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Pending finalisation of various resources and corporate support arrangements for the Department, EEO functions have been undertaken on an ad he( basis, including secondment of an officer to prepare a Departmental program.

There is also a range of other staff who contribute directly or indirectly to the implementation of EEO, and while Accurate records are not available of the time spent on these issues, the main areas are:

each agency has a Senior Executive Responsible for EEO, and there is also a ER EEO to coordinate across agencies;

an ACTGS network of EEO Contact Officers from each agency who keep abreast of developments in the ACTGS EEO program;

each personnel and staff development unit has EEO responsibilities;.

most agencies conduct EEO employment-related programs such as the Intellectual Disability Access Program;

each agency has a designated EEO Officer who develops and manages the programs implementation;

some agencies have a network of Disability Contact Officers. who are trained to support officers with disabilities in their workplace;

each agency has a representative EEO committee with responsibility to oversee their departments EEO program on behalf of their Secretary;

each agency has a network of sexual harassment officers most of whom are trained to support officers and resolve sexual harassment cases.

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