Alaska Admin. Code tit. 6, § 65.020 – Applicability and purpose of complaint procedure | Midpage
§ 6.65.020
Alaska Admin. Code tit. 6, § 65.020
Applicability and purpose of complaint procedure
Effective Nov 27, 1993Alaska Register 128(Eff. 11/27/93, Register 128)
(a) 6 AAC 65.020 - 6 AAC 65.070 establishes procedures for the prompt and equitable resolution of a complaint against a state agency that alleges any action prohibited by the ADA. 6 AAC 65.020 - 6 AAC 65.070 applies to a qualified individual with a disability who believes that he or she has been subjected to discrimination by a state agency because of that individual's disability.
(b) In accordance with AS 39.28.060, employment discrimination complaints subject to the ADA will be referred to the division of personnel and labor relations in the Department of Administration of a state agency is unable to promptly and equitably resolve a complaint within the agency.
(c) The purpose of 6 AAC 65.020 - 6 AAC 65.070 is to establish procedures to resolve a complaint at the state level; however, a complainant is not required to file a complaint under 6 AAC 65.020 - 6 AAC 65.070 before filing a complaint with the State Commission for Human Rights, the division of personnel and labor relations in the Department of Administration, the United States Department of Justice, or any of the designated federal agencies identified in 28 C.F.R. 35.190.
(d) A state agency may not retaliate, coerce, intimidate, harass, or interfere with an individual, or that individual's authorized representative, who files a complaint against a state agency alleging discrimination because of a disability.