QUESTION
What is the relationship between occupational segregation and other forms of inequity in the municipal workforce, according to EEPC's analysis?
1:34:35
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The Equal Employment Practices Commission (EEPC)'s analysis suggests that occupational segregation, hiring patterns, and attrition rates exacerbate existing disparities and inequities within the municipal workforce.
- Occupational segregation already exists, with disproportionate representation of women and people of color in certain positions.
- Hiring and attrition patterns tend to worsen these disparities rather than improve them.
- People are leaving at disproportionate rates across different groups, perpetuating the problems.
- While not stated conclusively, the analysis hints at potential aggravation of inequities in higher or lower-paying positions.
Nantasha M. Williams
1:34:35
In its 2023 annual report, EPC recommended that the city research, the driver's of occupational segregation.
1:34:42
This was in connection to EUPC's findings that women and people of color continue to be underutilizing the city workforce due to both under hiring and higher attrition rates.
1:34:52
Can you share more about what EEPC's analysis suggests about the relationship between hockey operational segregation and other forms of inequity that exists within the municipal workforce.
Russell Ferri
1:35:06
So there's a couple of issues there.
1:35:08
And as Yuval pointed out in some of the graphs that you were showing earlier, right, There certainly is occupational segregation in the city that is also pervasive throughout the rest of the country.
1:35:21
In terms of things like the attrition rates and the hiring rates, the the point that we were making in the reports is that in addition to the fact that you have these positions that already are disparate in terms of, you know, disproportionately, either too many women and people of color compared to what you would expect or too few, is that the hiring patterns and the attrition patterns tend to only make it worse.
1:35:51
So it's one thing to say, it's the city, it's the civil service system, people tend to stay, and so therefore, it takes time for things to change, but even when people are coming on board or leaving, they're leaving at disproportionate rates that tend to only exacerbate the problems.
1:36:07
And and certainly, I can't say confidently with the data that we have that that is particularly true in terms of higher or lower paying positions, but I would suspect that that is the case.
