Peace Corps (PC)

Permanent Workforce:  17    Temporary Workforce:  869    Total Workforce:   886

Workforce Composition

*Does not include pay-banded employees

Targeted Disabilities

PC employed 5 Individuals with Targeted Disabilities in FY 2007, which was 0.56% of its total work force.  This is the same as the number of employees in FY 2006 and a decrease of 2 employees since FY 2003.  The participation rate for FY 2006 was 0.57% and for FY 2003 was 0.77%.  Over the 5-year period PC had a net decrease of 0.21% in employees with targeted disabilities.

EEO Complaint Processing

I.  Counseling

PC timely processed 100% of the 4 pre-complaint counselings (without remands) completed in FY 2007.

II.  Bases of Complaints Filed

The bases of alleged discrimination most often raised were: (1) Reprisal; (2) Sex (Female); and (3) Age.  Of the 2 complaints filed at PC, none contained allegations of race, color or disability discrimination.

III.  Complaint Processing Times

PC timely completed the one investigation it reported completing in FY 2007.  PC's average time for completing an investigation was 141 days.  Of the agencies completing 25 or more investigations, the Tennessee Valley Authority had the lowest average of 93 days.

PC's average processing time for all complaint closures decreased from 545 days in FY 2006 to 511 days in FY 2007.  The government-wide average was 355 days.

IV.  Costs

PC reported no counseling settlements in FY 2007.  PC expended $2,920 for the one investigation it completed in FY 2007.

PC reported no complaint closures through settlement agreement, final agency decision, or final agency order fully implementing an AJ decision in FY 2007.

*Includes only complaints filed in FY 2007 where counseling was also completed during FY 2007.

* EEOC revised the formula for calculating the ADR offer and participation rates in FY 2006.

*APD = Average Processing Days

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