NAC284.114. Affirmative action program and equal employment opportunity.

     1. The Division of Human Resource Management is responsible for establishing, coordinating and evaluating an affirmative action program for this State.

     2. The Division of Human Resource Management will cooperate and consult with agencies to:

     (a) Identify barriers in the personnel management system which may adversely affect the ability of applicants and employees to reach their full employment potential without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, color, national origin, age, genetic information or disability.

     (b) Coordinate programs to remove barriers to equal employment opportunity while ensuring the effectiveness of the merit system and the opportunity for persons to enter the system and progress in it to the extent of their merit.

     3. As used in this section, “gender identity or expression” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 281.370.

     [Personnel Div., Rule I § C, eff. 8-11-73]—(NAC A by Dep’t of Personnel, 10-26-84; 7-6-92; R098-99, 9-27-99; A by Personnel Comm’n by R055-10, 6-30-2010; R023-11, 10-26-2011)