{"id":625,"date":"2022-04-13T17:10:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T17:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/?page_id=625"},"modified":"2022-07-20T22:06:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T22:06:27","slug":"equal-employment-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/departments\/human-resources\/equal-employment-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Equal Employment Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-scs-card-standard card-standard content-box default-shadow\"><div class=\"content-box-header\"><div class=\"columns\"><div class=\"column\"><h2>General Policy of the Board of Regents on Equal Employment Opportunity<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"institution-border\"><svg class=\"border-block csn\"><rect><\/rect><\/svg><svg class=\"border-block dri\"><rect><\/rect><\/svg><svg class=\"border-block gbc\"><rect><\/rect><\/svg><svg class=\"border-block nsc\"><rect><\/rect><\/svg><svg class=\"border-block tmcc\"><rect><\/rect><\/svg><svg class=\"border-block unlv\"><rect><\/rect><\/svg><svg class=\"border-block unr\"><rect><\/rect><\/svg><svg class=\"border-block wnc\"><rect><\/rect><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"content-box-body\">\n<p>It is hereby resolved that the reaffirmed policy of the Nevada System of Higher Education shall be to promote equal opportunity of employment or reemployment for members of minority groups, women (including women with pregnancy related conditions), persons with disabilities (including veterans with service-connected disabilities), persons with military status or military obligations, and members of other protected classes in all positions. Consistent with statutory and legal requirements, any affirmative action necessary to address deficiencies shall include, but not be limited to, active recruitment among minority groups, women, persons with disabilities (including veterans with service connected disabilities), persons with military status or military obligations, and other protected classes and the creation of programs designed to lead to their qualification for both academic and classified positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This affirmative action is not discrimination in reverse; rather, it is a program designed to expand the group of qualified people from whose ranks appointments can be made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/T4CH08StudentRecruitmentandRetentionPolicyEqualEmploymentOpportunityPolicyandAffirmativeActionProgramforNSHE2.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-cgb-scs-button btn nshe-button  btn-fullwidth\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><div class=\"nshe-button-box \"><div class=\"btn-text\" style=\"width: 80%\">Board of Regents Handbook: Title 4, Chapter 8, Section 3 <span class=\"is-sr-only\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"btn-icon\" style=\"width: 20%\"><span class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"nshe-button-bg\"><\/div><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>Further, affirmative action requires that the rank and salary of minorities, women, persons with disabilities (including veterans with service-connected disabilities), persons with military obligations or military status, and other protected classes presently employed by the Nevada System of Higher Education be evaluated annually in order to insure that rank and salary determinations are made in an equitable manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/T4CH08StudentRecruitmentandRetentionPolicyEqualEmploymentOpportunityPolicyandAffirmativeActionProgramforNSHE2.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-cgb-scs-button btn nshe-button  btn-fullwidth\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><div class=\"nshe-button-box \"><div class=\"btn-text\" style=\"width: 80%\">Board of Regents Handbook: Title 4, Chapter 8, Section 13 <span class=\"is-sr-only\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"btn-icon\" style=\"width: 20%\"><span class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"nshe-button-bg\"><\/div><\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":608,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"views\/template-1-widget-custom.blade.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"folder":[23],"class_list":["post-625","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1988,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/625\/revisions\/1988"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625"},{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}