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It is the policy of the Connecticut Department of Labor to ensure nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for all applicants, registrants, claimants, participants, employees, subrecipients and contractors that are beneficiaries of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and State Employment Security Agency (SESA) services and activities without regard to race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability, political affiliation or belief and if receiving WIA program benefits, citizenship status as a lawfully admitted immigrant authorized to work in the United States or participation in any WIA Title I financially assisted program or activity. As Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Labor, I am personally committed to assuring that we will act affirmatively to:

• Develop programmatic approaches to the elimination of all unjust exclusionary practices, policies and consequences; and
• Develop mechanisms for swift and judicious resolution of problems of human rights discrimination consistent with our policy, the Governor's executive orders, and other applicable legal requirements.

To assist me in my responsibility, as chief executive officer, for an effective equal opportunity program, Bridget Kemmling has been designated as State Equal Opportunity Officer, as directed under Section 188 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1988 (WIA). She will serve as liaison with the Civil Rights Center. I will ensure that the State Equal Opportunity Officer is provided with all agency resources necessary for the execution of the program responsibilities.

The primary mission of the State Equal Opportunity Officer is to promote equal opportunity, and to ensure that all WIA and SESA programs and activities comply with nondiscrimination requirements, policies and practices.

For further information regarding this policy, please contact  Ms. Kemmling, State Equal Opportunity Officer, at  (860) 263-6774.
 

Patricia H. Mayfield
Labor Commissioner

Also see Equal Opportunity Poster

Published by the Connecticut Department of Labor, Project Management Office