[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR7.10]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 7_EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY; POLICY, PROCEDURES AND PROGRAMS

--Table of Contents

 

  Subpart A_Equal Employment Opportunity Without Regard to Race, Color 

       Religion, Sex, National Origin, Age, Disability or Reprisal

 

Sec.  7.10  Responsibilities of the Director of EEO.



    The Director and Deputy Director of EEO are responsible for:

    (a) Advising the Secretary with respect to the preparation of plans, 

procedures, regulations, reports, and other matters pertaining to the 

government's equal employment opportunity policy and the Department's 

EEO/ADR programs;

    (b) Developing and maintaining plans, procedures, and regulations 

necessary to carry out the Department's EEO programs;

    (c) Evaluating, at least annually, the sufficiency of each 

organizational unit's EEO/ADR program and providing reports thereon to 

the Secretary with recommendations as to any improvement or correction 

needed, including remedial or disciplinary action with respect to 

managerial or supervisory employees who have failed in their 

responsibility;

    (d) Appraising the Department's personnel operations at regular 

intervals to ensure their conformity with the policies of the 

Government's and the Department's EEO program;

    (e) Making changes in programs and procedures designed to eliminate 

discriminatory practices and improve the Department's EEO/ADR programs;

    (f) Selecting EEO Counselors;

    (g) Providing for counseling by an EEO Counselor to a current or 

former employee or applicant for employment who believes that he or she 

has been discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, 

national origin, age, disability, or in retaliation for participation in 

protected EEO activity; or for opposing a policy or practice illegal 

under EEO statutes;

    (h) Providing for the prompt, fair and impartial processing of 

individual complaints involving claims of discrimination within the 

Department subject to 29 CFR part 1614;

    (i) Making the final decision on discrimination complaints and 

ordering such corrective measures as may be necessary, including 

disciplinary action warranted in circumstances where an employee has 

been found to have engaged in a discriminatory practice.

    (j) Executing settlement agreements to resolve EEO complaints;

    (k) Making available an ADR Program for EEO matters at both the pre-

complaint and formal EEO complaint stages of the EEO administrative 

process;

    (l) Developing and providing annual mandatory EEO and ADR training 

for EEO Counselors, and all supervisors and managers in conjunction with 

HUD Training Academy, Office of Human Resources, and the Office of 

General Counsel, other federal agencies and resources with ADR 

information and expertise; and

    (m) Publicizing to all employees and posting at all times the names, 

business telephone numbers and addresses of the EEO Counselors, EEO 

Director, EEO Officers, and Diversity Program Managers, notice of EEO 

complaint processing time limits and the requirements of contacting an 

EEO Counselor and completing the counseling phase before filing a 

complaint.



[66 FR 20564, Apr. 23, 2001, as amended at 69 FR 62173, Oct. 22, 2004]