Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 68 - Affirmative Action Plans by State Government Agencies Equal Employment Opportunity in Apprenticeship and Training › Section 46a-68-5 - Affirmative action plans

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Adoption
			 of affirmative action plans.
A sponsor's commitment to equal opportunity
			 in recruitment, selection, employment and training shall include the adoption
			 of a written affirmative action plan as required by this regulation.
(b)
Outreach and positive
			 recruitment.
Acceptable affirmative action plans should include
			 provisions for outreach and positive recruitment that would reasonably be
			 expected to increase minority and female participation in apprenticeships by
			 expanding the opportunities of minorities and females to become eligible for
			 apprenticeship selection.
Each sponsor shall effectively communicate its equal
				opportunity policy in such a manner as to foster understanding, acceptance and
				support among the sponsor's various officers, supervisors, employees and
				members and to encourage such persons to take the necessary action to aid the
				sponsor in meeting its obligations under these regulations.
Each sponsor shall disseminate information concerning the
				nature of apprenticeship requirements, availability of apprenticeship
				opportunities, sources of applications and explanation of the equal opportunity
				policy of the sponsor. Such information shall be given as openings in the
				program arise, to the department and the Connecticut apprenticeship information
				job service network, which in turn will disseminate it to local schools,
				women's centers, outreach programs, the permanent commission on the status of
				women and community organizations which can effectively reach minorities and
				females in the sponsor's labor market area.
In recognition of the fact that the scope of a particular
				affirmative action plan will be determined by the size of the apprenticeship
				program and the amount of a particular sponsor's resources, any individual
				sponsor will not necessarily be requested to take specific steps in all the
				areas listed below. However, the affirmative action plan shall set forth those
				specific steps the sponsor does intend to take. Suggested actions
				follow:
(1) Each sponsor may cooperate
			 with local school boards and vocational educational systems to develop programs
			 for preparing students to meet the standards and criteria required to qualify
			 for entry into apprenticeship programs.
(2) Each sponsor may make provision in its
			 affirmative action program that those who complete pre-apprenticeship and
			 preparatory trade training programs are afforded equal opportunity to
			 participate in the sponsor's apprentice training program. It is understood that
			 the completion of such training programs in no way confers favored status upon
			 such applicants, and that those eventually selected for the apprenticeship
			 program will be selected on the basis of merit.
(3) Each sponsor may utilize journeypersons
			 to assist in the implementation of the affirmative action program.
(4) Each sponsor may grant advanced standing
			 or credit on the basis of previously acquired experience, training, skills or
			 aptitude for program applicants.
(5) Each sponsor may admit to apprenticeship
			 programs persons whose age exceeds the usually preferred maximum age for
			 admission to the program providing such individuals possess equal skills and
			 aptitudes as those applicants whose age does not exceed the usually preferred
			 maximum age.
(6) Each sponsor may
			 take any other action needed to ensure the implementation of the objectives of
			 its affirmative action program. Nothing in this section is meant to perform any
			 violation of an existing, valid collective bargaining agreement, so long as
			 such collective bargaining agreement was not written to circumvent or
			 discourage affirmative action in apprenticeship programs and so long as such
			 collective bargaining agreement does not have the effect of circumventing or
			 discouraging affirmative action in apprenticeship programs.