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N.J.S.A. 11A:7 Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action

Equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, and the machinery built to enforce them. The chapter creates a Division of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action, requires each agency to set goals, appoint an affirmative action officer and adopt a plan, and makes agencies accountab

N.J.S.A. Title 11A, Civil Service

Equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, and the machinery built to enforce them. The chapter creates a Division of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action, requires each agency to set goals, appoint an affirmative action officer and adopt a plan, and makes agencies accountable for the results, with penalties for failure and a Governor's citation for success. It also creates an advisory commission. The later additions are the substantial ones for individual employees: 11A:7-13 on accommodation for people with disabilities and waiver of examination, followed by the fast-track hiring process for people with significant disabilities and the State as a Model Employer program, plus training for those who investigate discrimination complaints and a hotline for reporting them. Workplace discrimination complaints run through this chapter, not through the ADA grievance procedure in the rules, which handles complaints about the Commission itself.

Lines in italics are the section’s own opening words.

The rules that carry Title 11A out are N.J.A.C. Title 4A. See which rule implements which section.