Sec. 4-61u. State departments and agencies required to establish programs of career mobility and accommodation and entry level training of persons with disabilities. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 4-61u. State departments and agencies required to establish programs of career mobility and accommodation and entry level training of persons with disabilities. (a) Under the supervision of the Commissioner of Administrative Services, all departments and agencies of state government shall establish an effective program of career mobility as part of their affirmative action program, as required by section 46a-68, for occupational groups, which shall include, but not be limited to, secretarial, clerical, supervisory clerical, semiskilled, crafts and trades, supervisory crafts and trades, custodial, supervisory custodial and laborers. All departments and agencies of state government shall provide, or make provision for, career counseling for such occupational groups. All departments and agencies shall make available to state employees a range of training opportunities. In geographically remote areas, as defined by the Committee on Career Entry and Mobility, where programs are not generally available, departments and agencies shall enter into cooperative arrangements or take other appropriate actions to assure that training opportunities are provided to employees in those areas. All departments and agencies shall, consistent with the requirements of the State Personnel Act, initiate classification requests that would result in the development of career ladders and lattices providing career mobility within and between occupational groupings, and from subprofessional jobs to professional and managerial jobs. All departments and agencies of state government shall establish as part of their affirmative action plans, specific annual goals and timetables on the number of classes in entry level professional, managerial and administrative positions, which shall include, but are not limited to, law enforcement, field representation, administrative staff, professional, subprofessional or technical jobs that are to be filled through career mobility.

      (b) Under the supervision of the Commissioner of Administrative Services, each department and agency of state government shall establish an effective program of accommodation and entry level training of persons with disabilities. Such programs shall be part of department and agency affirmative action programs required by section 46a-68. All departments and agencies shall make a range of training opportunities available to such persons. In geographically remote areas, as defined by the Committee on Career Entry and Mobility, where programs are not generally available, departments and agencies shall enter into cooperative arrangements or take other appropriate actions to assure that training opportunities are provided to such persons in those areas. All departments and agencies of state government shall establish, as part of their affirmative action plans, specific annual goals and timetables on (1) the number of jobs that are to be filled through the accommodation of persons with disabilities and (2) entry level training for such persons.

      (P.A. 77-250, S. 2, 5; 77-614, S. 66, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 96-168, S. 28, 34; P.A. 98-205, S. 2.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 96-168 changed references to "upward mobility" to "career mobility", effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 98-205 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), amended Subsec. (a) by substituting "Committee on Career Entry and Mobility" for "committee" and added new Subsec. (b), requiring state departments and agencies to establish programs of accommodation and entry level training of persons with disabilities.