New EEOC Report Identifies Common Errors by Federal Agencies in Dismissing Discrimination Complaints on Procedural Grounds

One-Third of Agency Dismissals Are Reversed and Remanded by EEOC WASHINGTON – As part of its continuing efforts to improve the federal sector complaint process, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a new report, Preserving Access to the Legal System: Common Errors by Federal Agencies in Dismissing Complaints of Discrimination on Procedural…

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Help wanted – USPS recruiting more city carrier assistants (video)

 (September 16, 2014) The Postal Service is recruiting more people to serve in city carrier assistant (CCA) positions, non-career jobs that offer a stepping stone toward permanent employment with USPS. CCAs fill in for regular carriers on their routes and perform other mail delivery and collection tasks. Since the position was created in 2013, more…

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Federal Agencies Are Falling Behind on Hiring Women and Disabled Employees

The percentage of women in the federal workforce is declining, according to the latest data, while the percentage of minority employees has remained stagnant. A new report from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission showed women made up 43.81 percent of the federal workforce in fiscal 2011, down from 43.97 in fiscal 2010. Women made up…

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U.S. Postal Service stops home delivery in portions of Lead, South Dakota

Postmaster: Safety concerns behind switch to centralized mailbox locations LEAD — The U.S. Postal Service will discontinue home delivery service to 533 addresses in Lead and 218 in Deadwood next month in favor of delivering to multiple centralized locations due to employee safety concerns. Laura Uhrig, postmaster of the combined Lead-Deadwood Post Office, made the…

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USPS: Perfect scores – Antioch, Illinois Post Office is a leader in customer service

The Antioch, IL, Post Office recently received its 37th consecutive perfect score on the Retail Customer Experience (RCE) survey, one of the Postal Service’s top tools to measure the quality of its customer service. This places Antioch third in the nation behind the Hazlehurst, GA, Post Office, which has 40 perfect scores, and the Middlebury,…

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