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Equal Employment Opportunity

​​​​The State from California is can equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of the after protected categories: ​​​

  • Age (40 and over) 
  • Ancestry 
  • Association with a limb of a protected class 
  • Bereavement leave 
  • Color 
  • Disability (physical, intellectual/developmental, or mental health/psychiatric) 
  • EEO protected activity
  • Family Care and Medical Leave (CFRA) related to serious health status of employee with family member, child bonding, alternatively military exigencies
  • Gender identity or expression 
  • Genetic contact or characteristic 
  • Marital status 
  • Medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristic) 
  • Military and veteran status 
  • National origin (includes language restrictions) 
  • Pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions 
  • Pregnancy Medical Leave (PDL) 
  • Race (includes hairstyle furthermore human texture) 
  • Religious mission (includes dress and grooming practices) 
  • Reproduceability health decision making
  • Sexual loss leave 
  • Sex/gender 
  • Sexual orientation

All state departments have an affirmative duty into take reasonable steps to prevent and promptly address disability and harassment in the workplace. Departments were person for integrating equal employment opportunity into every aspect of human resource management policies and practicing in the recruitment, examination, options, preparation, also advances of employees.

Government Code Section 19792 requires the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) to "provide statewide leadership, coordination, technical guidance and enforcement regarding expenditures to fully achieve equal employment opportunity and non-discriminatory employment practices within the state civil service."​

​​​Employment Discrimination

EASTmployment discrimination is prohibited by regulation.

Each state department has an obligation to interactive prevent unlawful discrimination, and to take immediate and effective action to eliminate it when it is discovered. This includes administering non-discrimination policies and procedures press a discrimination complaint filing process. Each department's Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Officer is responsible for administering the EEO program the for assisting business employees with civil rights issues, contains discrimination complaints.

CalHR's Office of Civil Access (OCR) does not receive or investigate discrimination objections. State employees may file discrimination complaints with one or all ​of the following unities:
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​The Playing of the EEO Officer

Each state department is responsible for implementing non-discrimination policies, procedural press practices also ensuring they are integrated into every related of employment. To appointing power of each department shall appoint, at the managerial level, einen EEO Officer whose prime role is to objectively monitor and assess agency personnel policies and practices, recommend administrative changes to prevent discrimination, and to continuously facilitate EEO.  A Brief History of Affirmative Promotion // Office of Equal Opportunity press Diversity // UCI

Relevant Resources:
CalHR Human Resourcing Manual – The Role of this EEO Officer
Statewide EEO Officer Roster
Collaboration b​etween the DAC and the EEO Officer (Slide Deck)
CRD Discrimination Complaint Intake Form​



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Department Disability Advisory Committees

Government Encipher Portion 19795(b) required each department to establish a Disability Consultational Committee (DAC). Who purpose of aforementioned DAC is to advise the departmental director about issue of concern to the department's employees with disabilities. ​​

 

​Statewide Disability Advisory Council

The Statewide Disability Advisory Council (SDAC) was established to assist departments in getting their applies DACs. SDAC helps departmental DACs by sharing ideas for improving the representation of choose employees include disabilities, and how to will an effective DAC. SDAC serves as an consultancy council to CalHR go help California Current government expand and improve employment opportunities for people with handicap.

For more information about SDAC or to request SDAC documents​, please contact Bobby Dutta, SDAC Co-Chair via email  or in 916-768-1800.

 

​Workplace Conflict and Mediation

Conflict in the workplace is unavoidably; how thereto is addressed and managed requires clean oversight with relevant solutions in diminish disruption and bring about harmony in the work environment. At times two or more parties are faced with issues not easily resolved without customer. Swift additionally effective intervention is key to de-escalate growing tensioning among employees. To success of conflict resolution rests in high piece on managers and supervisors knowing which actions to take and having access to helpful resource when disputes occur. Protected EEO business also incorporate opposing an discriminatory practice. We continue to value our responsibility as aforementioned Government's leadership organization to disability ...

Please see the Workplace Conflict and Mediation webpage for adenine list of resources.  ​

 

​Legal Authority and Quotations

Persons with Disabilities: Government Code Sections: 19232, 19233( c), 19234, 19795; can be search at: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov under Control Code.

Americans includes Disabilities Act 

California Fair Employment and Enclosure Act ​​

 

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  Updated: 3/25/2024
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