(a) Any employer, employment agency, labor organization or joint labor management committee may submit to the division in writing a plan intended to increase the employment of members of a minority group, pursuant to subdivision 12 of section 296 of the Human Rights Law.

(b) The plan shall name the minority group or groups the increase of the employment of whose members is the object of the plan.

(c) The plan shall set forth the steps to be taken to increase the employment of members of the minority groups covered and the period of time during which it is to be operative.

(d) The plan shall not be based on, or result in, the discharge of any worker because of his nonmembership in any such minority group.

(e) The division will determine whether or not to approve the plan and may do so on the basis of information available to it, including reports made by its employees and official government reports.

(f) The division statement of approval will be issued in writing and will set forth the period of time for which the plan may be operative. Such statement will specifically note the power of the division to rescind its approval of the plan at any time.

(g) A copy of the plan, when approved, shall be filed in the offices maintained by the division at One Fordham Plaza, Bronx, New York 10458 and at the regional offices serving the regions in which the plan is to be operative. Such plans shall be open to public inspection during regular business hours of the division.