Affirmative Action: Social Security Can Do More to Improve Blacks' Representation in Its Work Force. GAO Report to the Honorable Parren J. Mitchell, House of Representatives.

Institution	General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources.
Titel	Affirmative Action: Social Security Can Do More to Improve Blacks' Representation in Its Work Force. GAO Report to the Honorable Parren J. Mitchell, House of Representatives.
Quelle	(1987), (63 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Affirmative Action; Bias; Black Employment; Change Strategies; Employment Practices; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Government Employees; Personnel Selection; Promotion (Occupational); Racial Composition; Racial Discrimination + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lösungsstrategie; Berufspraxis; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Aufstiegsberuf; Berufsförderung; Racial bias; Rassismus
Abstract	The Social Security Administration (SSA) is not complying with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) program requirements according to a report by the General Accounting Office (GAO). It found that although the overall ratio of blacks employed at SSA headquarters increased from 1982 to 1985, underrepresentation of blacks--especially black men--remains an issue in the SSA components and job series GAO reviewed. While black women are fully represented in most job series through the grade 12 level, they are underrepresented at grades 13 to 15. Black men are generally underrepresented at most grade levels. Some elements of SSA's and its components' affirmative action plans have not been implemented. Some of the planned efforts cannot be satisfactorily monitored or evaluated because SSA does not compile and analyze Commission-required applicant flow data. Therefore, SSA's components cannot evaluate their affirmative action efforts to identify possible employment barriers to underrepresented minority groups, and SSA cannot develop and implement effective strategies to reduce or eliminate obstacles which may hamper minorities' advancement opportunities. The report details GAO findings, conclusions and recommendations. Also included are SSA comments on the report. Several tables and charts illustrate findings. (PS)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC