Americans with Disabilities Act Advisory Committee. Committee meetings also serve as a mechanism for sharing information, resources and expertise related to the Americans with Disabilities Act, accommodations, policies and best practices in the workplace. Statewide Affirmative Action Council. Members are nominated by their commissioner or agency head with the Commissioner of Employee Relations appointing members to a two-year term. The purpose of the Committee is to lead, develop, and implement affirmative action programs on a statewide level.
Members meet regularly to discuss the affirmative action concerns of agencies.
The Committee's ultimate goal is to assist in attaining a diversified workforce in all state agencies through implementation of affirmative action policies. At the request of Commissioner Karen Carpenter, the Department launched the IWON program, aimed at recruiting economically disadvantaged jobseekers to state employment, including former welfare recipients. After being hired by a state agency, the new state employee may be eligible for promotional opportunities in state government. Joint Labor-Management Affirmative Action Committee. Some of this Committee's interests include affirmative action plans, proposed solutions to existing problems brought to the Committee for review and discussion and measures to provide maximum cooperation with goals and objectives determined by the Committee.