SITE UPDATED: 8/25/2008
UTHSC Federal Reporting:
New race and ethnicity categories and VETS 100 Report
To participate in the
survey, please click on or copy an paste the link below:
As an educational institution and federal contractor, UT Health Science
Center is required to compile and provide a count of employees by job category,
race, ethnicity and gender to the federal government on an annual basis, and
this also includes being in compliance with Title 38, United States Code,
Section 4212(d), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Veterans' Employment and
Training Service (VETS) collects and compiles data on the Federal Contractor
Program Veterans' Employment Report (VETS-100 Report).
Recently the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC revised the race
and ethnic categories by which the institution reports applicants and employees.
As a result, the Office of Human Resources is offering employees the opportunity
to voluntarily and confidentially "re-identify" their race or ethnicity with
these new options beginning June 1.
There will be an option that enables designation of two racial categories
should you choose to do so. The category Asian or Pacific Islander has been
separated into two new categories, Asian and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific
Islander. Also, the category Black has been changed to Black or African American
and the category Hispanic to Hispanic or Latino.
We invite you to provide information to aid us in taking and evaluating
affirmative measures and to assist us in complying with reporting requirements
under Federal law. Provision of the information is voluntary. Information about
race and ethnicity and veteran status and/or a disability is kept confidential,
except that 1) supervisors and managers may be informed with regard to
restrictions on the work or duties of persons with disabilities and any
necessary accommodations, and 2) first aid personnel may be informed when, and
to the extent appropriate, the condition might require emergency treatment. You
will not be subject to adverse treatment if you choose not to provide this
information.
Please click on or copy and paste the following link into your web browser to
access this survey:
www.utmem.edu/aaii.
Everyone will start with the VETS 100 section and transition to the ethnicity
and race section for completion of the survey. If you choose to participate,
please do so by Monday, September 8, 2008 by 8:00 a.m.
For additional information, please contact the Office of Equity and Diversity
(920 Madison, Suite 420) at 901.448.2112. If there are employees in your
department/area who do not utilize their UTHSC email address often, please
encourage them to check their email.
Additionally, the Office of Equity and Diversity will computers available to
employees during lunch hour in the Plaza Building lobby August 25th thru
September 5th.
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