Recommendation No. 5 OFCCP should standardize information required for compliance reviews. These information requirements should be given to Federal contractors, at their request, to facilitate recordkeeping and to simplify the review pro cess. Duplication in the EEO-1 In addition, we call attention to Item No. 10 of the The EEO-1 is normally filed annually on March 1 with The new EEO-1's are used for comparison purposes with Recommendation No. 6 EEO compliance agencies should not require companies to complete additional EEO-1's for the purpose of contract reviews. The file copy of the data filed on March 1 should be used. Affirmative Action Plans (AAP) Affirmative action plans are by far the most troublesome requirement for employers. The difficulty arises from a lack of specificity or standardization of AAP requirements on the part of Federal compliance agencies. There are four basic components of an AAP: • The workforce analysis is a profile of the workforce with details indicating rank, breakdown by sex and minority group. Each job title must have grade or salary range attached. The purpose of this analysis is to identify underutilization of the affected classes which are entitled by law to a remedy. • Utilization analysis requires that contractors regroup job titles on the basis of major job groupings. A comparison of these figures are made with the availability of the affected classes in the area from which the labor force is drawn. The source of the labor market area is the Department of Labor. Goals and timetables are required when there is a • In the narrative portion of the plan a contractor The AAP is not technically classified as a form, and is • review their progress (or lack thereof) in EEO over • look at their present posture; • set goals for future improvements in the hiring and On the other hand, most respondents who express an • The AAP is too lengthy and requires information • Many AAPs are put together with a significant time • There is little uniformity in what is an acceptable Figures 6 through 9 illustrate the types of statistical data |