§ 28-5.1-1. Declaration of policy. (a)(1) Equal opportunity and affirmative action toward its achievement is the policy of all units of Rhode Island state government, including all public and quasi-public agencies, commissions, boards, and authorities, and in the classified, unclassified, and nonclassified services of state employment. This policy applies in all areas where the state […]
§ 28-5.1-10. State contracts. The division of purchases shall prepare any rules, regulations, and compliance reports that shall require of state contractors the same commitment to equal opportunity as prevails under federal contracts controlled by federal executive orders 11246, 11625 and 11375. Affirmative action plans prepared pursuant to those rules and regulations shall be reviewed […]
§ 28-5.1-11. Law enforcement. The attorney general, the department of corrections, and the Rhode Island justice commission shall stress to state and local law enforcement officials the necessity for nondiscrimination in the control of criminal behavior. These agencies shall develop and publish formal procedures for the investigation of citizen complaints of alleged abuses of authority […]
§ 28-5.1-12. Health care. The state equal opportunity office shall review the equal opportunity activity of all private healthcare facilities licensed or chartered by the state, including hospitals, nursing homes, convalescent homes, rest homes, and clinics. These state-licensed or -chartered facilities shall be required to comply with the state policy of equal opportunity and nondiscrimination […]
§ 28-5.1-13. Private education institutions. The state equal opportunity office shall review all private educational institutions licensed or chartered by the state, including professional, business, and vocational training schools. These state-licensed or -chartered institutions shall at the request of the council on elementary and secondary education be required to show compliance with the state policy […]
§ 28-5.1-14. State licensing and regulatory agencies. (a) As used in this section: (1) “License” means and includes the whole or part of any agency permit, certificate, approval, or similar form of permission required by law, but it does not include a motor vehicle operator’s license as required in chapter 10 of title 31. (2) […]
§ 28-5.1-15. State financial assistance. State agencies disbursing financial assistance, including, but not limited to, loans and grants, shall require recipient organizations and agencies to undertake affirmative action programs designed to eliminate patterns and practices of discrimination. At the request of the state equal opportunity office, state agencies disbursing assistance shall develop, in conjunction with […]
§ 28-5.1-16. Prior executive orders — Effect. All executive orders shall, to the extent that they are not inconsistent with this chapter, remain in full force and effect. History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 149, § 1.
§ 28-5.1-17. Utilization analysis. (a)(1) The personnel administrator, in consultation with the equal employment opportunity administrator, and the human resources outreach and diversity administrator within the department of administration, shall annually conduct a utilization analysis of positions within state government based upon the annual review conducted pursuant to §§ 28-5.1-3 and 28-5.1-4. (2) To the […]
§ 28-5.1-2. State equal opportunity office. (a) There shall be a state equal opportunity office. This office, under the direct administrative supervision of the office of diversity, equity and opportunity, shall report to the governor and to the general assembly on state equal opportunity programs. The state equal opportunity office shall be responsible for ensuring […]
§ 28-5.1-3. Affirmative action. (a) The state equal opportunity office shall assign an equal opportunity officer as a liaison to agencies of state government. (b) Each state department or agency, excluding the legislative branch of state government, shall annually prepare an affirmative action plan. These plans shall be prepared in accordance with the criteria and […]
§ 28-5.1-3.1. Appointments to state boards, commissions, public authorities, and quasi-public corporations. (a) The general assembly finds that, as a matter of public policy, the effectiveness of each appointed state board, commission, and the governing body of each public authority and quasi-public corporation is enhanced when it reflects the diversity, including the racial and gender […]
§ 28-5.1-3.2. Enforcement. (a) The state equal opportunity administrator is authorized to initiate complaints against any agencies, administrators, or employees of any department or division within state government, excluding the legislative branch, who or that willfully fail to comply with the requirements of any applicable affirmative action plan or of this chapter or who or […]
§ 28-5.1-4. Employment policies for state employees. (a) Each appointing authority shall review the recruitment, appointment, assignment, upgrading, and promotion policies and activities for state employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, or disability. All appointing authorities shall hire and promote employees without discrimination. (b) […]
§ 28-5.1-5. Personnel administration. (a)(1) The office of personnel administration of the department of administration, in consultation with the office of diversity, equity and opportunity, shall prepare a comprehensive plan indicating the appropriate steps necessary to maintain and secure the equal opportunity responsibility and commitment of that division. The plan shall set forth attainable goals […]
§ 28-5.1-6. Commission for human rights. The Rhode Island commission for human rights shall exercise its enforcement powers as defined in chapter 5 of this title and in this chapter, and shall have the full cooperation of all state agencies. Wherever necessary, the commission shall, at its own initiative or upon a complaint, bring charges […]
§ 28-5.1-7. State services and facilities. (a) Every state agency shall render service to the citizens of this state without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, or disability. No state facility shall be used in furtherance of any discriminatory practice nor shall any state agency […]
§ 28-5.1-8. Education, training, and apprenticeship programs. (a) All educational programs and activities of state agencies, or in which state agencies participate, shall be open to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, or disability. The programs shall be conducted to encourage the […]
§ 28-5.1-9. State employment services. (a) All state agencies, including educational institutions, that provide employment referral or placement services to public or private employees shall accept job orders, refer for employment, test, classify, counsel, and train only on a nondiscriminatory basis. They shall refuse to fill any job order that has the effect of excluding […]
