858-B - Equal employment opportunities.

§  858-b.  Equal employment opportunities. 1. Each agency shall ensure  that all employees and applicants  for  employment  are  afforded  equal  employment opportunity without discrimination.    2.  Except as is otherwise provided by collective bargaining contracts  or agreements, new employment  opportunities  created  as  a  result  of  projects  of  the  agency  shall  be  listed  with  the  New  York state  department  of  labor  community  services  division,   and   with   the  administrative  entity  of  the  service  delivery  area  created by the  federal job training partnership act (P.L.  No.  97-300)  in  which  the  project  is  located.  Except  as  is  otherwise  provided by collective  bargaining contracts or agreements, sponsors of  projects  shall  agree,  where  practicable, to first consider persons eligible to participate in  the federal job training partnership  (P.L.  No.  97-300)  programs  who  shall  be  referred by administrative entities of service delivery areas  created pursuant to such act or by the community  services  division  of  the department of labor for such such new employment opportunities.