What is a EEO investigator?
The Equal Employment Opportunity Investigator is a person officially designated and authorized to conduct inquiries into claims raised in EEO complaints.
What employers are subject to EEOC?
Most employers with at least 15 employees are covered by EEOC laws (20 employees in age discrimination cases). Most labor unions and employment agencies are also covered. The laws apply to all types of work situations, including hiring, firing, promotions, harassment, training, wages, and benefits.
What qualifies as an EEO complaint?
What Is an EEO Complaint? It is an allegation of discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including sexual harassment and sexual orientation), age, physical or mental handicap.
What is USPS EEO?
Login to EEO efile This is the on-line system for initiating the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) counseling process or the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process with an EEO Counselor to resolve your claim of employment discrimination.
Who has to comply with EEOC?
Does EEOC apply to contractors?
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission notes that the anti-discrimination laws that it enforces don’t apply to independent contractors, as well as those working for employment agencies and in various other situations. The federal agency offers more guidelines here and on its website, eeoc.gov.
Who must comply with EEO?
Employers who have at least 100 employees and federal contractors who have at least 50 employees are required to complete and submit an EEO-1 Report (a government form that requests information about employees’ job categories, ethnicity, race, and gender) to EEOC and the U.S. Department of Labor every year.
Can you sue USPS for discrimination?
If you are employed by a post office and you’ve experienced harassment by your colleagues, you can file a lawsuit. To do so, you’ll need to make a harassment complaint to HR and with the EEOC and the APWU. If you’re a customer, you should definitely take your harassment case seriously.