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Feds file discrimination complaint against Forest Service
Multiple current and former Forest Service employees say they've faced sexual harassment and physical assault while on the job, and some have lost their positions for speaking up. Now, they are fighting back by filing a class action EEOC complaint for unfair treatment. The Agriculture Department, the parent agency of the Forest Service, says it is tackling a history of discrimination with more training and accountability as part of a cultural transformation program.
Tags: USDA , Joe Leonard , Forest Service , Elaine Vercruysse , Debra Roth , Shaw Bransford & Roth , Jonel Wagoner , Alicia Dabney , Lesa Donnelly , USDA Coalition of Minority Employees , EEOC , civil rights , Jolie Lee , Workforce , exclusive
ICE agent settles harassment lawsuit
A senior agent for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the government have agreed to settle a discrimination lawsuit, according a court record filed Thursday.
Tags: Suzanne Barr , ICE , James Hayes , DHS ,
USDA fighting discrimination legacy with more training, accountability
The Agriculture Department is addressing long- standing discrimination claims by minorities and women with better workforce training, more accountability and a deeper look at its data. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack shares with The Federal Drives recent efforts to address the agency's shaky civil rights history.
Tags: Tom Vilsack , USDA , Federal Drive , Workforce , Management , best practices , Jolie Lee
Retaliation, reprisal top EEOC complaints from feds
Feds filed 7,553 retaliation/reprisal complaints in fiscal 2011, followed by 5,105 complaints of age-related discrimination and 4,389 of race-related discrimination (black or African American), according to the report.
Tags: EEOC , Carlton Hadden , Workforce
Fear hinders hiring people with disabilities
This week is the two-year anniversary of President Barack Obama's executive order to hire 100,000 more people with disabilities into the federal government by 2015. But the government is not on track to meet that goal, only hiring 20,000 people with disabilities for fiscal 2010 and 2011 combined, according to the Office of Personnel Management. As of fiscal 2010, less than 1 percent of the federal workforce had a targeted disability.
Tags: Kathy Martinez , Labor , ODEP , Veta Hurst , EEOC , hiring , Management , disability hiring , best practices
Obama won't ban discrimination on gay contractors
The White House says President Barack Obama does not plan to issue a ban on discrimination against gay federal contractors sought by gay rights groups.
Tags: Barack Obama , gay rights , contracting , Workforce
Job bias claims at record level
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received nearly 100,000 charges of discrimination during the 2011 fiscal year, the most in its 46-year history. That's a slight increase over the previous year, which had 25 fewer complaints.
Tags: EEOC , Workforce , Ron Cooper
MSPB to survey feds about personnel practices
Seventy two percent of federal employees surveyed believe that government promotions were based on favoritism more than competence. And that's just the beginning. MSPB's John Crum joins us with details.
Tags: Federal Drive , John Crum , MSPB , prohibited personnel practices , Management , pay and benefits , nepotism , whistleblower retaliation , Suzanne Kubota
A New Measure of Fairness
Tags: P&B , Legal Loop , equal pay
EEOC gives tips for preventing discrimination claims
Attorney Melissa Brand, of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recommended tips on how agencies can settle their discrimination claims at the "pre-complaint" phase.
Tags: melissa brand , EEOC , Retaliation , In Depth , alternative dispute resolution programs , Courtney Thompson
