U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PROFILE OF SELECTED INDICATORS
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (NLRB)

Permanent Workforce: 1,891

Total Reported Workforce: 1,937

NLRB's permanent workforce participation rate for women was 60.81%; for Blacks was 21.25%; for Hispanics was 6.98%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 2.33%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.32%.
NLRB's top two major occupations were reported as General Attorney, and Labor-Management Relations Examining.
- In the General Attorney occupation, the participation rate for women was 50.98%; for Blacks was 10.3%; for Hispanics was 5.74%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 1.53%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.39%.
- In the Labor-Management Relations Examining occupation, the participation rate for women was 46.13%; for Blacks was 8.29%; for Hispanics was 7.46%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 1.93%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0%.
NLRB's GS-14 and GS-15 grade level participation rate for women was 47.32%; for Blacks was 11.55%; for Hispanics was 5.36%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 1.93%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.28%.
NLRB's Senior Pay Level participation rate for women was 20.18%; for Blacks was 7.34%; for Hispanics was 5.5%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 0%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0%.
Government-wide, employees with targeted disabilities represented 1.05% of the total workforce in FY 2003. At NLRB, employees with targeted disabilities represented 0.74% of the total workforce. In FY 2003, of agencies with a permanent workforce of 500 or more employees, the Social Security Administration, at 2.27%, had the highest percentage of employees with targeted disabilities.
NLRB completed 2 ADR efforts during the pre-complaint stage, of which 1 resulted in a settlement.
There were 33 instances of pre-complaint counseling (performed by EEO counselors and/or ADR intake officers). 10 individuals filed 12 EEO complaints.
NLRB did not report any completed ADR efforts during the formal complaint stage.
NLRB settled 9 complaints.
NLRB paid $201,567 in monetary benefits: $0 for front and/or back pay awards; $176,567 for lump sum payments; $0 for compensatory damages; and $25,000 for attorney's fees.
NLRB issued 11 decisions on the merits. There were no findings of discrimination issued.
NLRB took an average of 744 days to process a complaint from filing to closing. The average processing time for a merit decision was 1,005 days.

National Labor Relations Board EEO Indicators		FY 2002	FY 2003	Change
Pre-Complaint Counseling	Instances of EEO Counselor Counseling	51	33	-35.3%
Pre-Complaint Counseling	% Counseled within regulatory time frame	86.3%	97%	12.4%
ADR Measures	% of Instances of Counseling where ADR Offered	19.6%	36.4%	85.7%
	ADR Election Rate	45.5%	16.7%	-63.3%
	ADR Participation Rate	8.9%	6.1%	-31.5%
Complaints Filed/Complainants	Complaints Filed	13	12	-7.7%
	Total Workforce	1,977	1,937	-2.0%
	Total Complainants	11	10	-9.1%
	% of Complainants Filing Single Complaint	84.6%	83.3%	-1.5%
	% of Workforce who are EEO Complainants	0.6%	0.5%	-7.2%
Investigations	Total Completed	23	15	-34.8%
	Average Processing Time for Investigation (Days)	517	298	-42.4%
	Amount Spent on In-House Investigations	$40,000	$60,000	50.0%
	Amount Spent on Contract Investigations	$19,190	$4,175	-78.2%
Type of Closures	Total Closures	21	22	4.8%
	Agency Dismissals	4	2	-50.0%
	Administrative Judge Dismissals	0	0	NA
	Withdrawals	1	0	-100.0%
	Settlements	5	9	80.0%
	Merit Decisions (with and without an AJ decision)	11	11	0.0%
Average Processing Days (from date complaint filed)	All Closures	942	744	-21.0%
	Agency Dismissals	1,109	81	-92.7%
	Administrative Judge Dismissals	0	0	NA
	Withdrawals	181	0	-100.0%
	Settlements	676	571	-15.5%
	Final Agency Decisions (with no AJ decision)	1,028	475	-53.8%
	Merit Decisions (with and without an AJ decision)	1,072	1,005	-6.3%
Merit Decisions	Total Number	11	11	0.0%
	Decisions with Finding of Discrimination	0	0	NA
	% of Decisions with Finding of Discrimination	0.0%	0.0%	NA
Corrective Actions/Benefits	Total Number	5	9	80.0%
	Amount of Frontpay/Backpay Benefits	$0	$0	NA
	Amount of Lump Sum Payments	$6,250	$176,567	2725.1%
	Amount of Compensatory Damages	$40,000	$0	-100.0%
	Amount of Attorneys' Fees	$3,028	$25,000	725.6%
Appeals	Cases Received For Review	3	0	-100.0%
Appeals	Number of Cases Closed	3	4	33.3%

NOTE: NA = Not Applicable

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PROFILE OF SELECTED INDICATORS NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (NLRB)

PROFILE OF SELECTED INDICATORS
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (NLRB)