Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Equal Employment Opportunity


Equal Employment Opportunity
It has come to our attention at Seattle School District Exposed, that the seattle school's human resources department is using race to screen out people for jobs.  It is illegally not letting us choose to answer this question.  It is an optional question by law.  I have brought this to the attention of the human resources department manager Nathan Fitzpatrick.  I informed the department that it is illegal under I-200 to not have this be section be optional.  Nearly 4 months later nothing has been fixed.  This is not done by accident, it is done to fix the numbers. Schools are making this not an optional race section to skewing the equal employment opportunity numbers and make it look like more people of color work there.  Then the district gets credit for doing this, being diverse and abiding by the EEOC rules.  
My advice to anyone applying for a job at Seattle School District to not answer your race.  Select white.  This is an optional question and if they are not going to abide by the rules then why should we give them information make them look good?  
Options to solve or prevent this:
E-Mail or call the human resources at the school about this, or the EEOC.  This is not allowed under federal law.  
If you have applied and forced to provide please redact your answer.  Have them remove that from your file, or the numbers they send to the federal government.  
You can also  e-mail or call the school board and tell them about what is going on and have them put a stop to this.
Lastly, have people come forward and fight legally against the laws they have broken.  Call them out on their wrongful practices.  
Incase you think I was joking here is the online form as it is posted on the job site, you will see  Q 20 Hispanic is optional but on Q 21 there is not an option for no answer:
20.Per Federal mandate, educational institutions are required to report race and ethnicity data for employees. This information is private and only collected and reported as required by state and federal laws. This information will not be part of your employment file. 
Are you of Hispanic or Latino origin?== Populated
YES, Hispanic/LatinoNO, not Hispanic/LatinoNo Answer21.What race(s) do you consider yourself? Please check all that apply.== Populated
American Indian or Alaska Native(A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment)Asian (A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast, Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand and Vietnam)Black or African American (A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa)Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands)White (A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East or North Africa)
On another note about equal opportunity, we at Seattle Schools Exposed have learned that the interim director of nutritional services was given the job without a competitive interview.  The job was not advertised or made aware to the general public.  I see several problems with this.  Was she really the best person for the job.  You can't just hire someone without doing a thorough job search. 
The above is just another example of business as usual.  Just like when hiring the Superintendant they just handed it out like candy Halloween.  No interviews.  These are the reasons why there have been 11 directors in 11 years and nobody has faith in them.  It is being run like Daffy Duck is in charge.  As looney as a tooney. 
We at Seattle School District Exposed are calling for resignation of the HR Director.  Ineffective management in following policies and abiding by EEOCguidelines.
I look forward to your comments and help in these issues.  We can also be followed on Youtube at SPS schools exposed, at Twitter at SPS Exposed and Facebook as well.tle School District Expo

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