Janice Wadkins Assistant Administrator of Employment Relations Services Employment Relations Services staff members assist state agencies with their affirmative action program needs and objectives. We also administer a statewide Employee Assistance Program to help agencies and employees with performance deficiencies associated with personal problems, including alcoholism and drug abuse. Employment Relations coordinates the certification of Discrimination Complaints Investigators and the training of agency Civil Rights Administrators. The Administrator consults with AARC members concerning the standards that executive branch agencies must follow in adopting their Affirmative Action Plans. Additionally, the body reviews agency Affirmative Action Plans and assists the Administrator in preparing the annual Status Report regarding Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action efforts in state agencies.
All members serve two-year terms.
This Council also makes a concerted effort toward increasing statewide public awareness of problems surrounding Hispanics and expands opportunities for Oklahoma Hispanics in education, employment, health, housing, culture, and recreation. These activities are an effort to act as a central resource for private sector entities and state agencies to develop, promote, publicize, and raise funds for events related to the statewide celebration of the holiday.