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