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a. Approve and adopt the Equal Opportunity Plan for County of Monterey; and
b. Direct the Equal Opportunity Officer to implement and administer the Equal Opportunity Plan.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and adopt the Equal Opportunity Plan for County of Monterey;
b. Direct the Equal Opportunity Officer to implement and administer the Equal Opportunity Plan.
SUMMARY:
The County, as a federal contractor, is required by Executive Order 11246, as amended, and its implementing regulations, found at 41CFR, Part 60-2, to implement an annual affirmative action plan (i.e. equal opportunity plan). In addition, the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has informed all federal contractors that they must begin using the 2010 Census Data for affirmative action plans created after January 1, 2014.
DISCUSSION:
The Equal Opportunity Office contracted the services of Biddle Consulting Group Inc. to assist with the update of the County's Equal Opportunity Plan using the 2010 Census Data information. Biddle has identified areas of concerns with respect to deficiencies in the rates of selection for minorities and women in the County's workforce with their estimated labor market availability. The County is underutilized for minorities in four (4) of the County's twenty (20) job groups. They are Job Group 01 - Management II, Job Group 03 - Professional-Administration, Job Group 11 - Law Enforcement II, and Job Group 15 - Skilled Craft II. This report can be found in Exhibit 6 of the Equal Opportunity Plan (Attachment 1). For women the County is underutilized in 10 of the 20 Job Groups. They are Job Group 01 - Management II, Job Group 02 - Management I, Job Group 06 - Professionals Land Use, Job Group 10 - Professional - Health, Nurses, Job Group 11 - Law Enforcement II, Job Group 12 - Law Enforcement I, Job Group 13 - Paraprofessionals- Tech II, Job Group 15 - Skill...
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