Meeting_Body
REVISED
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
MARCH 15, 2018
Subject
SUBJECT: FEMALE UTILIZATION ACTION PLAN UPDATE
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE the Female Utilization Action Plan Update.
Issue
ISSUE
In January 2012, the Board approved the Project Labor Agreement (PLA) with the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council and the Construction Careers Policy (CCP), with a subsequent renewal in January 2017. One benefit of the PLA is to encourage construction employment and training opportunities in economically disadvantaged areas throughout the United States. Another benefit of the PLA is that work stoppages are prohibited.
Consistent with the Board approved PLA and CCP (PLA/CCP), prime contractors are required to provide Metro with monthly reports detailing progress towards meeting the targeted worker hiring goals. Additionally, consistent with Metro's Labor Compliance policy and federal Executive Order 11246 (EO 11246), the prime contractors provide Metro with worker utilization data by ethnicity and gender.
In accordance with EO 11246, Metro's program-wide goal for female utilization on federally funded construction contracts is 6.9%. As of the reporting period, Metro's overall female utilization attainment is 3.44%, an increase from 3.40% from the previous reporting period. This increase is attributed to Metro's Board directives to encourage contractors to increase women's workforce participation on Metro construction projects, and staff's efforts to implement the female utilization action plan. Additionally, Metro's Board authorized staff to develop a score card to report female utilization on construction contracts to highlight and encourage increased female participation.
The attached report provides a status update of staff's efforts for the development and implementation of the Female Participation Score Card including other activities to highlight female...
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