Employment Trends and Demographics
The Departmental Office of Civil Rights,
Equal Employment Opportunity Programs Division,
offers
DOT-wide employment demographics, showing
the permanent workforce by Operating
Administration, broken down by ethnicity,
race/national origin, and gender. It also
provides data on employees with targeted
disabilities. For more information, please
contact the individual Operating
Administrations' Office of Civil Rights.
The on-board participation rates by
ethnicity, race/national origin and gender shown
in Data Table A-2 are compared to the Civilian
Labor Force (CLF), which is a national work
force data compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau.
There is no CLF data for individuals with
targeted disabilities. Therefore,
the participation rate for individuals with
targeted disabilities is compared to their ratio
in the agency with over 500 employees and the
highest ratio of employees with targeted
disabilities in the Federal government.
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Federal Women's Program
The Federal Women's Program is designed to promote the employment of women in the Federal workforce. Objectives for program managers are to improve hiring, training, retention and promotional opportunities by identifying positions and grades for which women may be under represented and increase the total number of women employed in those positions, identifying employment barriers that may exist to achieving equal opportunity, and addressing discriminatory employment practices against women.
In DOT, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and
White women have low participation rates
compared to their representation in the Civilian
Labor Force (CLF). The CLF is the
benchmark, as it is comprised of data collected
by the U.S. Census Bureau showing the
representation of each group in America's
working population. At the end of FY 2007,
Hispanic women were 1.62% of DOT's permanent
workforce and 4.52% of the 2000 CLF. Asian/Pacific
Islander women were 1.03% of DOT's permanent
workforce and 1.76% of the CLF. White women
were 17.89% of DOT's permanent workforce and
33.74% of the CLF.
Women in DOT also have low participation
rates in the GS 12-15 pay grades.
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Hispanic Employment
All Federal agencies, including the Department of Transportation, must take a proactive stance in addressing Hispanic
under representation in the Federal government. According to the U.S. Census Bureau,
in 2000, Hispanic Americans numbered over 38.8 million, over 13.5% of the population, and have become the Nation's largest minority group. Furthermore, the Census Bureau reports that by the year 2050, or sooner, one in four Americans will be of Hispanic descent. This significant increase in the Hispanic population has given rise to a large influx of Hispanics into America's workforce. The DOT must be prepared to effectively manage the recruitment, selection, hiring, retention and development of Hispanics in its workforce. According to OPM, Hispanics are the most severely underrepresented minority group in the Federal government.
In 2002, Hispanics comprised only 6.9% of the total Federal workforce compared with
10.69% of the 2000 civilian labor force,
and just 3.3% of Senior Executive Service
(SES) employees.
At the end of FY 2007, Hispanic men were
4.58% of DOT's permanent workforce and 6.17%
of the CLF. Hispanic women were 1.62%
of DOT's permanent workforce and 4.52% of the CLF. Hispanic employees in DOT also
have low participation rates in pay grades
12-15.
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People With Disabilities
All Federal agencies, including the
Department of Transportation, are required to
have an affirmative action program for the
employment of people with disabilities,
especially those with targeted disabilities.
DOT's Departmental Disability Program Manager is
responsible for identifying and addressing
barriers to full employment for individuals with
disabilities.
Federal agencies are required to set goals
for hiring individuals with targeted
disabilities, and to monitor and report
progress. The annual hiring goal at DOT is
3% of all new hires. All Federal agencies
are required to compare their employment ratio
of people with targeted disabilities with the
ratio of the Federal agency with 500 employees
or more that has the highest ratio for this
group. At the end of FY 2007, DOT's ratio
for permanent employees with targeted
disabilities was 0.55% while the Federal high
was 2.37%.
For further information on DOT's Disability
Program, please visit our
People with
Disabilities web page.
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Employee Associations and Support
Groups
The Departmental Office of Civil Rights
offers this
directory of organizations comprised
of and serving employees of the Department of
Transportation.
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Special
Observances
2008 Special
Observances
|
Observance |
Date |
Sponsoring
Office |
Martin
Luther King
Birthday |
3rd Monday
of January |
National
Highway
Traffic
Safety
Administration |
Black History
Month |
February |
Federal Highway
Administration |
Women's History
Month |
March |
Federal Railroad
Administration |
Asian Pacific
American
Heritage Month |
May |
Maritime
Administration |
Gay and Lesbian
Pride Month |
June |
Federal Transit
Administration |
Americans with
Disabilities Act
Anniversary |
July 26 |
Federal Transit
Administration |
Women's Equality
Day - Statement |
August 26 |
Departmental
Office of Civil
Rights |
National
Hispanic
Heritage Month |
Sep 15 - Oct 15 |
Pipeline and
Hazardous
Material
Administration |
National
Disability
Employment
Awareness Month |
October |
Federal Highway
Administration |
Disability
Mentoring Day |
October - TBD |
Individual
Offices |
National
American Indian
and Alaska
Native Heritage
Month |
November |
Federal Motor
Carrier Safety
Administration |
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