Use this screen to establish your affirmative action plans. You can define the affirmative action plan ID, along with a description and the start and end dates of the plan. In addition, you can view the plan document if it is either an MS Word or WordPerfect document. Affirmative Action plan codes are assigned to employee records, if applicable, in the HR Info subtask of the Salary Info and History screen (People » Employee » Basic Employee Setup).
Set up this screen as part of your Costpoint Human Resources initialization.
Enter up to 12 alphanumeric characters to identify the affirmative action plan. Each plan code must be unique. This is a required field.
Enter up to 30 alphanumeric characters to describe the affirmative action plan code. This is a required field.
Enter, or use the binoculars (
) icon to select, the
employee ID of the certifying officer for the affirmative action plan.
This field is optional. The certifying officer is a designated individual
within a contractor's organization who is assigned responsibility and
accountability to ensure effective implementation of the affirmative action
plan.
Enter, or use to select, an affirmative action plan that will serve as
a link between the current affirmative action plan and the previous plan.
You can use this to compare the plan analysis against the previous plan's
goals. You must have previously established an affirmative action plan
in this screen. Once you have populated this field, the Start
Date and End Date
fields in the Dates Used for Analysis
group box will default with the previous plan's Start
Date and End Date.
This field is optional.
Use this group box to specify the plan's coverage and analysis dates.
Use this group box to enter the plan's coverage start and end dates. These dates can overlap other coverage dates for the Affirmative Action Plan.
Enter the start date for this affirmative action plan. The date format is "MM/DD/YYYY." This is a required field.
Enter the end date for this affirmative action plan in this required field. The date format is "MM/DD/YYYY." When you populate the coverage Start Date field, the coverage End Date will default as the Start Date + 364 days. You may change this date, as needed.
This group box displays the Start Date and End Date of the Previous Affirmative Action Plan for comparing the current plan analysis against the previous plan's goals, as well as reporting criteria.
This non-editable field displays the start date on which the Previous Affirmative Action Plan began coverage.
This non-editable field displays the end date on which the Previous Affirmative Action Plan ended coverage.
Use this group box to specify the method that will be used to group Functional Job Titles. Functional job titles are established in Costpoint Compensation. Select one of two options.
Select this option to have job groups used to analyze Affirmative Action data. If you select this radio button and you have established job group information (in the Affirmative Action Controls menu), it will be used to group employees in the Affirmative Action reporting applications.
Select this option if EEO Codes should be used to analyze your Affirmative Action data. If you select this option and EEO Code information is established (in the Affirmative Action Controls menu), it will be used to group employees in the Affirmative Action reporting applications. This option is the default selection when you first open this screen.
Use this group box to specify the method that will be used to track applicant data in the Applicant Data subtask. Select one of two options:
Select this option if applicant data should be entered by Job Group or EEO Code. If you select this option, the first column in the Applicant Data subtask will display as either Job Group or EEO Code, depending on the option selected in the Job Grouping Method group box.
Select this option if applicant data should be entered by Functional Job Title. If you select this option, the first column in the Applicant Data subtask will display Functional Job Title.
Use the options in this group box to specify the method that will be used to determine whether minorities and women are underutilized in your organization under this plan. Select one of four options:
Select this option if underutilization should be declared when availability exceeds employment by at least one whole person.
Select this option if a difference of two standard deviations between availability and employment should determine underutilization.
Select this option if underutilization should be declared when employment percent is less than 80 percent of the availability percent.
Select this option if underutilization of minorities/females should be declared when availability exceeds employment.
Use this group box to select the source file of the affirmative action plan document that you want to view.
Use this button to select the path and filename of the affirmative action plan document that you want to view by using the View Document pushbutton. In the field next to the Select button, you can also directly enter a full path that specifies the location for the data file.
Click this button to launch either MS Word or WordPerfect, depending on the selection in the Affirmative Action Settings screen, and to view and edit your affirmative action plan document(s).
Select this pushbutton to open the Assign Labor Locations subtask.
Select this pushbutton to open the Weighted Percentage Setup subtask.
The Applicant Data subtask is disabled. Please use the Applicant Data screen (People » Affirmative Action » Applicant Information).
Changes to this screen update the following tables:
Affirmative Action Plan Setup - H_AFF_PLAN_SETUP
Affirmative Action Settings - H_AFF_SETTINGS