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DAS officials brief legislators on workforce plan, staffing risks in informational hearing on HB 5002
Summary
Department of Administrative Services leaders told the Joint Ways and Means subcommittee on General Government that the executive branch employs nearly 45,000 people, faces a roughly 11.6% vacancy rate and significant near‑term retirement risk, and has accepted Secretary of State audit recommendations to create an enterprise workforce plan.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Department of Administrative Services officials on April 23 briefed the Joint Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on General Government in an informational meeting on House Bill 5,002, describing current workforce demographics, steps already under way and remaining gaps in enterprise workforce planning.
The presentation, led by Jessica Neely, chief human resources officer for the executive branch, and Barry Leslie, director of the Department of Administrative Services (DAS), outlined the size and makeup of the executive branch workforce, actions taken after a Secretary of State workforce audit, and specific programs aimed at recruitment, retention and leadership development.
Neely told lawmakers the executive branch employs ‘‘almost 45,000 employees, 44,763,’’ and that roughly ‘‘11.6%’’ of budgeted positions were currently vacant. She said about ‘‘a quarter of our workforce’’ is eligible to retire and that enterprise data show 71% of employees identify as white, about 25% as people of color and 3.5% have not disclosed race or ethnicity.
The Secretary of State…
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