1F03 Placement Goals

Regardless of the method employed to determine underutilization, the contractor must establish a placement goal for each job group where minorities or women, or both, are underutilized. (See 41 CFR 60-2.15). The placement goal established must be at least equal to the availability percentage of the underutilized minorities and women for the specific job group. (See 41 CFR 60-2.16(c)). The contractor may establish a goal higher than required under the Executive Order. Placement goals are not rigid and are not quotas.

Contractors are generally required to set a single goal for all minorities when minorities as a whole are underutilized. However, in the event of a substantial disparity in the utilization of a particular minority group, or the utilization of men or women of a particular minority group, the contractor may be required to establish separate goals for those groups. (See 41 CFR 60-2.16(d)).