Sec. 4-61t. Committee on Career Entry and Mobility. Members. Duties. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 4-61t. Committee on Career Entry and Mobility. Members. Duties. There shall be established a Committee on Career Entry and Mobility, appointed by the Commissioner of Administrative Services and chaired by the Commissioner of Administrative Services or his designee, which shall include a representative of the Office of Policy and Management, a representative of the Department of Administrative Services who is involved in classification activity, a representative of the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, a representative of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, a representative of the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities and ten additional persons, two of whom shall be state agency personnel administrators, four of whom shall be labor representatives and four of whom shall be employed in state service and familiar with the problems of career mobility, affirmative action, the implementation of corrective programs, and the accommodation and entry level needs of persons with disabilities. The committee shall determine how career counseling can be best provided and training opportunities best met and made available within the funds allotted. The committee shall also develop mechanisms to communicate information about state employment opportunities to state employees and persons with disabilities who wish to become state employees. The committee shall advise the Commissioner of Administrative Services concerning broader usage of classification titles affecting upward mobility, the entry level employment of persons with disabilities and an effective procedure for reporting compliance to the legislature. The committee shall prepare written guidelines for implementation of the career mobility program described in subsection (a) of section 4-61u, section 4-61w and this section and the entry level employment program for persons with disabilities described in subsection (b) of section 4-61u and this section. The committee shall meet at least once each quarter and shall submit periodic reports to the Commissioner of Administrative Services.

      (P.A. 77-250, S. 1, 5; 77-614, S. 66, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 88-116, S. 7; P.A. 92-165, S. 2, 32; P.A. 96-168, S. 27, 34; P.A. 98-205, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 88-116 deleted obsolete reference to Sec. 4-61v; P.A. 92-165 specified additional members to be added to the committee, including representatives of office of policy and management and department of administrative services and adding two state agency personnel administrators, two additional labor representatives and two additional state employees familiar with upward mobility and affirmative action problems, and added meeting and reporting requirements; P.A. 96-168 changed the name of the committee from "Committee on Upward Mobility" to "Committee on Career Mobility", increased committee membership by one, adding fourth labor representative, and required committee to develop state employment information communication mechanisms, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 98-205 changed name of committee from "Committee on Career Mobility" to "Committee on Career Entry and Mobility", added representative of the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities to committee, required the four state employee committee members to be familiar with accommodation and entry level needs of persons with disabilities and expanded scope of committee to include entry level employment of persons with disabilities.