Changing your ethnic group

Personal information about the employee includes name, home address phone numbers, emergency contacts, email address, gender, date of birth, ethnic group, military status, and original hire date.

To change your ethnic group

From the ESS navigation menu, do the following:
1. Click the Employee Self-Service link.
2. Click the Personal Information link.
3. Click the Personal Information Summary link.

From the Ethnic Group drop-down menu, choose the correct ethnicity.

New Value	Description (as specified in the EEO-4 Instruction Booklet)
Amer. Indian or Alaskan Native	All persons having origins in any of the original peoples of North America, and who maintain cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition.
Asian or Pacific Islander	All persons having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands. This area includes, for example, China, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, and Samoa.
Black, not of Hispanic Origin	All persons having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
Hispanic	All persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
White, not of Hispanic Origin	All persons having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East.
Not Specified

Note :

The City of New York is an equal opportunity employer and is strongly committed to a policy of non-discrimination. All forms of illegal discriminatory treatment and actions against City employees and applicants for employment are prohibited. In order to comply with federal laws and regulations, the City of New York invites employees to voluntarily supply race/ethnic, gender, veteran, and disability identification. This information is confidential, will not be included in personnel files or disclosed to individuals making employment decisions, and will only be used in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws, executive orders and regulations, including those that require the information to be summarized and reported to the federal government for civil rights enforcement purposes. When reported, data will not identify any specific individual.

Providing or not providing self-identification information will not result in any unfavorable or favorable treatment. If you choose not to self-identify, a supervisor, manager or interviewer will assess your race/ethnicity through visual observation. Data gathered through visual observation is generally not as reliable as self-identification data.

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Last revised: March 11, 2011