U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
News Release
January 14, 2009
Low Participation at Higher Levels; Lack of Retention
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released a comprehensive report to Chair Naomi C. Earp from the Federal Hispanic Work Group. The report contains an extensive number of practical recommendations that address a broad array of contemporary federal sector employment issues, including hiring, leadership development and retention. The full report, entitled Report on the Hispanic Employment Challenge in the Federal Government, is available on the agency’s web site at www.eeoc.gov/federal/report/hwg.html.
“I’ve identified a significant number of short- and long-term recommendations in the report for achievement, and I’ve asked that the Office of Federal Operations take the lead in our implementation efforts,” EEOC Chair Earp said. “These actions are long overdue and will help agencies remove barriers and create greater opportunities for Hispanic applicants and employees throughout the federal government.”
Among the key recommendations formulated by the Hispanic Work Group selected for implementation are the following:
Include EEO/diversity requirements in all hiring officials’ critical performance elements;
Establish a consortium of federal agencies whose mission-critical occupations include science, technology, engineering and mathematics to coordinate recruitment efforts;
Develop a Hispanic Media Outreach Strategy and branding tool to assist agencies in marketing various types of federal employment;
Better utilize intern programs;
Create a government-wide mentoring program; and
Create full-time Hispanic Employment Program Manager positions to address Hispanic employment initiatives and programs.
The Work Group was initially formed by Chair Earp, in partnership with Social Security Administration Commissioner Michael J. Astrue, on May 21, 2008. The Work Group was charged with formulating recommendations to enhance and refocus federal Hispanic employment plans, remove barriers and level the playing field to encourage greater opportunities for Hispanic applicants and employees in the federal sector.
The EEOC monitors federal agency compliance with equal employment opportunity laws and procedures. Further information about the Commission’s work with federal agencies and employees is available on the agency’s main web site at www.eeoc.gov/federal/index/html.
2 comments:
The text reads very well and promising, but the fact is the efforts to discriminate against hispanics is very real and it does not matter all the efforts made to change this, compliance or respect is not easy. I am hispanic and have been passed over several times for positions that I qualify for. It seems the message is not getting out to the NAVSEA field activities, because at the Port Hueneme Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center Acquisition Department discrimination is very real and they go to any lengths to twist the truth.
The text reads very promising, but the reality is that compliance or consideration is not easy to accept. I am hispanic and I have been passed over several time for positions I have applied for in the acquisition department where I work. Perhaps the message has not gotten to the NAVSEA field activities. It surprises me that the EEOC is making an effort to bring light to this subect because I have filed an EEO complaint based on discrimination, origin, nationality and age and our Deputy at Port Hueneme Division Naval Surface Warfare Center has her own set of rules in handling an EEO case. It does not give me any hope that anything will be done to change the opportunities for hispanics in the federal workplace.Sometimes the only avenue is to get a lawyer and take legal action because the process just don't seem to be effective. Good try doubt it will have an impact.
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