Equal employment opportunity data collection to be a more effective method of submitting authorities annual reporting requirements Measuring diversity workforce information for smaller authorities. under Section 146 of the EO Act. The Equal employment opportunity (EEO) Forty seven per cent of authorities chose to All workforce data presented in this report is survey is conducted annually for local submit via the spreadsheet method. current as at the end of March 2018. governments, universities and GTEs. This survey provides one of the primary data sets The change in collection methodology that informs the DEOPE’s functions. Authority type by number of employees resulted in more accurate recording of In 2018, the survey was revised to better workforce information and facilitated 83 Public sector entities (140 799 capture information on barriers to achieving comparability. Next year the DEOPE will diversity targets and setting priorities for the employees) require all authorities reporting under the coming year. The 2018 EEO survey is 146 EEO survey to complete via the spreadsheet Local governments (24 545 employees) reflected in the relevant sections of the Public method. sector entity survey (PSES) to enable 4 Public universities (21 967 employees) Public sector entities (including the Police comparisons across sectors. Force and electorate offices) also provide 18 Other authorities including government Authorities completing the 2018 EEO survey workforce data each quarter through the were provided with two options to submit trading enterprises, the Police Force and Human resource minimum obligatory electorate offices (16 048 employees) workforce data: through the Commission’s information requirement (HRMOIR). survey platform (as in previous years) or via a Source: EEO survey and HRMOIR data The data provided to the DEOPE through the spreadsheet. The spreadsheet method called (March 2018) EEO survey and HRMOIR, fulfils public for authorities to provide a de-identified excerpt from their HR system. This was seen
Equal employment opportunity data collection Measuring diversity The Equal employment opportunity (EEO) survey is conducted annually for local governments, universities and GTEs. This survey provides one of the primary data sets that informs the DEOPE’s functions. In 2018, the survey was revised to better capture information on barriers to achieving diversity targets and setting priorities for the coming year. The 2018 EEO survey is reflected in the relevant sections of the Public sector entity survey (PSES) to enable comparisons across sectors. Authorities completing the 2018 EEO survey were provided with two options to submit workforce data: through the Commission’s survey platform (as in previous years) or via a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet method called for authorities to provide a de-identified excerpt from their HR system. This was seen to be a more effective method of submitting workforce information for smaller authorities. Forty seven per cent of authorities chose to submit via the spreadsheet method. The change in collection methodology resulted in more accurate recording of workforce information and facilitated comparability. Next year the DEOPE will require all authorities reporting under the EEO survey to complete via the spreadsheet method. Public sector entities (including the Police Force and electorate offices) also provide workforce data each quarter through the Human resource minimum obligatory information requirement (HRMOIR). The data provided to the DEOPE through the EEO survey and HRMOIR, fulfils public authorities annual reporting requirements under Section 146 of the EO Act. All workforce data presented in this report is current as at the end of March 2018. Authority type by number of employees 83 Public sector entities (140 799 employees) 146 Local governments (24 545 employees) 4 Public universities (21 967 employees) 18 Other authorities including government trading enterprises, the Police Force and electorate offices (16 048 employees) Source: EEO survey and HRMOIR data (March 2018)
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