The Office of Institutional Equity (OIE) annually completes the University of Connecticut's Affirmative Action Plan for Employment (Plan) as required by Connecticut General Statute (CGS) §46a-68 and sections 46a-68-75 to 46a-68-114, inclusive, for submission to the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO).
To review a copy of the current approved Plan for Storrs/Regionals or UConn Health, please contact OIE at equity@uconn.edu for an appointment.
The Plan
- Establishes hiring, promotional, and program goals that promote affirmative action and equal opportunity.
- Illustrates the University of Connecticut's good faith efforts to achieve a workforce that is balanced and fully representational of the relevant labor market areas.
- Quantitatively and qualitatively measures the University's degree of success in accomplishing hiring, promotion, and program goals.
- Examines and eliminates policies and employment practices that adversely affect members of protected classes throughout all aspects of the employment process.
Review and Approval
Within ninety days of submission, CHRO reviewers are mandated to review and evaluate the Plan to ensure that it contains all required elements and follows the CGS sections 46a-68-75 to 46a-68-114 . The Commission formally votes for approval or disapproval of the Plan based on the reviewer's recommendations.
The University's history of approvals has been based on CHRO's acceptance that the University has demonstrated every good faith effort to meet goals, rather than goal achievement.
What is Good Faith?
.. that degree of care and diligence which a reasonable person would exercise in the performance of legal duties and obligations. At a minimum, it includes all those efforts reasonably necessary to achieve full compliance with the law.
Further, it includes additional or substituted efforts when initial endeavors will not meet statutory or regulatory requirements. Finally, it includes documentary evidence of all action undertaken to achieve compliance, especially where requirements have not or will not be achieved within the reporting period established pursuant to section 46a-68-92 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.