Human Resources
Bobby Humes, Director
Workforce Equity
The Workforce Equity Initiative is the City's commitment to eliminate racial disparities and achieve equity for the City's employees.
We will know that we have reached workforce equity when:
- the workforce is inclusive of people of color and other marginalized or under-represented groups
- at a rate representative of the greater Seattle area
- at all levels of City employment;
where
- institutional and structural barriers impacting employee attraction, selection, participation and retention have been eliminated,
- enabling opportunity for employment success and career growth.
Workforce Equity is an extension of the City's Race and Social Justice Initiative - with a focus on the City's employees. Under Executive Order 2015-02, the Seattle Office for Civil Rights and Seattle Department of Human Resources partnered to create the first Workforce Equity Strategic Plan in July 2016. The Workforce Equity Division in SDHR oversees the Plan, its updates and the work described in Executive Order 2018-04: Anti-Harassment and Anti-Discrimination.
For detailed information:
- 2020 Workforce Equity Technical Report
- 2020 Workforce Equity Update Report
- 2019 Workforce Equity Technical Report
- 2019 Workforce Equity Update Report
- Workforce Equity Strategic Plan Implementation - Update
- Workforce Equity Strategic Plan - Executive Summary
- Workforce Equity Strategic Plan - Full Plan
- Workforce Equity Action Plan
- Workforce Equity Action Plan FAQs
- Workforce Equity Update Handout