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WHEREAS, The Executive Branch of State Government recognizes that the employment of minorities, physically handicapped persons and women serve to increase the effectiveness of State Government and that fair and nondiscriminatory treatment for all its employees promotes the merit principle, encourages career employment and results in greater efficiency in the operation of State Government; and

WHEREAS, The State is required to comply with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, P. L. 88-352 (1964), as amended by the Equal Opportunity Act of 1972, P. L. 92-261 (1972), Presidential Order No. 11246, 30 F.R. 12319 (1965), and Presidential Order No. 11375, 32 F.R. 14303 (1966), Federal guidelines appearing in 41 CFR 60 (1972) as amended, and The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, P. L. 93-112 (1973); and

WHEREAS, Equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, and physical handicap has been the law of this State at least since passage of the 樱花视频 Law Against Discrimination, N. J. S. 10:5-1 et seq. (1945); and

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 21, issued June 24, 1965, by Governor Richard J. Hughes, established this State's goal of eliminating discrimination in State employment, facilities, and services; and

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 14, issued December 23, 1974, delegated formal executive leadership to the Department of Civil Service to obtain compliance with Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines and provided the impetus to begin to correct deficiencies and to increase the utilization of minorities, women, and physically handicapped persons at all levels of responsibility;

Now, THEREFORE, I, Brendan T. Byrne, Governor of the 樱花视频, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and by the statutes of this State, do hereby Order and Direct:

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1. This Order extends to all departments in the Executive Branch and all appointees of the Governor in the Executive Branch and their staff. As used in this Order, "departments and agencies", shall include each of the principal departments in the executive branch of the State Government, and all boards, commissions, agencies, departments, councils, authorities, now existing or hereafter established.
   
   
2. The head of each department and agency to which this Order applies shall ensure equality of opportunity for all of its employees and for all applicants seeking employment within its jurisdiction. Equal employment opportunity includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the following areas: recruitment, selection, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, layoff, return from layoff, compensation and fringe benefits. It includes policies, procedures, and programs for recruitment, employment, training, promotion, and retention of minority and physically handicapped persons and women. The head of each department and agency to which this Order applies is required to explore innovative personnel policies in order to enhance these efforts and where appropriate shall implement them to the full extent of his or her authority. Where the implementation of such innovative personnel policies is not within the authority of an agency or department head he or she shall recommend implementation to the appropriate State agency.

   As used in this Order, the head of a department or agency refers to the individual representing the highest authority within any department and agency, included in section 1 of this Order.

3. The Commissioner of the Department of Civil Service shall maintain an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Division in the Department of Civil Service which shall develop, implement, and administer a statewide Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Program fir all departments and agencies subject to this Order. Such a program shall take into consideration the particular personnel requirements, reasonably related to job performance, of each department and agency. The Director of that Division ("Director") shall ensure that affirmative action and equal employment goals of each department and agency for protected classes shall be reasonably relatred to their population in the relevant surrounding Labor Market Area. The Director shall be responsible to the Governor and to the President of the Department of Civil Service and, in accordance with applicable Federal and State guidelines shall:

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   1. Ensure each department's or agency's compliance with all laws and regulations, and this Order in all areas relating to equal employment opportunity, and seek correction of discriminatory practices and procedures;

   2. Recommend appropriate sanctions to the Governor and to the President of the Civil Service Commission for non-compliance. The President of the Civil Service Commission with the concurrence of the Governor, shall have authority to implement those sanctions recommended by the Director;

   3. Review State personnel policies and procedures, inclusive of recruitment, selection, and promotion in order to identify and facilitate the elimination of artificial barriers to equal employment opportunity;

   4. Act as liaison with Federal, State, and local enforcement agencies;

   5. Recommend any necessary legislation and perform other actions deemed necessary by the Governor and the President of the Civil Service Commission to implement this Order.
      
      

4. The Department of Civil Service shall establish reasonable equal employment and affirmative action goals for departments and agencues in the form of Civil Service regulations pursuant to N. J. S. 11:17-1.

5. The Department of Civil Service, through the Division of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action, shall:
   1. Ensure that the pool of applicants for all vacant provisional, temporary, and permanent classified and unclassified positions in all departments or agencies includes both minorities, the handicapped, and women to the end that affirmative action gaols are attainable through agency selection decisions on such applicants;

   2. Undertake a comprehensive review of its regulations and testing procedures in order to amend or eliminate those which serve to discriminate against minorities, the physically handicapped, and women;

   3. Ensure that selection devices are validated as significant predictors of successful job performance;

   4. Analyze job specifications to isolate and eliminate prerequisites that are not legitimate occupational qualifications;

   5. Review all Title VII discrimination complaints; evaluate trends, and recommend appropriate policy changes;

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   6. Receive, analyze, and transmit to the Governor at least semi-annually progress reports on affirmative action in all State agencies; and

   7. Make available to the public statistics relating to affir,ative action progress.
      
      

6. The head of each department or agency shall appoint at least one individual with the full-time responsibility of equal employment opportunity, as the Affirmative Action Officer who shall be responsible to the head of the agency.

7. The head of each State department and agency shall be held accountable to the Governor for achieving and maintaining agency compliance in the Affirmative Action Program.
   1. Each department and agency shall submit an affirmative action plan complete with goals and timetables, plus quarterly and annual affirmative action reports to the Director. Each affirmative action plan shall identify existing inequities in hiring, promotion, and all other conditions of employment and provide specific remedies for such inequities and establish the time periods for the accomplishment of remedial action. Each department and agency shall make good faith eforts to meet its goals and timetables;

   2. In the event of failure to achieve agency goals, or to demonstrate good faith efforts, appropriate sanctions and penalties may be applied by the Civil Service Commission in accordance with Federal and State regulations subject to the concurrence of the Governor and the President of the Civil Service Commission. Such sanctions may include, but would not be limited to placing a moratorium on departmental personnel actions in both the unclassified and classified services, and such other sanctions as may be allowed by law.

   3. Agencies which achieve outstanding affirmative action results shall be cited by the Governor for their efforts.
      
      

8. There is hereby created an Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Commission which shall advise the Division of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affairmative Action and recommend improvements in the State's affirmative action efforts:
   1. The Commission shall consist of 11 members appointed by the Governor at least 6 of whom shall be Blacks, Hispanics, physically handicapped, women and other minority persons. Consideration shall be given to appropriate representation of each group. The remaining members of the Commission may be comprised of State agency heads or their designated representatives. All members of
      
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      the Commission shall be residents of the State and appointed by the Governor. The members shall be appointed for terms of 4 years, except that of the members first appointed, two shall be appointed for a term of 1 year, three for a term of 2 years, three for a term of 3 years, and three for a term of 4 years, commencing as of the date of their appointment by the Governor. The term of each of the members first appointed shall be designated by the Governor. Each shall member shall hold office for the term of the appointment and until a successor shall have been appointed. Members will not be permitted to serve more than two consecutive terms. A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the remainder of the term.

   2. The Director of the Division of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action shall serve as Executive Secretary;

   3. The Commission shall meet at least quarterly to review implementation of this Executive Order.
      
      

9. Although the State Affirmative Action Program is specifically directed toward the active promotion of equality of employment opportunity for women, minority persons, and the physically handicapped, it is also the policyof State Government to avoid any discrimination on the basis of all other factors unrelated to the performance of job responsibilities.

10. In order to ensure maximum effectiveness of this Order I am hereby directing the Division of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action to prepare procedural recommendations for the full implementation of the provisions of this Order and to promulgate such provisions in the State Personnel Manual.

11. Executive Order No.14, issued on December 23, 1974 is hereby superseded.

Given, under my hand and seal this12th
day of October, in the year of Our Lord,
one thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven
of the Independence of the United States,
the two hundred and second.

Brendan Byrne, Governor