WORKFORCE EQUITY. The parties will improve workforce equity by: » Providing education and training to hiring managers and interview panelists on importance of and how to utilize inclusive hiring and selection practices; » Ensuring staff reflect the diverse communities in which they serve; » Adding strong Racial Justice and EID statement(s) to all job descriptions and posting requirements; » Identifying job roles or segments of the workforce lacking diversity: › Create strategies to identify interest in and support mobility into those job roles; and › Develop strategies to increase talent pipelines internally and externally. » Eliminating bias from promotion and hiring practices by supporting internal candidates through: › Xxx Xxxxxxx Memorial Trust (BHMT) education and experience programs;* › providing represented employees opportunities to gain exposure to other jobs and gain experience required for placement; and* › identifying situations causing employees to be bypassed or prevented from obtaining position(s) or promotion(s).* * These provisions are not intended to supersede local contract provisions » Supporting workforce equity by: › Developing targeted BHMT programs to help close representation gaps; › Creating programs to support Alliance employees’ mobility into an increased variety of job roles; › Piloting Workforce Development and EID programs with diversity objectives; and › Enabling employees to gain experience (on the job) needed for placement.
