Subpart 1.
For agencies with 25 or more employees.
The head of each agency with 25 or more employees shall
submit to the commissioner an affirmative action plan for the agency. The plan
must at least:
A. identify the
protected group or groups underrepresented in the agency's work force and,
therefore, covered by the affirmative action plan;
B. designate those persons or groups
responsible for directing and implementing the agency affirmative action
program and the specific responsibility, accountability, and duties of each
person or group;
C. state the
agency head's commitment to the affirmative action program and to the
implementation of the agency affirmative action plan;
D. specify a readily accessible location for
the posting of the agency's affirmative action plan;
E. describe the methods by which the agency's
affirmative action program is communicated internally and externally to
employees and other interested persons;
F. describe internal procedures, which must
comply with part 3905.0500,
for processing complaints of alleged discrimination from applicants, eligibles,
and employees;
G. set goals and
timetables, which must be established using the standards in part
3905.0600;
H. identify and describe methods for
developing programs and program objectives designed to meet affirmative action
goals;
I. describe methods of
auditing, evaluating, and reporting program success, including a procedure that
requires a preemployment review of all hiring decisions for goal units with
unmet affirmative action goals and prereview of all layoff decisions to
determine their effect on agencies' affirmative action goals and timetables;
and
J. include the official
affirmative action transmittal form which provides for section by section
verification of the plan's components.
At the discretion of the agency head, the affirmative action
plan may contain other provisions not in conflict with this chapter.
Subp. 2.
For agencies with fewer than 25 employees.
The head of each agency with fewer than 25 employees shall
submit to the commissioner an affirmative action plan for the agency, which
must at least:
A. state the agency
head's commitment to the affirmative action program;
B. state the agency head's objective to hire
members of protected groups when vacancies occur if an apparent
underutilization of protected group members exists in the agency work force;
and
C. describe an internal
procedure, which must comply with part
3905.0500, for processing
complaints of alleged discrimination from applicants, eligibles, and
employees.
