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A <br /> 1 <br /> • ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. g-ta- <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 6, 1997 <br /> SUBJECT: WORKSHARING AGREEMENT WITH EQUAL EMPLOYMENT <br /> OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (EEOC) <br /> DEPARTMENT: Human Rights and Relations PUBLIC HEARING: _Yes 2CK_No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT NEEDED <br /> _Yes_XX No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> • Correspondence from EEOC Lucy Lewis, ext. 2251 <br /> • Worksharing Agreement TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough-732 -8181 <br /> Chapel Hill-967-9251 <br /> Durham-688-7331 <br /> Mebane-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve a Worksharing Agreement between Orange County and the Equal <br /> Employment Opportunity Commission(EEOC). <br /> BACKGROUND: On February 12, 1996, the Board of Commissioners approved the first <br /> Worksharing Agreement between Orange County and the EEOC. The attached document, the <br /> FY 98 Worksharing Agreement, outlines the terms by by which EEOC will defer employment <br /> discrimination complaints to the Human Relation Commission. The Worksharing Agreement is <br /> a prerequisite for the FY 98 Contract which EEOC will forward for the County Commissioners <br /> approval once this Agreement is signed. It is anticipated that the FY 98 Contract will provide for <br /> the Human Relations Commission to resolve 50 employment discrimination complaints and <br /> process 10 non jurisdictional intakes,and to receive $25,500 in compensation. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the Agreement <br /> and authorize the Chair to sign. <br />