Office of EEO, Equity & Inclusion Office Update 3/28/2019 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Office of EEO, Equity & Inclusion Office Update 3/28/2019 Mission To ensure an equitable system that grows and sustains a diverse workforce, fosters an inclusive culture and builds organizational capacity. Equity & EEO Inclusion 2

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Office of EEO, Equity & Inclusion

Office Update

3/28/2019

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Mission

To ensure an equitable system that grows and sustains a diverse workforce, fosters an inclusive culture and builds organizational capacity.

EEO Equity & Inclusion

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What we do…

EEO, Equity & Inclusion supports Sound Transit by providing:

  • Executive & Strategic Leadership
  • EEO Consultations & Mediations
  • Policy & Practices Review
  • Training & Professional Development
  • Employee Networks
  • Employee Resource Groups
  • Heritage/History Month Celebrations
  • Community Engagement
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OUR APPROACH

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Employees & Culture

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Employees & Culture

Equal Employment Opportunity

Prohibits discrimination against employees and contractors in hiring, promotion, transfer and termination practices. EEO policy applies to all employment actions:

  • Right to file a complaint
  • No retaliation
  • Request reasonable accommodations
  • Accountability
  • Transparency
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Employees & Culture

Protected Classes

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Employees & Culture

EEO & Employment Practices

Training

Compensation Disciplinary Actions Reclassifications Performance Management Recruitment/Selection

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Employees & Culture

Employee Resource Groups- Fostering Inclusion

BEST-Blacks Empowering Success in Transit

Supporting the Black community at Sound Transit.

LiT- Latinx in Transportation

Supporting the Latinx community at Sound Transit.

PRIDE

Creating a supportive, inclusive ST for LGBTQ employees and allies.

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Employees & Culture

Employee Resource Groups- Fostering Inclusion

SPAM-Sound Transit Pacific Islander Asian American Masterminds

Supporting the diverse and multicultural AAPI community at ST.

WEST-Women Empowering Sound Transit

Advocating for gender equity and beyond.

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Talent Engagement

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Talent Engagement

Engaging Talent and expanding opportunities through education.

We partner with:  Local school districts, universities and community

  • rganizations to expand early access to Sound Transit

careers and opportunities.  Human Resources to identify opportunities to recruit diverse candidate pools.

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Capacity Building

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Capacity Building

Equity Inclusion Diversity Equality

Opportunity Opportunity and Representation Opportunity, Representation and Belonging Opportunity, Representation, Belonging and Accountability

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Capacity Building

Professional Development

EEO Awareness

EEO law and Requirements Importance of EEO

Equity focused leadership

Definition Alignment System Analysis

Inclusion Competence 101

Equity & Inclusion Identity Development

Inclusion Competence 102

Community Relevance Inclusive Leadership

Inclusion Competence 103

Managing Differences Accountability

June – Sept.

  • Sept. – January

February – May April – July

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Capacity Building

To date:

  • 90% of managers have been trained on EEO policy and

regulation.

  • 10% of the agency has attended the Undoing Institutional

Racism workshop (including ELT).

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Institutional Change

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Institutional Change

Commitment to Equity

Leadership

Representation Resources Access

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Institutional Change

Equity in Practice

Question

  • Who decides?
  • Who pays?
  • Who benefits?
  • Who suffers?

Related Practices

Fair representation among decision-makers; inclusive outreach; cultivating inclusion in

  • rganization

Identifying progressive transit funding sources; equitable funding priorities; making transit fares affordable Targeting investments in underserved communities to improve access; maximizing housing and transportation affordability; supporting high-quality employment Minimizing public health impacts; reducing accident incidence; reducing inequitable punitive enforcement

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Institutional Change

Equity Steering Committee

  • The Sound Transit Equity Steering Committee is responsible

for ensuring continuing progress toward an inclusive and equitable agency. The Committee will set strategy, provide guidance and ensure integration of equity principles in their respective business lines.

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Institutional Change

Transportation Equity Network (TEN)

  • We co-lead the TEN in partnership with King County Metro and

the Seattle Department of Transportation to advance policy and institutional strategies that focus on equitable processes and

  • utcomes across our region.
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EEO, Equity & Inclusion Early Changes System Changes E&I Outcomes

EEO, Equity & Inclusion Strategy

  • EEO/E&I Office
  • Strategic

Alignment

  • ELT Equity

Leadership Capacity Strategic Leadership

  • Employee

Resource Groups

  • Transit Equity

Partnerships

  • EEO Compliance

Equity & Inclusion Programs

  • Definition

Alignment

  • Equity-focused

Consultations

  • E&I Workforce

Development Multicultural Leadership Development

Equity Lens and Analysis Services/Program Expansion E&I Steering Committee Multi-Agency Transportation Equity Network

Strategic Leadership

Organizational Capacity Equity-focused Leadership Sense of Belonging Community Engagement Policy & Advocacy

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Thank you.

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