§ 2.2-2677. Powers and duties
A. The Council shall have the power and duty to:
1. Advise the Governor, the Director of the Department of Human Resource Management and the Director of the Department of Employment Dispute Resolution on all matters relating to personnel administration;
2. Review all public employer-employee relations throughout the Commonwealth;
3. Review the Department of Employment Dispute Resolution's program of employee management relations and make recommendations to improve communications between employees and agencies and instrumentalities of the Commonwealth;
4. Carry out such other functions as the Governor deems appropriate;
5. Review the Department of Human Resource Management's training and management programs, compensation and classification practices, benefit programs, and recruitment practices;
6. Advise the Governor on issues and concerns of state retirees and active employees regarding health insurance coverage and other health related benefits; and
7. Advise the Department of Human Resource Management on any plan or plans, subject to approval by the Governor, for providing health insurance coverage for employees of local governments, local officers, teachers, and retirees, and the dependents of such employees, officers, teachers and retirees.
The Council shall be charged with the responsibility of monitoring the Commonwealth's equal employment opportunity practices so as to assure that such practices fulfill the Commonwealth's obligations of providing equal opportunity to all employees and applicants. The Council may (i) call upon the Director of Human Resource Management and other state officials for information and reports to assist them in their work; (ii) act as a communications channel for groups both inside and outside of state government that wish to have their views on equal employment opportunity expressed to state government; and (iii) make recommendations to state agencies concerning the implementation of their affirmative action plans and programs.
B. The Council members shall refer employees who have work-related discrimination complaints to the Director of Equal Opportunity and Employee Programs. Once the discrimination complaint is referred to the Director, the matter shall be reviewed in accordance with the Equal Employment Opportunity Complaint Procedure of the Department of Human Resource Management, or at the employee's option, the State Grievance Procedure. The Committee shall audit and review the Commonwealth's equal opportunity posture at least once a year and recommend improvements to the Governor.
The Council shall review the progress of state agency affirmative action plans and programs, and make recommendations for changes as warranted.
(2001, cc. 520, 806, § 9-398.)
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