and program and its employment needs to all sources of job candidates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, and solicit their recruitment assistance on a continuing basis;

(G) Participate at the community level with other employers, with schools and universities, and with other public and private groups in cooperative action to improve employment opportunities and community conditions that affect employability;

(H) Review, evaluate, and control managerial and supervisory performance in such a manner as to insure a continuing affirmative application and vigorous enforcement of the policy of equal opportunity, and provide orientation, training, and advice to managers and supervisors to assure their understanding and implementation of the equal employment opportunity policy and program;

(I) Inform its employees and recognized employee organizations of the affirmative equal employment opportunity policy and program and enlist their cooperation.

HISTORY: (former PL-36-43); Eff 8-13-73

Rule promulgated under: RC Chapter 119.

Rule authorized by: Executive Order, 9/13/73