760 CMR 47.05 - Employment Policies
(1) All Department
officials and supervisory employees shall appoint, assign, train, evaluate,
compensate, and promote agency personnel on the basis of merit and fitness, without
discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, disability,
ancestry, sex, age, status as a veteran, military service, sexual orientation,
gender identity, or any other basis prohibited by law.
(2) The following standards and procedures shall
govern the preparation and adoption of affirmative action and diversity plans by the
Department:
(a) Set forth goals and timetables and
employ all reasonable measures to eliminate the lingering effects of any present or
past discriminatory employment practices;
(b) Review its existing staffing patterns, and to
the extent that such patterns indicate a pattern of staffing of Racial/Ethnic
Minority group members and women, persons with disabilities, and veterans that is
not fairly reflective of the percentage of Racial/Ethnic Minority Group members,
women, persons with disabilities, and veterans in the Boston Metropolitan
Statistical Area (MSA), take appropriate remedial measures to resolve and eliminate
such patterns in future hiring and promotion decisions;
(c) Conduct an ongoing review of its affirmative
action and diversity plan to ensure compliance with such plan, and with the intent
of
760 CMR 47.00 in accordance with
applicable executive orders; and
(d)
Appoint a Diversity Officer to supervise monitoring and enforcement of the
affirmative action and diversity plan. In addition, the Diversity Officer shall have
the authority to recommend approval or disapproval of all appointments and
Department funded construction contracts.
(3) The Undersecretary shall, in conjunction with
the Commission, periodically review the above standards and procedures and shall
propose modifications and amendments where appropriate, provided however, that any
such modifications and amendments shall include without limitation, the provisions
of 760 CMR 47.05(2)(a) through (d).
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