Sec.46a-68-88. Program goals

(a) Where an agency has identified, under section 46a-68-87 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, any employment policy or practice having an adverse impact upon protected race and sex group members, individuals with disabilities or older persons, it shall develop and implement program goals.

(b) Program goals shall be meaningful, measurable and reasonably attainable and shall be consistent with section 46a-68-92 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies to ensure:

(1) the promotion of equal opportunity and to achieve a workplace free of discrimination;

(2) opportunities for all qualified applicants including underutilized groups;

(3) the utilization of a fair and nondiscriminatory recruitment and selection process; and

(4) that career development opportunities are available to all interested and qualified employees, including minorities and women.

(c) Where the cooperation of another agency is essential to the implementation of a program goal, the agency shall keep a record of each instance of contact with the agency whose cooperation is requested and the outcome of the request.

(d) An agency may elect to set program goals or the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities may require that program goals be set for any employment policy or practice having an adverse impact upon a race and sex group or for any protected group not covered by this section whether or not that policy or practice was identified as having an adverse impact pursuant to section 46a-68-87 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(Effective April 17, 2015)