Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) Oregon State Government is committed to
achieving a workforce that represents the diversity of the Oregon community and
being a leader in providing its citizens with fair and equal employment
opportunities. Accordingly:
(a) State agency
heads shall ensure:
(A) Equal employment
opportunities are afforded to all applicants and employees by making
non-discriminatory employment related decisions;
(B) Employment practices shall be in
compliance with the state's Affirmative Action Guidelines, state and federal
laws to:
(i) Promote good faith efforts to
achieve established affirmative action objectives; and
(ii) Take proactive steps to develop diverse
applicant pools for position vacancies.
(b) The Department of Administrative Services
(DAS) shall:
(A) Maintain an automated
affirmative action tracking system which uses a uniform methodology for
communicating affirmative action objectives for each state agency.
(B) Produce periodic reports showing Oregon
State Government's progress toward achieving established affirmative action
objectives identified by the Chief Human Resources Office at DAS and the
Governor's Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
(c) Persons, who believe they have been
subjected to discrimination by an agency in violation of this rule, may file a
complaint with the agency's affirmative action representative within 365
calendar days of the alleged act or upon knowledge of the occurrence.
(2) Employment related
decisions include, but are not limited to:
(a) Hiring,
(b) Promotion,
(c) Demotion,
(d) Transfer,
(e) Termination,
(f) Layoff,
(g) Training,
(h) Compensation,
(i) Benefits, and
(j) Performance evaluations;
(3) Diverse applicant pools are
developed by using proactive outreach strategies.
(4) This rule does not preclude any person
from filing a formal complaint in accordance with a collective bargaining
agreement, or with appropriate state or federal agency under the applicable
law.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
184.340,
240.145,
240.250
Stats. Implemented: ORS
240.306, 659A.012 -
659A.015
