9b Affirmative Action Presentation

Item No. 9b_supp 
Meeting Date: October 9, 2018 

2018 Affirmative Action Plan 
Key Results 
Commission Briefing

The Purpose of the AAP 
Purpose of the Port's annual
Affirmative Action Plan to: 
Ensure good faith efforts toward
recruiting, hiring and retaining
qualified women and minorities 
Ensure employee demographics
are consistent with the
internal/external availability of
qualified women and minorities 
PURPOSE OF PORT'S AAP                                       2

What is Availability? 
Two types of Availability: 
1.  External availability is the percent of women and
minorities with requisite skills in the general services
area. 
2.  Internal availability is those current employees
available to be promoted, transferred, or trained for
future openings at the Port. 

3

What is an Utilization Analysis? 
A comparison of how the Port's employee
demographics compare to the availability of women
and minorities in the general service area 
Under-Utilization occurs if the employer has a lower
percentage of women and minorities in an EEO Job
Class than what is available in the general service area 
Under-Utilization may require employers to set
placement goals for the next year. 

4

2018 AAP Results 
EEO JOB GROUP             TOTAL 
WOMEN                   MINORITY 
EMPLOYEES 
Number of Port                               Number of Port
Availability    Difference                      Availability      Difference 
Employees                                    Employees 
#                 #        #                  #                #              # 
Officials/Administrators 1                       31                   12               11          +1             6               7            -1 
Officials/Administrators 2                       104                  38               38          --            33             25           +8 
Officials/Administrators 3                       202                  75               72          +3            41             47            -6 
Professionals 1                                333                 137             144         -7           102             96           +6                                                                                                   Fell Below Goal: 
-2 difference 
Professionals 2                                148                  85               84          +1            64             49          +15 
Admin. Support 1                              79                   54               57          -3            29             23           +6                                                                                      Exceeded Goal:
Admin. Support 2                              24                   19               18          +1             6               7            -1                                                                                       +9 difference 
Skilled Craft 1                                  90                    4                5           -1            20             22            -2 
Skilled Craft 2                                 285                  13               16          -3            72             76            -4 
Protective Services                             307                  77               89         -12           82             92           -10 
Service-Maintenance                           91                   24               32          -8            32             31           +1 
Technicians                                   36                   16               15          +1            11             10           +1 
Para-Professionals                              76                   54               51          +3            34             23          +11 
Admin. Support 3                               22                   14               16          -2             9               9             -- 
Protective Services Leadership                                                                        -1                   Source: 2018 AAP, as of Sept. 2018
56                9            10                   11           12         -1

Common Misconception of AAP 
Common Misconception of AAP: 
Compliance equals an employer's workforce
mirroring the demographics of the community it
recruits in and services. 
Quotas are used to become compliant. (This is
illegal). 
6

Port of Seattle Staff vs. the State 
Port of Seattle                            State of Washington 

Female 
33% 
Female        Male
50%          50% 
Male
67% 


Data as of September 30, 2017                                   Data as of July 17, 2017 
Total Port Employees: 1,884                                           7

Port of Seattle Staff vs. the State 
Port of Seattle                         State of Washington 
Pacific         Two or                                                    Pacific              Two or
Islanders      More 4%                                                Islanders            More 4% 
Hispanic     2%                                                                 1% 
Hispanic 
4% 
11% 
Native
American      Asian
1%         10%                                             Native
Asian
American 
Black                                                                            8% 
2% 
8% 
White                                                              White 
71%                          Black                            80% 
4% 

Data as of September 30, 2017*                                 Data as of July 17, 2017 
Total Port Employees: 1,884 (282 EE Failed to Self-Identify)                           8

Results of Port's 2018 AAP 
Number of women & minorities
within Port reflect the availability
of qualified minorities and women
in the communities from which we
recruit and hire 
The Port has not had to set
placement goals for any of the last
five years AAP(s), which includes
our current 2018 AAP 
2018 AAP RESULTS                                           9

Opportunities Moving Forward 
Continue targeted recruitment of
diverse applicants pools 
Continue bi-annual Compensation
Equity Analysis 
Continue to provide training programs
to support employee promotability 
Continue equity, diversity and
inclusion training opportunities 
Keep the bar higher than meeting
availability goals 

COMMITMENT TO AFFIRMATIVE ACTION                             10

Questions?

Limitations of Translatable Documents

PDF files are created with text and images are placed at an exact position on a page of a fixed size.
Web pages are fluid in nature, and the exact positioning of PDF text creates presentation problems.
PDFs that are full page graphics, or scanned pages are generally unable to be made accessible, In these cases, viewing whatever plain text could be extracted is the only alternative.