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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 

Glass Ceiling Commission; Open Site Hearing; Change in Time

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (Pub. L. 
102-166) and section 9 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) 
(Pub. L. 92-462, 5 U.S.C. app. II) a Notice of establishment of the 
Glass Ceiling Commission was published in the Federal Register on March 
30, 1992 (57 FR 10776). Pursuant to section 10(a) of FACA, this is to 
announce a public hearing of the Commission which is to take place on 
Friday, June 24, 1994. Notice of this hearing was previously published 
in the Federal Register on April 15, 1994 at 59FR 18155. The purpose of 
the Commission is to, among other things, focus greater attention on 
the importance of eliminating artificial barriers to the advancement of 
minorities and women to management and decisionmaking positions in 
business. The Commission has the practical task of: (a) Conducting 
basic research into practices, policies, and manner in which management 
and decisionmaking positions in business are filled; (b) conducting 
comparative research of businesses and industries in which minorities 
and women are promoted or are not promoted to management and 
decisionmaking positions; and (c) recommending measures designed to 
enhance opportunities for and the elimination of artificial barriers to 
the advancement of minorities and women to management and 
decisionmaking positions.
    Time and Place: The hearing will be held on Friday, June 24, 1994 
from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the Meeting Hall at the Association Of The 
Bar Of The City Of New York, 42 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036. 
This shortens the meeting time from 6 p.m. to 5 p.m.
    Agenda: The agenda for the hearing is as follows:

9 a.m.--Opening Remarks by Secretary Reich
9:30--Welcoming Remarks by Federally Elected Officials
9:45-12:30--Witnesses
12:30-1:45--Lunch break
2-4:30--Witnesses
4:30-5 p.m.--Open public session.

Public Participation

    The hearing will be open to the public. Seating will be available 
on a first-come, first-serve basis. Seats will be reserved for the 
media. Disabled individuals should contact the Commission no later than 
June 10, 1994, if special accommodations are needed.
    Individuals or organizations wishing to testify orally must provide 
written testimony in advance of the hearing. Send twenty (20) copies of 
testimony, postmarked on or before June 10, 1994, to the: Glass Ceiling 
Commission, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Room C-2313, Washington, DC 20210.
    The written testimony must contain the following information:
    (1) The name, address, and telephone number of each person to 
appear;
    (2) The capacity in which the person will appear;
    (3) Oral comments are limited to 7 minutes, written testimony may 
be longer.
    (4) The issues that will be addressed.
    (5) Twenty (20) copies of testimony. (Testimony may be longer in 
length than oral comments.)
    This information is needed to properly develop a hearing schedule. 
As many people as time allows will be permitted to testify. To provide 
all interested parties an opportunity to present their views in the 
public hearing, and answer questions from Commissioners.

Issues

    Testimony should highlight successful initiatives and/or 
recommendations for addressing the areas discussed below. The 
Commission is especially interested in hearing about procedures, 
practices and systems that have been put in place to make sure that 
goals are achieved in work force diversity.
    Recruitment: What systems are in place to ensure that external 
recruiting for decisionmaking positions will produce a pool of 
applicants which includes minorities and women? Similarly, does the 
process for considering promotion of current employees to 
decisionmaking positions ensure consideration of minorities and women?
    Developmental practices and credential building experiences: How 
are minorities and women ensured that they will be given the kinds of 
experiences that will make them competitive for decisionmaking 
positions, including not only advanced education, but also 
developmental assignments such as to corporate committees and task 
forces, special projects, etc.
    Accountability for equal employment opportunity responsibilities: 
How are senior level executives, line managers, and corporate decision 
makers held accountable for EEO responsibilities?
    Compensation systems: How is the total compensation package 
including bonuses, stock options and other incentives evaluated for 
fairness for minorities and women? How is the appraisal system/
performance rating system protected from subjective decisions which 
impact compensation? Do management and supervisory compensation systems 
depend upon or reward managers' achieving work force diversity goals, 
and, if so, how does that work?
    Placement patterns: What kind of monitoring is done to ensure that 
minorities and women are placed in the line positions that will provide 
better opportunity for promotion to decisionmaking positions?
    Testimony on successful initiatives may include discussion of the 
elements above and how other factors are combined to create a complete 
initiative resulting in the advancement of minorities and women.
    A videotape may be made of the hearing. A transcript of the hearing 
will be made.
    Materials submitted at this hearing should not have been submitted 
at any previous or subsequent Glass Ceiling Commission hearings.
    Those individuals or organizations wishing to submit written 
statements, but not testify orally, should send twenty (20) copies to 
the Glass Ceiling Commission, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., room C-2313, Washington, DC 20210. Written 
statements should be postmarked on or before June 10, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Glass Ceiling Commission, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 
Avenue., NW., room C-2313, Washington, DC 20210, (202) 219-7342.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 12th day of May, 1994.
Robert B. Reich,
Secretary of Labor.
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