The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Permanent Workforce: 1,869 Temporary Workforce: 29 Total Workforce: 1,898

Workforce Composition

Employee Pool Total # Men Women Hispanics Whites Blacks Asian Americans / Pacific Islanders American Indians / Alaskan Natives
Permanent Workforce 1,869 38.78% 61.22% 7.48% 68.54% 21.12% 2.58% 0.26%
Major Occupations                
Labor-Management Relations

Examining

364 51.92% 48.08% 8.24% 81.87% 7.69% 2.2% 0%
General Attorney 763 49.15% 50.85% 6.29% 80.47% 10.09% 2.75% 0.39%
GS-14 and GS-15* 747 51% 49% 5.35% 79.92% 12.05% 2.41% 0.27%
Senior Pay Level* 118 80.51% 19.49% 5.08% 87.28% 7.62% 0% 0%
First-Level Officials/Managers 49 8.16% 91.84% 6.12% 51.02% 38.78% 4.08% 0%
Mid-Level Officials/Managers 126 52.38% 47.62% 3.97% 69.84% 23.02% 3.17% 0%
Senior Level Officials/Managers 277 68.95% 31.05% 5.05% 84.48% 9.39% 1.08% 0%

*Does not include pay-banded employees

Targeted Disabilities

Employees with targeted disabilities represented 0.99% of the total government workforce in FY 2004, and of agencies with a permanent workforce of 500 or more, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, at 2.23%, had the highest percentage of employees with targeted disabilities. At NLRB, employees with targeted disabilities represented 0.79% of the total workforce.

EEO Complaint Processing

  1. Counseling

    There were 24 instances of pre-complaint counseling (performed by EEO counselors and/or ADR intake officers). NLRB timely processed 58.3% of the total number of counselings. Following counseling, 9 formal complaints of discrimination were filed.

  2. Alternative Dispute Resolution

    Of NLRB's 24 instances of counseling, ADR was offered 41.7% of the time; the parties elected to participate in 4.2% of the completed counselings, but no resolutions through settlements or withdrawals were achieved.

    At the formal complaint phase, NLRB offered ADR 8.3% of the time; the parties elected to participate in 8.3% of the complaint workload; and 25% of the ADR closures were resolved through settlements or withdrawals.

  3. Processing Times

    NLRB completed all 3 of its investigations within the regulatory time frames, with an average processing time of 238 days for all investigations. In most instances, the regulations require completion of investigations within

    180 days. Of the agencies completing 25 or more investigations, the Tennessee Valley Authority was the only agency to complete 100% of their investigations within the regulatory time frames, with an average processing time of 117 days.

    NLRB's average processing time for all complaint closures increased from 744 days in FY 2003 to 1,034 days in FY 2004. The government-wide average was 469 days.

  4. Pending Inventory

    NLRB had a total of 12 complaints pending at the end of FY 2004, with 4 pending investigation for an average of 119 days.

  5. Costs

    NLRB reported no monetary awards for the 2 counseling settlements with benefits achieved.

    NLRB reported no monetary awards for the 3 complaint closures achieved through settlement agreement, final agency decision, and final agency orders fully implementing AJ decisions.

    NLRB expended a total of $45,000 for 3 complaint investigations, for an average expenditure of $15,000.

Outcome of Counselings Completed in FY 2004

Counseling Outcomes Completed by EEO Counselor Completed Using ADR All Completed Counselings
# % # % # %
Total Instances of Counseling: 23   1   24  
Settlements 2 8.69% 0 0% 2 8.33%
Withdrawal/no Complaint Filed 13 56.5% 0 0% 13 54.16%
Complaints Filed*         9 37.50%
Decision to File Complaint Pending at End of Fiscal Year         0 0.00%

*Includes only complaints filed in FY 2004 where counseling was also completed during FY 2004.

Agency Use of ADR for EEO Dispute Resolution

Counselings / Complaints ADR Offers ADR Participation
# # % # %
FY 2003 Pre-Complaint Counselings 33 12 36.00% 2 6.00%
FY 2004 Pre-Complaint Counselings 24 10 41.67% 1 4.17%
Percentage Change FY 2003 to FY 2004 -27.27% -16.66%   -50.00%  
FY 2003 Complaints* 49 10 20.00% 1 2.00%
FY 2004 Complaints* 36 3 8.33% 3 8.33%
Percentage Change FY 2003 to FY 2004 -26.53% -70.00%   200.00%  

*Includes all complaints filed in the fiscal year, including those where the counseling was completed in the prior fiscal year.

Timeliness

Total # # Timely % Timely FY 2003 APD* FY 2004 APD % Change
All Counselings (minus remands) 24 14 58.33%      
All Investigations 3 3 100.00% 298 238 -20.13%
Merit Decisions (no AJ) 1 1 100.00% 588 1,625 176.36%
Dismissal Decisions 14     81 170 109.87%

*APD = Average Processing Days

Outcomes of Complaints Closed in FY 2004

Complaint Outcomes Complaint Closures Final Agency Decision (no AJ decision) Final Order (AJ Decision Fully Implemented) Final Order (AJ Decision Not Fully Implemented)
Total Closures (24) # % # % # % # %
Settlements 3 12.50%            
Withdrawals 3 12.50%            
Dismissals 14 58.33%            
Merit Decisions 4 16.66%            
Finding Discrimination 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Finding No Discrimination 4 100.00% 1 25.00% 3 75.00% 0 0.00%


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