10.12 Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Planning * Flashcards
The EEO is to ensure equal opportunity for what/who?
For applicants and existing employees at all levels in testing, hiring, training, promotion and other benifits and privileges of employment
It is the policy to provide equal opportunity for all persons without regard to what?
Race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, marital status, sexual orientation or medical condition.
Who is responsible for coordinating, monitoring, evaluating and reporting on OEEO activities to the Commissioner?
Department’s Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Commander
Who is responsible and accountable to the appropriate Division Chief for personnel practices consistent with the Departments OEEO Program?
Middle Managers/Supervisors
(True/False) The Upward Mobility Program is a component of the Department’s overall Affirmative Action
True
In order for an employee to receive compensation (pay) for bilingual skills, they are to use their bilingual skills, on a continuing basis, an average (%) of the employee ‘s work time.
10%
A person with a disability is anyone who has a physical or mental impairment to which substantially limits one or more of that person’s __________, has a record of such impairment or is regarded as having impairment
Major life activities
An experienced Office Assistant who had a prominent facial scar was passed over for promotion to a Receptionist position. A less experienced Office Assistant was promoted because the Supervisor believed that members of the public would not want to look at this person. How was she discriminated against?
She was discriminated against as a person with a disability because the supervisor perceived and treated the individual with the scar as being substantially limited
Who is entitled to Reasonable Accommodations?
A qualified person that meets the definition of a person with a disability.
Provide some examples of reasonable accommodations.
Making test sites accessible, making written tests accommodations, modify work sites, adjusting work schedules, restructuring jobs, providing assistive devices, provide support services assistance, adopting flexible leave policies
Can an employee with mobility impairment who finds it difficult to maneuver during peak periods on public transportation request to be allowed to start his working shift earlier or later?
Yes. This is an example or reasonable accommodation
A Commander shall render a decision within ___ (days) after a CHP 163 (Reasonable Accommodation Request) is submitted
10 days
The Department must provide “Reasonable Accommodations” to the known physical or medical limitations of a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless it can show what?
The accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the organization, or it would pose a direct threat to the health and/or safety of either themselves or to the health or safety of others
Can a background investigator ask an applicant, prior to a conditional offer of employment, “How many days were you absent from work because of illness last year?”
No. The investigator can not make inquiries into an applicant’s medical status or history prior to a conditional offer.
What is the cut off age that defines age discrimination?
Over the age of 40
