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VII. Dissemination of Equal Employment Opportunity Policy <br /> and Affirmative Action Plan <br /> A. General <br /> The Affirmative Action Plan for Orange County is a public document. Copies are <br /> kept on file in the Personnel Department and Orange County Library. These are <br /> available for review by any interested person,upon request. <br /> Orange County disseminates its equal opportunity policy and Affirmative Action Plan <br /> both internally(employees, supervisors and department heads) and externally <br /> (citizens and others). <br /> B. Internal <br /> Personnel provides each department head and principal supervisory personnel with <br /> copies of this Plan and any periodic revisions. Personnel also provides guidance and <br /> periodic training for supervisors to keep them abreast of equal employment <br /> opportunity law, applicable state and federal regulations and Orange County <br /> personnel policy. <br /> The department head is responsible for communicating the policy and plan to <br /> employees in the department. In addition, employees are informed of Orange <br /> County's Equal Employment Opportunity policy and Affirmative Action Plan through <br /> such means as: <br /> - Periodic publication to employees through memoranda, articles in the County's <br /> employee newsletter and other means. <br /> - Federal Equal Employment Opportunity posters in County buildings. <br /> - Policy inclusion in the Orange County Personnel Ordinance. <br /> - Presentation and discussion of the program as part of the new employee orientation <br /> program. <br /> - Personnel Department listings of promotional opportunities include phrase "Equal <br /> Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer." <br /> - When pictures are used, showing both minority and non-minority persons and both <br /> women and men. <br /> - Text of all Orange County documents and publications uses gender neutral <br /> language. <br /> -14- <br />