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Home My WebLink AboutIR 7951 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7951 „hRT(pf0 foam To the Mayor and Members of the City Council p October 3, 1995 TexA� Subject: er OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF CITY NEW HIRE DATA During our recent City Council retreat inquiries were made regarding minority hiring over the past few years. In response to these inquiries the following information is being provided. BACKGROUND: The City's Affirmative Action Program requires each department to develop an affirmative action plan which is reviewed and updated on an annual basis. Over the past five(5)years significant gains in African-Americans and Hispanics have been realized among the sworn ranks of the Police and Fire Departments. During this same period of time approximately 14% of all new hires in top managerial positions have been African-Americans and Hispanics. In the professional ranks, almost 22% of all new hires have been African-Americans and Hispanics. Overall, more than 40% of all new hires during the past five (5) years have been Afiican- Americans and Hispanics. Job Categories In accordance with federal guidelines, the City's workforce has been divided into eight (8) Job Categories. A description of the positions included in each category is presented below: No. 1: Officials and Administrators: Department Directors, Assistant Directors, and Division Heads; Police and Fire Chiefs, Deputy Chiefs, Police Captains, Fire Battalion Chiefs. No. 2: Professionals: Section Heads, Assistant Superintendents, and positions requiring college degrees; Fire Captains, Police and Fire Lieutenants, Police Sergeants. No, 3: Technicians: Inspectors, Water, Electronic, Engineering Technicians, Computer Operators; Police/Corporal/Detective, Fire Engineer. No. 4: Protective Services: Public Safety Dispatchers, Marshals; Police and Fire Trainees. No. 5: Para-professionals: Administrative,Planning, Legal, Library Aides, CC IT, CITY No. 6: Clerical: Secretaries, Clerks, Clerk Typists, Terminal Operators. f f WORTift xi ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7Q51 �pP TI RfD y F FORT To the Mayor and Members of the City Council October 3, 1995 ti p rfxAy Subject: Page 2 of 6 OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF CITY NEW HIRE DATA No. 7: Skilled Crafts: Plant Operators, Mechanics, Plumbers, Carpenters, Electricians, and Equipment Operators. No. 8: Service/Maintenance: Custodians, Laborers, Groundskeepers, and Zoo Attendants. Managerial and professional supervisory staff are found primarily in categories 1 and 2. The remaining supervisory staff is dispersed throughout the other six(6) categories. Overall Minority New Hire Data The percentage of new hires involving African-Americans and Hispanics has been significant over the last five(5) year period: 1990/91 233 of 571 new hires are African-Americans and Hispanics (40.79%) 1991/92 155 of 472 new hires are African-Americans and Hispanics (32.83%) 1992/93 166 of 420 new hires are African-Americans and Hispanics (39.51%) 1993/94 216 of 519 new hires are African-Americans and Hispanics (41.6,1%) 1994/95 231 of 621 new hires are African-Americans and Hispanics (37.19%) During the last five(5)years 38.49% of all new hires involved African-Americans and Hispanics. Management, Professional, Supervisory New Hires The percentage of new hires involving African-Americans and Hispanics in the Officials and Administrators, and Professional categories are presented below: Officials and Administrators Professionals 1990/91 0 of 7 positions 24 of 110 positions (21.81%) 1991/92 4 of 10 positions (40.00%) 14 of 57 positions (24.56%) 1992/93 0 of 2 positions 21 of 83 positions (25.3%) 1993/94 1 of positions(16.6%) 32.of 96 positions (33.33%) 1994/95 1 of 8 positions (12.5%) 30 of 116 positions (25.86%) 5 year average 6 of 33 positions (13.83%) 121 of 462 positions (26.19%) ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7951 M,PT[pf 4 f,FRr0 To the Mayor and Members of the City Council 0 October 3, 1995 13 -='):r Y rEX»., Subject: Page 3 of 6 +e OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF CITY NEW HIRE DATA Minority Workforce Composition 1990 to 1995 According to the 1990 Census, the City of Fort Worth's Civilian Labor Force diversity was as follows: Caucasian 49.48%, African-American 19.81%, Hispanics 17.55%, and other 13.15%. The civilian labor force includes those persons who are 16 years of age and older and who are either employed or seeking employment. The City's minority workforce composition over the last five(5)years is presented in the table below. African-American Hispanic Other Total 1990/91 23.3% 11.6% 1.0% 35.9% 1991/92 23.1% 12.0% 1.1% 36.2% � 1992/93 21.8% 12.5'% 1.2% 35.5% 1993/94 21.5% 12.9% 1.3% 35.7% 1994/95 20.8% 12.7% 1.4% 34.9% Net Change -2.5% +1.1% +0.4% -1.0% New Hire Data on Women The percentage of new hires involving women has been significant over the last five (5)year period. African-American Hispanic Caucasian Other Total 1990/91 78 of 571 27 of 571 159 of 571 1 of 571 46.48% 1991/92 39 of 472 23 of 472 116 of 472 5 of 472 38.77% 1992/93 52 of 420 28 of 420 104 of 420 1 of 420 44.04% 1993/94 49 of 519 31 of 519 103 of 519 4 of 519 36.03% 1994/95 60 of 621 43 of 621 138 of 621 4 of 621 39.45% During the last five (5)years 40.91% of all new hires involved women. OFFICIAL RECORD um a a0 CITY Ft WORTH,SN"CRETARY . ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No..7 N�C4TC Nl4 acoa,� To the Mayor and Members of the City Council October 3, 1995 y, Subject. Page 4 of ey� OVERVIIEW AND ANALYSIS OF CITY NEW HIRE DATA Management New Hire Data on Women African-American Hispanic Caucasian Other Total 1990/91 -- -- 3 of 7 -- 42.85%0 1991/92 -- -- 4 of 10 -- 40.00% 1992/93 -- -- 1 of 2 -- 50.00% 1993/94 -- 1 of 6 3 of 6 -- 66.66% 1994/95 -- -- 2 of 8 -- 25.00% Professional New Hire Data on Women African-American Ksp n c Caucasian Other Total 1990/91 12 of 110 4 of 110 47 of 110 1 of 110 58.18% 1991/92 8 of 57 2 of 57 29 of 57 1 of 57 70.17% 1992/93 10 of 83 2 of 83 34 of 83 -- 55.42% 1993/94 13 of 96 5 of 96 33 of 96 3 of 96 56.25% 1994/95 7 of 116 8 of 116 46 of 116 2 of 116 54.31% Women in the Workforce 1990 to 1995 j African-American His anic Caucasian titer Total 1990/91 8.76% 100% 14.46% 0.24% 26;46%0 1991/92 7.53% 171% 14.49% 018% 25.01% 1992/93 7.67% 2.80% 14.97% 0.24% 25.68% 1993/94 7.50% 3.01% 15.49% 0.25% 26.25% 1994/95 7.65%a 3.05% 15.48% 0.28% 26.46% Net Change -1.11% +0.05% +1.02% +0.04% NC 'y, ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS �r INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7()-9i ,,P r[n,4 �a�5nrrr�0 To the Mayor and Members of the City Council October 3, 1995 V � S x rEXPh• Subject: Page 5 of 6 Is 73 OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF CITY NEW HIRE DATA OFFICIAL w Minority Workforce Composition Among Sworn Officers in Police and Fire CI'lly SECRETARY ff. WORTH� TEX. POLICE �. African-American Hispanic Other Total 1990/91 109, 11.5% 81 8.6% 5 0.5% 195 20.6% 1991/92 114 11.1% 87 8.5% 5 0.5% 206 20.1% 1992/93 120 11.2% 98 9.1% 7 0.7% 225 21.0% 1993/94 118 11.2% 97 9.1% 7 0.7% 222 21.0% 1994/95 120 11.2% 99 9.2% 8 0.7% 227 21.1% FIRE African-American Hispanic Other Total 1990/91 80 12.1% 64 9.7% 2 0.3% 146 22.1% 1991/92 80 12.6% 63 9.9% 2 0.3% 145 22.8% 1992/93 85 12.9% 64 9.7% 2 0.3% 151 22.9% 1993/94 88 13.4% 65 9.9% 3 0.5% 156 23.8% 1994/95 87 13.3% 68 10.4% 3 0.5% 158 24.2% ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY During the past five(5)year period over 38%of all new hires involved African-Americans and Hispanics. Almost 14%of the top level management positions filled during the past five (5) years involved African- Americans and Hispanics. Professional new hires during the same period included about 27% African- Americans and Hispanics. Overall representation of African-Americans has declined by 2.5% over the past five (5) years. However, current representation exceeds the percentage of African-Americans in the immediate civilian labor force (20.8% versus 19.8%). Overall representation of Hispanics has increased by 1.1% over the past five (5) years. Current representation however, is below the immediate civilian labor force (12.7%versus 17.6%). H To properly assess the City's workforce diversity status, availability percentages by job group are the benchmarks. Current federal guidelines establish the method which employers should follow to determine their workforce diversity status. ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7951 "R T I A, i eOPP To the Mayor and Members of the City Council v, October 3, 1995 4 q x ■ Sub ect: Page 6 of 6 '8 7 1 OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF Crff NEW HIRE DATA The City's jobs have been divided into 33 job groups according to job qualifications and responsibilities. In order to determine the reasonable, and possibly attainable, percentage of minority incumbents for each job,group, availability percentages must be calculated. Federal guidelines establish the eight-factor availability formula to determine the availability of African- Americans, Hispanics, and women for each of the City's 33 job groups. These factors include: civilian labor force in immediate area; size of unemployed force in immediate area; persons with requisite skills in immediate area, and in recruitment area; persons available within the organization; persons seeking employment in the labor area; and, applicant flow data. Among all 33 job groups, only 3 job groups are under represented in African-Americans by 5 or more persons and 2 of the 3 job groups are civil service jobs which are filled by promotional examinations, Only I job group(civil service jobs)among the 33 is under represented in Hispanics by 5,or more persons, Ten (10)job groups among the 33 are under represented in women by 5 or more. Three (3) of the ten (10) job groups are civil service jobs and five(5)of the ten(10)job groups are non-traditional jobs for women such as, laborers, equipment operators, skilled crafts, and inspectors. The City's commitment to diversity in the workplace is reflected in the strong hiring percentages. Some challenges remain and they will be met through our concerted efforts and persistent commitment to diversity. a,)" � - Bob Terrell City Manager BT:wg NNI ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS