Underrepresentation definition

Underrepresentation. ’ means a situation in which the number of members of a minority group designation (determined by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in con- sultation with the Office of Personnel Manage- ment, on the basis of the policy set forth in subsection (b) of this section) within a cat- egory of civil service employment constitutes a lower percentage of the total number of em- ployees within the employment category than the percentage that the minority constituted within the labor force of the United States, as determined under the most recent decennial or mid-decade census, or current population sur- vey, under title 13, and
Underrepresentation means having fewer members of a racial/ethnic group, women, men or persons with disabilities in a particular job category than would be reasonably expected based on their availability in the relevant labor market.
Underrepresentation means presence in a contractor's work force of minorities, women and persons with disabilities, in a particular job category in proportionate numbers less than their representation in the county's labor market area. (Ord. 18853 § 1, 2018: Ord. 18670 § 8, 2018: Ord. 16960 § 24, 2010: Ord. 16855 § 1, 2010: Ord. 11992 § 2, 1995).

Examples of Underrepresentation in a sentence

  • The University agrees to maintain search procedures in academic units and sub-units which "Under-representation'' by gender shall be deemed to exist when: the number of female faculty Members of an academic unit or sub-unit is two (2) standard deviations below the five-year running mean of the number of female doctoral candidates in the discipline (as reported by Statistics Canada).

  • See, ▇▇▇▇▇ Gap Min, “Severe Underrepresentation of Women in Church Leadership in the Korean Immigrant Community in the United States” in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 4, no.2 (June 1, 2008): 233.

  • As I discuss in chapter two, the Korean church’s patriarchal ideology and systems were transplanted into the 35 ▇▇▇▇▇ Gap Min, “Severe Underrepresentation of Women in Church Leadership in the Korean Immigrant Community in the United States” in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 47, no.


More Definitions of Underrepresentation

Underrepresentation means presence in a contractor's work force of minorities, women, and persons with disabilities in a particular job category in proportionate numbers less than their representation in the county's labor market area. (Ord. 16960 § 24, 2010: Ord. 16855 § 1, 2010: Ord. 11992 § 2, 1995).
Underrepresentation means the contractor's work force does not approximate the percentage of women, minorities or persons with disabilities available for jobs in any particular job category from the relevant labor market in which the contractor recruits.
Underrepresentation means presence in a contractor’s work force of minorities and women in proportionate numbers lower than the goals established for the contractor’s business under this Resolution.
Underrepresentation means there is a lower percentage of minority groups, women, or both in a particular unit of a contractor’s workforce than would be expected in terms of their overall representation in the workforce. In the sample workforce analysis below, the company has far fewer women working as higher-paid “warehouse attendants” than men.
Underrepresentation means presence in a contractor's work force of minorities, women, and persons with disabilities in proportionate numbers lower than the goals established for the contractor's business under this chapter.
Underrepresentation means a situation in which the number of women or members of a minority group within a category of civil service employment constitutes a lower percentage of the total number of employees within the employment category than the percentage women or the minority constitutes within the civilian labor force of the United States, in accordance with § 720.205(c) and (d).
Underrepresentation means the vendor's work force does not approximate the percentage of women, minorities or handicapped persons available for jobs in any particular job group or category from the relevant labor market in which the vendor recruits.