HHS Equal Employment Opportunity Data Posted Pursuant to Title III of the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2002 (No Fear Act), Pub. L. 107-174

Equal Employment Opportunity Data Posted
Pursuant to the No Fear Act:
Department of Health and Human Services

For 4th Quarter, Fiscal Year 2008 for period ending September 30, 2008

Complaint Activity

Complaint Activity	Comparative Data
	Previous Fiscal Year Data
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Number of Complaints Filed	355	365	244	290	249	291
Number of Complainants	250	262	234	277	230	271
Repeat Filers	12	6	10	13	28	20

Complaints by Basis

Complaints by Basis	Comparative Data
Complaints by Basis	Previous Fiscal Year Data
Note: Complaints can be filed alleging multiple bases. The sum of the bases may not equal total complaints filed.	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Race	203	178	179	163	116	269
Color	38	19	20	36	30	69
Religion	22	14	41	23	17	73
Reprisal	202	172	260	133	84	354
Sex	177	163	205	111	68	230
National Origin	33	23	67	43	26	99
Equal Pay Act	2	0	1	1	2	1
Age	132	104	155	104	66	204
Disability	105	111	134	70	67	146
Non-EEO

Complaints by Issue

Complaints by Issue	Comparative Data
Complaints by Issue	Previous Fiscal Year Data
Note: Complaints can be filed alleging multiple issues. The sum of the issues may not equal total complaints filed.	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Appointment/Hire	13	7	27	11	18	21
Assignment of Duties	35	31	115	69	53	68
Awards	19	15	31	22	19	21
Conversion to Full-time	0	0	0	1	0	1
Disciplinary Action
Demotion	1	4	4	4	4	7
Reprimand	18	16	34	20	14	24
Removal	17	9	15	2	5	8
Suspension	13	4	22	16	16	14
Other
Duty Hours	6	3	21	6	13	9
Evaluation Appraisal	21	30	108	43	37	68
Examination/Test	11	10	0	4	2	1
Harassment
Non-Sexual	70	69	221	113	87	100
Sexual	14	13	13	11	6	9
Medical Examination				0	3	2
Pay (Including Overtime)	7	6	15	14	15	12
Promotion/Non-Selection	120	87	233	94	49	89
Reassignment
Denied	6	1	25	10	12	7
Directed	12	8	34	26	14	15
Reasonable Accommodation	11	17	38	23	16	17
Reinstatement	0	1	0	0	4	0
Retirement	4	5	0	1	3	6
Termination	40	47	54	32	24	20
Terms/Conditions of Employment	27	32	68	36	25	29
Time and Attendance	22	9	49	47	33	35
Training	20	8	41	26	16	20
Other

Processing Time

Processing Time	Comparative Data
	Previous Fiscal Year Data
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Complaints pending during fiscal year
Average number of days in investigation stage	247	150	124	136	116	151
Average number of days in final action stage	795	796	572	657	686	459
Complaints pending during fiscal year where hearing was requested
Average number of days in investigation stage	247	150	124	136	116	151
Average number of days in final action stage						459
Complaints pending during fiscal year where hearing was not requested
Average number of days in investigation stage	247	150	124	136	116	151
Average number of days in final action stage						459

Complaints Dismissed by Agency

Complaints Dismissed by Agency	Comparative Data
	Previous Fiscal Year Data
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total complaints dismissed by Agency	132	55	61	62	47	52
Average days pending prior to dismissal	265	171	171	113	82	65
Complaints Withdrawn by Complainants
Complaints Withdrawn by Complainants
Total complaints withdrawn by complainants	105	16	36	30	37	23

Total Final Action Finding Discrimination

Total Final Actions Finding Discrimination	Comparative Data
	Previous Fiscal Year Data
	2002		2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Total Number Findings	3	100%	8	100%	4	100%	5	100%	3	100%	2
Without Hearing	0	0%	0	0%	1	25%	2	40%	0	0%	1
With Hearing	3	100%	8	100%	3	75%	3	60%	3	100%	1

Findings of Discrimination Rendered by Basis

Findings of Discrimination Rendered by Basis	Comparative Data
Findings of Discrimination Rendered by Basis	Previous Fiscal Year Data
Note: Complaints can be filed alleging multiple bases. The sum of the bases may not equal total complaints and findings.	2002		2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Total Number Findings	3		8		4		5		3	100%	2
Race	1	33%	10	50%	1	9%	1	9%	1	33%
Color		33%					1	9%
Religion	1				1	9%	1	9%
Reprisal			3	15%	4	36%	1	9%	1	33%
Sex			3	15%	2	18%	2	18%			2	100%
National Origin	1	33%	3	15%	1	9%	2	18%
Equal Pay Act
Age							2	18%
Disability			1	5%	2	18%	1	9%	1	33%
Non-EEO
Findings After Hearing
Race									1	33%
Color
Religion
Reprisal									1	33%
Sex											1	100%
National Origin
Equal Pay Act
Age
Disability									1	33%
Non-EEO
Findings Without Hearing
Race
Color
Religion
Reprisal
Sex											1	100%
National Origin
Equal Pay Act
Age
Disability
Non-EEO

Findings of Discrimination Rendered by Issue

Findings of Discrimination Rendered by Issue	Comparative Data
	Previous Fiscal Year Data
	2002		2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Total Number Findings									3		2	100%
Appointment/Hire			1	9%	1	6%	1	25%
Assignment of Duties									1	33%
Awards
Conversion to Full-time
Disciplinary Action
Demotion
Reprimand									1	33%
Suspension
Removal
Other
Duty Hours
Evaluation Appraisal	1	33%	1	9%	3	17%
Examination/Test
Harassment
Non-Sexual					3	17%
Sexual			1	9%			1	25%
Medical Examination	1	33%							1	100%
Pay (Including Overtime)
Promotion/Non-Selection	1	33%	5	45%	2	11%
Reassignment
Denied			1	9%	1	9%
Directed					4	22%
Reasonable Accommodation			1	9%	1	6%			1	33%
Reinstatement
Retirement			1	9%
Termination					3	17%	2	50%
Terms/Conditions of Employment
Time and Attendance
Training
Other	3		11		18		4
Findings After Hearing
Appointment/Hire
Assignment of Duties										33%
Awards
Conversion to Full-time
Disciplinary Action
Reprimand									1	33%
Suspension
Removal
Other
Duty Hours
Evaluation Appraisal
Examination/Test
Harassment
Non-Sexual
Sexual											1	100%
Medical Examination
Pay (Including Overtime)
Promotion/Non-Selection
Reassignment
Denied
Directed
Reasonable Accommodation									1	33%
Reinstatement
Retirement
Termination
Terms/Conditions of Employment
Time and Attendance
Training
Other
Findings Without Hearing
Appointment/Hire
Assignment of Duties
Awards
Conversion to Full-time
Disciplinary Action
Demotion
Reprimand
Suspension
Removal
Other
Duty Hours
Evaluation Appraisal
Examination/Test
Harassment
Non-Sexual
Sexual
Medical Examination
Pay (Including Overtime)
Promotion/Non-Selection
Reassignment
Denied
Directed
Reasonable Accommodation
Reinstatement
Retirement
Termination
Terms/Conditions of Employment
Time and Attendance
Training
Other

Pending Complaints Filed in Previous Fiscal Years by Status

Pending Complaints Filed in Previous Fiscal Years by Status	Comparative Data
	Previous Fiscal Year Data
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total complaints from previous fiscal years	523	397	364	322	300	304
Total complainants	250				230
Number Complaints Pending
Investigation	128	107	85	124	95	126
Hearing			134	85	134	105
Final Action			77	82	53	53
Appeal with EEOC Office of Federal Operations			16	20		19

Complaints Investigations

Complaint Investigations	Comparative Data
	Previous Fiscal Year Data
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Pending complaints where investigation exceeds required time frames	68	70	45	20

Last Updated: October 6, 2008

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Complaint Activity

Complaints by Basis

Complaints by Issue

Processing Time

Complaints Dismissed by Agency

Total Final Action Finding Discrimination

Findings of Discrimination Rendered by Basis

Findings of Discrimination Rendered by Issue

Pending Complaints Filed in Previous Fiscal Years by Status

Complaints Investigations

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