Equal Employment Opportunity

Wake County Government is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) to all qualified persons regardless of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. The Human Resources Department has been designated to administer the County's Affirmative Action Program and will monitor that program and make reports on a periodic and continuing basis. All employment and personnel policies and practices – recruiting, hiring, promotions, transfers, training, compensation, benefits, reductions-in-force, terminations and tuition assistance – will be administered according to EEO principles.

Wake County, as part of its commitment to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, has established the following Affirmative Action Plan.

Any employee or applicant for employment who believes that he or she has not been treated in accordance with the County's policy for equal employment opportunity may file a grievance with the Human Resources Department. This policy prohibits any retaliatory action against any employee or applicant because that person made a charge, testified, or participated in the proceeding or investigation of employment discrimination.

This Affirmative Action Plan is designed to provide guidance with respect to the County's commitment to full implementation of its EEO/Affirmative Action policy. The County's policy includes, without limitation, the following commitments:

• To continue to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons, and to continue to recruit, hire, train, promote and compensate persons in all jobs without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability
• To properly communicate the County's policy to all employees who are involved in the recruiting, screening, selection, promotion, disciplinary and related personnel processes for the purpose of making good-faith efforts to ensure that personnel decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin or disability
• To notify recruitment resources and community organizations of our EEO Policy and to ask them to refer qualified candidates for available positions.

The County Manager is charged with directing the implementation of the County's EEO/Affirmative Action Program. The Human Resources Department shall assist the County Manager by administering and monitoring the EEO/Affirmative Action Program on a daily basis. The Human Resources Department will submit an annual report to the Manager, indicating the progress of the County in acquiring and maintaining a workforce where minorities and females are represented proportionally to the availability of minorities and females in the labor force.