A large manufacturer of toys and board games, Global Games, located in Parcheese

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A large manufacturer of toys and board games, Global Games, located in Parcheesee County, IL has a total of 790 factory workers and 42 of those are minorities. The population of Parcheesee County is 415,520 and includes 36,568 minorities. The relevant labor market was determined to have a population of 7,879 qualified individuals for a factory position at Global Games. Of those, 6783 were nonminority and the rest were minorities. From the labor pool, 900 nonminorities applied and 257 minorities applied.

1. Calculate the labor market availability rate for minorities.

2. Calculate the labor market availability rate for nonminorities.

3. Calculate the workforce utilization rate for minorities at Global Games.

4. Calculate the workforce utilization rate for nonminorities at Global Games.

5. Is there is evidence of discrimination against minorities at Global Games?

Explanation / Answer

1) Labor market availability rate for minorities=number of minorities labor/total minority population%=1096/36568=2.99%

2) Labor market availability rate for nonminorities=number of nonminorities/total labor availability%=6783/378952=1.78%

3)Workforce utilisation rate for minorities at Global games=number of minorities/total workforce%=42/790=5.3%

4) Workforce utilisation rate for nonminorities at Global Games=number of nonminorities/total workforce%=748/790=94.7%

5) Percentage of minorities population in parchesee is 8.8%. Therefore, the company does not have a fair representation of minorities in its workforce as the ratio is not as per population ratio and percentage of minority labour available for employment out of employable labour for the factory is 13.9% whereas, nonminority is 86%. Clearly, minority population is more available as labor force with 3% being available as opposed to 1.8% for nonminority, therefore minority labor should be atleast 9% to 14%. The company is definitely discriminating against minorities.

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