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Equal Employment Opportunity |
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- Implementing equal opportunity laws and policies to prevent discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, and against individuals with disabilities, as well as protecting individuals against reprisal/retaliation for filing a charge of discrimination, participating in an investigation into alleged discriminatory practices, or opposing discriminatory practices.
- Implementing affirmative employment programs to address under representation of minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. These include Special Emphasis programs (for example, the Hispanic Employment Program, the Federal Women’s Program, and the People with Disabilities Program.)
- Administering informal and formal programs to resolve EEO complaints filed by FRA employees and applicants for employment, to include using Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methods, such as mediation, to assist in the fair and early resolution of complaints. Monitoring and reporting on FRA’s compliance and implementation of equal opportunity laws, regulations, executive orders, programs, and policies.
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