Barrier Identification and Elimination Process At-A-Glance

Step One:

Identify Possible Barriers Using a Variety of Sources:

• Take, review and refine compulsory snapshots
• Take additional snapshots where needed
• Review other information sources
• Analyze ALL employment processes

Step Two:

Investigate to Pinpoint Actual Barriers and Causes:

• With workforce data, determine appropriate benchmarks, compare rates, and note net changes
• Heed triggers from other sources
• Pinpoint barriers and determine causes

Step Three:

Barrier Elimination:

• Devise a plan to address barrier causes
• Determine whether barriers are job-related and consistent with business necessity. If not, plan to eliminate those barriers.
• Consider modifications even where barriers are job-related and consistent with business necessity.
• Report plan and progress to the EEOC annually

Step Four:

Assess Success of Plan:

• Track Progress; should be measurable
• Hold agency officials accountable
• Periodic re-assessments should be done to discover if plan needs adjusting

This page was last modified on July 20, 2004.

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