EEOSTAT is a software tool that aids in the mathematics of employment law. Do employment decisions at your company show a pattern that could be evidence of discrimination? What is your exposure? EEOSTAT's three parts, square, avail, and paycalc, provide quick answers in an easy-to-use format.

square calculates the statistical significance of disparities in an employment selection process when applicant flow data is available. square computes probability values using the Chi-Square test and, for 2x2 tables, Fisher's Exact Test . For example, in a race/hiring case, square determines if there is a significant disparity in the rates at which blacks and whites are hired. When this probability is sufficiently low (i.e., .05 or less), the result is said to be statistically significant. Disparities which are statistically significant are generally recognized as evidence of discrimination.

avail calculates the statistical significance of disparities in an employment selection process when there is no applicant flow data, and protected class availability has been estimated from Census or other labor market data. avail calculates probabilities using the Exact Binomial and the Normal Approximation to the Binomial tests. EEOSTAT now includes data from the 2000 Census Special Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Tabulation to calculate labor market availability.

paycalc calculates the amounts of backpay including interest which are due aggrieved individuals when you supply the pay they should have earned and the pay they did in fact earn. Amounts are entered either monthly or quarterly, and interest is compounded at the IRS interest rates either monthly or quarterly. Interim earnings are subtracted out.
  

Jeffrey C. Bannon is a practicing attorney who has litigated employment discrimination cases in the federal trial and appellate courts since 1977. 

EEOSTAT was written by Mr. Bannon in his private capacity. No official support or endorsement by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or any other agency of the United States Government, is intended or should be inferred.  

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