Bill Text: NJ A5624 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires that State employee serve as Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action officer for gubernatorial transitions.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-4)

Status: (Passed) 2020-01-13 - Approved P.L.2019, c.344. [A5624 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-A5624-Introduced.html

ASSEMBLY, No. 5624

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED JUNE 17, 2019

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  ELIANA PINTOR MARIN

District 29 (Essex)

Assemblywoman  NANCY F. MUNOZ

District 21 (Morris, Somerset and Union)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires that State employee serve as Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action officer for gubernatorial transitions.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

 


An Act providing an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action officer for gubernatorial transitions and supplementing P.L.1969, c.213 (C.52:15A-1 et seq.).

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    The chairperson of the Civil Service Commission shall designate an individual who shall be an employee in the human resources office of the Civil Service Commission to serve as Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action officer for gubernatorial transitions.

     The Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action officer shall be made available to every individual, whether or not receiving compensation, rendering service to the transition.  All members of the transition office staffs shall be notified as to the identity and contact information of the officer upon joining the gubernatorial transition.  The officer shall notify each individual making a complaint of discrimination as to the authority and jurisdiction, if any, of the officer and the State to take formal action with respect to such complaint.

     The Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action officer shall continue to receive the compensation provided pursuant to law for the officer's regular employment, and shall retain the rights and privileges of such employment without interruption.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill provides that the chairperson of the Civil Service Commission will designate a Civil Service-based human resources professional to serve as Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action officer for gubernatorial transitions.

     Gubernatorial transitions involve the transfer of executive power from one administration to another in a compressed timeframe.  These transitions often involve a wide variety of persons, some of whom may be official employees or volunteers for the transition.  To ensure that all employees of the transition office staffs are protected from all forms of employment discrimination and harassment, the Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action officer will serve all employees of office staffs.  All employees of the transition office staffs will be given sufficient notice of the officer upon joining the transition.

     In addition, the Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action officer will be made available to all individuals associated with the transition and all individuals will be made aware of the officer.

     The Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action officer will continue to receive the compensation provided pursuant to law for the officer's regular employment, and will retain the rights and privileges of such employment without interruption.

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