Common use of Affirmative Employment Plans Clause in Contracts

Affirmative Employment Plans. The Department’s Affirmative Employment Plan shall be designed to promote positive opportunities for all employees to contribute to the Department’s mission to the maximum extent possible, consistent with EEO principles. The Department shall ensure that where there are situations of underrepresentation, targeted recruitment and development plans will be implemented. The parties are encouraged to jointly develop Affirmative Employment Plans. Affirmative Employment Plans should include, where appropriate, provisions for reviewing individual services to ensure that affirmative employment policy is apparent within the service and to make more use of bridge positions and cross-training. The Department will fulfill any labor-management obligations, as appropriate, with the Union at the national level prior to submitting the National Affirmative Employment Plan to EEOC for approval. The parties recognize that the National Affirmative Employment Plan must be submitted to EEOC. The Department at the local level will fulfill any labor-management obligations, as appropriate, with the local union prior to submitting local Affirmative Employment Plans to the next organizational level where required (for example, to the Department or EEOC). The parties recognize that the local plans must be submitted to headquarters in sufficient time for the Department to meet the EEOC requirement in C above. The Department will comply with all equal employment opportunity requirements throughout the Department, as outlined in 29 CFR 1614.102, the Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Promotion Plan (38 USC 4214), 5 CFR Part 720, and the statutory or regulatory requirements in EEOC Management Directive 715 (MD-715).

Affirmative Employment Plans. A. The Department’s 's Affirmative Employment Plan shall be designed to promote positive opportunities for all employees to contribute to the Department’s 's mission to the maximum extent possible, consistent with EEO principles. The Department shall ensure that where there are situations of underrepresentation, targeted recruitment and development plans will be implemented. The parties are encouraged to jointly develop Affirmative Employment Plans. . B. Affirmative Employment Plans should include, where appropriate, provisions for reviewing individual services to ensure that affirmative employment policy is apparent within the service and to make more use of bridge positions and cross-training. . C. The Department will fulfill any labor-management obligations, as appropriate, with the Union at the national level prior to submitting the National Affirmative Employment Plan to EEOC for approval. The parties recognize that the National Affirmative Employment Plan must be submitted to EEOC. . D. The Department at the local level will fulfill any labor-management obligations, as appropriate, with the local union prior to submitting local Affirmative Employment Plans to the next organizational level where required (for example, to the Department or EEOC). The parties recognize that the local plans must be submitted to headquarters in sufficient time for the Department to meet the EEOC requirement in C above. . E. The Department will comply with all equal employment opportunity requirements throughout the Department, as outlined in 29 CFR 1614.102, the Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Promotion Plan (38 USC 4214), 5 CFR Part 720, and the statutory or regulatory requirements in EEOC Management Directive 715 (MD-715).