Key points
CDC's Special Emphasis Program utilizes workforce data to identify employment barriers and develop solutions to address them. The program plays an important role within the broader Affirmative Employment Program at CDC.
About
Special Emphasis Programs (SEP) were established in the Federal Government to remove barriers to equal employment opportunity for groups that were traditionally not represented or subjected to discrimination in the workforce. In 1969, Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, implemented the policy of the Federal government to provide equal opportunity in employment.
Special Emphasis Programs (SEP) are an integral part of CDC's Affirmative Employment Program. These programs educate employees and others to appreciate, value, understand, and celebrate our similarities and differences.
Objectives
The primary objectives focus on the Equal Employment Opportunity Program in relation to federal personnel policies, practices, and equal employment opportunity.
Objective 1: Analyze agency workforce data and identifying barriers in the areas of:
- Recruitment
- Hiring
- Promotions
- Career development
- Reasonable accommodation and retention affecting the full representation of targeted groups (i.e. minorities, women and individuals with disabilities).
Objective 2: Compile, develop, and disseminate information and documents for managers, supervisors, and employees
This serves to provide knowledge and sensitivity in all facts or issues of accessibility and reasonable accommodation of individuals with disabilities.
Objective 3: Develop and conduct programs to provide awareness, sensitivity and understanding of the special issues affecting employment of protected groups.
Examples include:
- Training courses
- Workshops
- Job fairs
- Conferences
- Commemorative observances