EEOC: Promising Practices for Preventing Harassment in the Federal Sector
USPS has adopted practices that are required by MD-715, as well as a non-exhaustive list of additional promising practices recommended by the EEOC.
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USPS Publication 552 Revision: Manager’s Guide to Understanding, Investigating, and Preventing Harassment
The September edition of Publication 552 supersedes the November 2018 edition.
10th Circuit agrees Colorado Springs postal worker failed to show discrimination, hostile work environment
In June 2023, U.S. District Court Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson dismissed the lawsuit, noting Nelson had not alleged how his employment was adversely affected.
USPS Handbook EL-307 Revision: Reasonable Accommodation, An Interactive Process
Effective July 2024, the Postal Service™ will revise Handbook EL-307, Reasonable Accommodation, An Interactive Process, to reflect changes and updates to the Postal Service’s guidance on providing reasonable accommodation to Postal Service job applicants and employees with disabilities. The changes were made to ensure that the Postal Service is compliant with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regulatory…
Postal Service’s Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement reissued
May 16, 2024 Effective May 1, 2024, the Postal Service™ reissued its Memorandum of Policy (MOP) HR-05-01-2024-1, Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement. In accordance with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC’s) Management Directive 715 (MD 715), the Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement will be updated annually and prominently posted in the following locations: All personnel offices; Equal Employment…
Postal Service’s Policy on Workplace Harassment reissued
May 16, 2024 Effective May 1, 2024, the Postal Service™ reissued its Memorandum of Policy (MOP) HR-05-01-2024-2, Postal Service’s Policy on Workplace Harassment. The Postal Service’s Policy on Workplace Harassment was revised to meet the requirements of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC’s) Management Directive 715 (MD 715). MOP HR-05-01-2024-2 must be posted prominently in the following locations:…
EEOC: Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace
EEOC Press Release – April 29, 2024 The guidance, approved by a majority vote of the Commission, reflects the EEOC’s commitment to protecting persons who are particularly vulnerable and persons from underserved communities from employment discrimination. It includes over 70 examples illustrating unlawful harassment, including situations involving older workers, immigrant workers, and survivors of gender-based…
Postal Service Gets Some Worker Claims Trimmed in Bias Dispute
April 8, 2024 USPS gets summary judgment on half of disabled worker’s claims Disability bias, overtime retaliation allegations head to jury The US Postal Service secured a pretrial end to claims that it discriminated against a worker because of her age and retaliated against her for seeking disability accommodations, but other allegations advanced to a…