9a Presentation Affirmative Action Briefing

Item No. 9a supp
Meeting Date: September, 8, 2020

2020 Affirmative Action Plan
Key Results
Commission Briefing

Affirmative Action (AA) Program Purpose
Ensure good faith efforts taken to
recruit, hire and retain qualified
women and minorities.
Ensure employee demographics are
consistent with the internal/external
availability of qualified women and
minorities and the Office for Federal
Contract Compliance Programs'
(OFCCP) aspirational goals and
benchmarks for individuals with
disabilities and protected veterans.
PURPOSE OF PORT'S AAP                                     2

2020 AA Program Key Results
AA Program grew from one annual AA Plan to three annual AA Plans. Now, in addition to an annual AA plan for Women & Minorities
(Executive Order 11246), we have annual AA Plans for Individuals with Disabilities (Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act) and Protected
Veterans (VEVRAA - The Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act).
Updates to the Port's EEO Job Groups structure created better alignment between salary grades and EEO Job Groups and provided better
clarity of employee demographics within EEO Job Groups. The updates expanded the our EEO Job Groups from 15 to 17.
The number of women and minorities in our workforce reflects the availability of qualified women and minorities in the communities
from which we recruit and hire. Consistent with the last six AA Plans for Women & Minorities, the Port has no required placement goals.
The Port's 2020 EEO Compensation Analysis did not identify salary disparities attributable to race or gender.
OFCCP's aspirational goal of 7% representation of individuals with disabilities within each EEO Job Group is not a rigid and inflexible quota
which must be met, nor is it either a ceiling or a floor for the employment of individuals with disabilities. Seven out of our 17 EEO Job
Groups align with the 7% aspirational goal. Port-wide we have almost 5% of our workforce who self-report as individuals with
disabilities.
Thirteen out of our 17 EEO Job Groups meet OFCCP's benchmark of 6.7% representation of Protected Veterans. The Port has no
underutilization of women or minorities in any EEO Job Group.
The Port's 2020 Equity Compensation Analysis found no evidence of gender or raced based differences in employee compensation.


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What is Availability?
Availability is an estimate of the number of qualified women
and minorities available for employment in an EEO Job Group.
It is expressed as a percentage of:
The external number of qualified women and minorities
within an employer's recruitment area (King, Snohomish,
Pierce, Kitsap, and Thurston Counties).
The number of promotable, transferable, and trainable
women and minorities within an employer's workforce.

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What is a Utilization Analysis?
A utilization analysis is the process of comparing
incumbency to availability. Essentially, it shows how
well women and minorities are represented within an
employer's workforce.
An underutilization exists when the percentage of
women and minorities employed in a in EEO job group
is less than would be reasonably expected given their
availability.

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Changes to 2020 EEO Job Groups
Updates to the Port's EEO Job Groups structure created better
alignment between salary grades and EEO Job Groups, and provided
better clarity of employee demographics within EEO Job Groups. The
following changes expanded the Port's EEO Job Groups from 15 to 17.
Separated Commissioned Police out of Protective Services into two
new EEO Job Groups; Commissioned Police and Commissioned
Police-Command.
Renamed Protective Services EEO Job Groups as Non-Commissioned
Protective Services and Non-Commissioned Protective Services-
Command.
Removed Officials & Administrators 3 EEO Job Group.
Added Professional Group 3 EEO Group.
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EEO Job Group 2019 vs. 2020
2019 EEO Job Groups                   2020 EEO Job Groups
Officials/Administrators 1                         Officials/Administrators 1
Officials/Administrators 2                         Officials/Administrators 2
Officials/Administrators 3                              Professionals 1
Professionals 1                                   Professionals 2
Professionals 2                                   Professionals 3
Admin. Support 1                              Admin. Support 1
Admin. Support 2                              Admin. Support 2
Admin. Support 3                              Admin. Support 3
Skilled Craft 1                                        Skilled Craft 1
Skilled Craft 2                                        Skilled Craft 2
Protective Services                              Commissioned Police
Protective Services                         Commissioned Police Command
Leadership                       Non - Commissioned Protective Services
Service-Maintenance                  Non - Commissioned Protective Services
Technicians                                      Command
Paraprofessionals                              Service-Maintenance
Technicians
Paraprofessionals
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2020 AAP Availability  Women and Minorities
Female                            Minorities
EEO JOB GROUP               Total #
Employees   Availability  Difference   Employees   Availability   Difference
Officials/Administrators 1                                22           7             8.1           -1.1             6             4.9            1.1
Officials/Administrators 2                                40          19            17.6           1.4            11             9.5            1.5
Professionals 1                                          250         90            92.1          -2.1            57            57.7           -0.7
Professionals 2                                          377         148          162.4         -14.4           117           99.4           17.6
Professional 3                                           56          32            28.1           3.9            24            14.3           9.7
Admin. Support 1                                    11          8            9.2          -1.2           4            3.4           0.6
Admin. Support 2                                    56         53           49.6          3.4           22           17.7          4.3
Admin. Support 3                                    11          8            8.5          -0.5           4            3.1           0.9
Skilled Craft 1                                               101           6              5.4            0.6             21             23.7            -2.7
Skilled Craft 2                                               315          14             17.6           -3.6             76             82.7            -6.7
Commissioned Police - Command                     26         4           3.4          0.6           7           4.2          2.8
Commissioned Police                                89         11          14.2         -3.2           14          17.9          -3.9
Non-Commissioned Protective Services  Command     37         5           9.2          -4.2           10           9.3           0.7
Non-Commissioned Protective Services                306        103         103.2         -0.2          112          86.1          25.9
Service-Maintenance                                158        64          73.9         -9.9           65          57.3          7.7
Technicians                                          132         46           53.4          -7.4           58           38.8          19.2
ParaprofessionalsSource: 2020 Port of Seattle Affirmative Action Plan       77           60             52.4            7.6              34              24              10

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7% Aspirational Goal  Individuals with Disabilities
EEO JOB GROUP                             TOTAL #                 7% Aspirational Goal Met
Officials/Administrators 1                                                        22                                    No
Officials/Administrators 2                                                        40                                    No
Professionals 1                                                                  250                                   No
Professionals 2                                                                  377                                   No
Professionals 3                                                                  56                                   Yes
Admin. Support 1                                                          11                                Yes
Admin. Support 2                                                          56                                Yes
Admin. Support 3                                                          11                                Yes
Skilled Craft 1                                                                         101                                      No
Skilled Craft 2                                                                         315                                      No
Commissioned Police  Command                                        26                              Yes
Commissioned Police                                                     89                                No
Non-Commissioned Protective Services - Command                           37                                No
Non-Commissioned Protective Services                                      306                                No
Service-Maintenance                                                     158                               No
Technicians                                                                 132                                Yes
Paraprofessionals                                                            77                                 Yes

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6.7% Benchmark for Protected Veterans
EEO Job Group                        Total #          Employee Vets       Availability         Difference
Officials/Administrators 1                                      22                    0                  1.47                -1.47
Officials/Administrators 2                                      40                    1                  2.68                -1.68
Professionals 1                                                250                   19                 16.75                2.25
Professionals 2                                                377                   22                 25.25                -3.25
Professional 3                                                  56                    3                  3.75                 0.75
Admin. Support 1                                          11                  0                 0.73               0.73
Admin. Support 2                                          56                  0                 3.75               -3.75
Admin. Support 3                                          11                  0                 0.73               0.73
Skilled Craft 1                                                      101                    16                   6.76                  9.24
Skilled Craft 2                                                      315                    35                   21.10                  13.9
Commissioned Police - Command                           26                 8                1.74               6.26
Commissioned Police                                      89                 20                5.96              14.04
Non-Commissioned Protective Services  Command           37                  5                2.47               2.53
Non-Commissioned Protective Services                      306                 29                20.50               8.50
Service-Maintenance                                      158                 13               10.58               2.42
Technicians                                                 132                  15                 8.84                6.16
Paraprofessionals                                            77                   5                 5.15                0.15

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Port vs. County Gender Data
Port of Seattle   Female                                                              32.8%
Male                                                                                                          67.2 %
King
Female                                                                                   49.7%

Male                                                                                50.3%
Pierce
Female                                                                                    50.1%

Male                                                                                49.9%
Snohomish   Female                                                                                  49.8%
Male                                                                                50.2%

0.0%            10.0%           20.0%           30.0%           40.0%           50.0%           60.0%           70.0%           80.0%

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Port vs. County Demographics
Port of Seattle                     King                     Pierce                         Snohomish
White                      68.9%                         66.2%                                 74.3%                                   77.0%

Two or More     6.3%                               5.2%                            7.4%                                  4.9%

Pacific    2.9%                                    8.0%                             1.8%                                      0.7%
Islander

Hispanic    3.3%                                    9.9%                               11.4%                                      10.6%

Black      8.1%                                  7.0%                            7.7%                                       3.8%

Asian      9.6%                                     19.7%                        7.1%                                           12.0%

American
0.8%                              1.0%                         1.8%                                    1.6%
Indian

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Opportunities Moving Forward
Continue to ask employee to self-identify race, gender, disability status, and
veteran status to more accurately reflect our workforce demographics within
our 3 AA Plans.
Expand outreach and recruitment of individuals with disabilities.
Continue the targeted recruitment of women, minorities, and Protected
Veterans to ensure diverse applicant pools by attending job fairs and community
events, offering internships, and evaluating job descriptions to remove
requirements which create artificial barriers.
Maintain and expand the Veteran's Fellowship Program.
Conduct annual audits of the 3 AA Plans to measures the program effectiveness.
Providing annual AA compliance training to employees to ensure women and
minorities, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans are treated in a
non-discriminatory manner in all employment practices and business decisions.
Work underway by Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion to address
institutional oppression within the Port and to infuse equity in all our programs,
policies, and business practices supports the fundamental purpose of affirmative
action, which is to attract, hire, develop and retain a workforce that reflects the
diversity of our community at all levels of the Port.
COMMITMENT TO AFFIRMATIVE ACTION                            13

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