EEOC Annual Report on U.S. Postal Service Work Force
EEOC releases annual report 2006
Below is a summary of report on the U.S. Postal Service:
Permanent Workforce: Out of 693,677 employees – 60.63% are men and 39.37% women
Major occupations
224,009 city carriers - 73.44% men | 26.56% women
213,262 clerks - 44.21% men | 55.79% women
66,582 rural carriers - 46.08% men | 53.92% women
768 Senior Pay Level - 71.35%men | 28.65% women
“This report covers the period from October 1, 2005, through September 30, 2006. The September 30 snapshot includes only employees in pay status thus, some permanent employees, like seasonal employees or those on active military tours of duty are not included..While the United States Postal Service constituted 28.5% of the work force, it accounted for 43.7% of all EEO counselings, 36.9% of all complaints filed, 41.2% of all completed investigations and 40.7% of all complaints closed in FY 2006.”
“In FY 2006, the U.S. Postal Service reported the highest alternative dispute resolution (ADR) participation rate in the pre-complaint process (73.5%), while the government-wide average was 44.6%. No other agency with 25 or more completed/ended counselings had a participation rate greater than fifty percent.”
“In FY 2006, the U. S. Postal Service reported the highest percentage (95.9%) of timely issued merit decisions without an Administrative Judge decision.”
The top 3 bases of alleged discrimination most often raised were: (1) Reprisal; (2) Disability (Physical); and (3) Age.
The 6,183 complaints filed at USPS contained 2,541 allegations of disability discrimination.1,445 allegations of race (Black) discrimination, 646 allegations of race (White) discrimination, 234 allegations of race (Asian) discrimination, 28 allegations of race (American Indian/Alaska Native) discrimination and 811 allegations of color discrimination.
Costs: USPS agreed to pay $369,402 for 5,162 pre-complaint settlements, of which 376 were monetary settlements averaging $982. USPS expended a total of $5,676,799 for 4,452 complaint investigations, for an average expenditure of $1,275. USPS agreed to pay a total of $5,575,275 for 845 complaint closures through settlement agreements, final agency decisions, and final agency orders fully implementing AJ decisions. For complaint closures with benefits, the average award was $6,597.
See Full EEOC Annual Report on the Postal Service Work Force
July 11th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Does anyone see a red flag?
July 13th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
1. District Mgr deliberately misstates postal policy under oath to try and protect his harassing employee
2. HR Mgr meets with his buddy, the harrasser, and told him “not to worry about it”
3. Harasser lies repeatedly under oath about past harassing behavior and then tries to keep highly credible person who could verify other statements he lied about from testifying.
= The judge having no choice but suggest to the post office that they had no grounds for a “summary judgement” and adds highly credible person to witness list over post office objections
= a last minute settlement offer substantially above the “average” reported above
July 28th, 2007 at 8:59 am
I wonder how far off these figures really are. I work in a 21 office.. If you look online at our staffing it shows 11 clerks 3 temps. In reality we only have 7 clerks and 1 temp..
August 19th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Many cases later found, the accuser used the cheap, effective, and fast method to smear a good name manager by accusing of sexual harassment. Why don’t we fire all of these employees.
September 20th, 2007 at 8:59 am
^^^It is really hard to believe that you are anyone’s “Management.” Your IQ must use a step-ladder to climb over the alphabet. What a ridiculous statement…
October 14th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Hey “Management”..what good name? You mean like Jaffer the ethically challenged blowhard?
If it didn’t happen, postal attorneys would have insisted they get paid to avoid going to trial; if managers didn’t lie under oath, they would not have had to settle…
November 22nd, 2007 at 5:45 pm
what’s about those feaking liars? 90% of these cases were based on lie.
December 7th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
USPS Mgts are liars. OPM / Congressmen are blind what USPS Mgts are doing nothing and make good money. APWU/NALC?MHU are sucker and work harder for MGTS. Employees did not get much raise salary. Mgts do raise their salary plus bonus average more than 3%.They never use Sick Leave and build up for retirement. They play GOLF or spend time with date.
March 20th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Google “Stoll v. Runyon” and “9th Circuit” and then tell me who the liars are, if you dare!
June 17th, 2008 at 7:35 am
I was an employee of the postal service for four years. I was in a terrible car accident. I man was killed and I was badly hurt. I went to trial for this accident and upon sentencing was fired. This was an accident. I was assured by my temporary supervisor that evertything would be okay. I lost my job and my life as I knew it. The postal service is the worse place to work in the country. It is no wonder the term “postal” was coined. I was a PMR at the time and had no idea of what rights I had. I tried to respond to the personell department but received no response back. Kudo’s and thanks to you all.
July 7th, 2008 at 8:36 am
EEO dispute resolution is such a big joke. The only effectiveness at our AMC facility is that it wastes the time of our MDO’s and SDO’s time in participating in it.
After spending an hour in airing our complaint the agreement in resolution are that everyone is to treat each other in respect and dignity.
The EEO arbitrater does not take notes nor is anything filed of the employees original complaints whether it’s racial, harassment, discrimination or sexual.
The same old same old continues because management in our facility knows that nothing is going to change and nothing from above them is going to do anything. When the EEO specialist leave, the same managers goes downstairs and repeat their violation with anger on someone else.
One would think the District Manager would look at the cost her district is spending for a EEO resolution specialist and why she continues to having this problem from one facility.
Common sense would tell you when a facility that had almost no EEO complaints in the past and then with a new MDO it becomes a swinging door for a specialist, doesn’t send a red flag?
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:36 pm
What is it with government workers? As a working joe who must work for a living, it’s incredible to read your whining about your work conditions. Every time I go to the post office, I see 1/2 to 2/3rds of the windows closed. The ones that are open are staffed by employees who shuffled back and forth as slowly as possible, acting like they hate their jobs because they actually have to work. Forget customer service. You need to quit whining about your jobs and get out of public service. Your constant battles over union/mgmt are nothing more than distractions from the fact that you’re just downright lazy. You don’t deserve the cushiness and benefits you have. Focus on actually serving the PUBLIC and maybe you’d have more sympathy.
August 4th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
any way to find out 2008 payouts?
August 29th, 2008 at 8:16 am
As a customer; I can say that I’ve met very few postal workers who seem to like what they’re doing. Most are crybabies. There are always long lines with slow moving people behind the counter. My mailman is always looking for ways not to do his job. If they aren’t happy get another job. No one is making them work there. I guess the problem is that most wouldn’t last long in a job that required professionalism.