The use indices for each administration can be combined to form a composite use index for all of DOL. In effect, the use indices measure the extent to which the Department has successfully achieved the standards of minority employment set in the "Goals and Timetables" section--an equitable representation and distribution of all employees in the National Office and Field units of every administration. It should be recalled that the Department-wide analysis understated the total amount of underutilization since the good employment situation in some administrations was allowed to compensate for the bad record of others. On the other hand, the use indices reflect the full amount of underutilization in the Department. A use index of .80 indicates that an administration or region is four-fifths of the way toward achieving parity. Full parity is shown by a use index of 1.0. The use indices disclose that all administrations significantly underutilize blacks, but the underutilization is substantially greater in some administrations than in Manpower has the best index for the utilization others. of blacks, .89, while ESA, BLS, and SOL all have indices below .70. The composite use index which reflects the total amount of underutilization in the Department is .75, meaning the Department is only three-quarters of the way toward achieving the full utilization of blacks. (Chart 3, p. 24). Although the National Office taken as one unit meets the criteria for the representation of blacks, the analysis by administration reveals that the National Office units of BLS and SOL do not have an equitable representation of blacks. In the Field, only MA and LMSA have a sufficient representation of blacks in the professional ranks. In addition, blacks are inequitably distributed in every administration in the National Office and the Field (with the possible exception of MA in the Field where the average salary of black professionals is .97 of that for all professionals). The most inequitable distributions of these employees are found in the National Office units of LMSA and SOL where the salary differences between black and all professionals are 34 percent and 38 percent, respectively. (Charts 3-5, pp. 24-26 ). Two regions, Philadelphia and Chicago, demonstrate a reasonably good utilization of blacks in their professional Chart 3. RANKING OF ADMINISTRATIONS AND REGIONS BY USE use index. |