U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PROFILE OF SELECTED INDICATORS
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA)

Permanent Workforce: 13,379

Total Reported Workforce: 13,353

TVA's permanent workforce participation rate for women was 21.06%; for Blacks was 9.15%; for Hispanics was 0.48%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 0.97%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.87%.
TVA's two major occupations were reported as Professional, and Administrative.
- In the Professional occupation, the participation rate for women was 21.53%; for Blacks was 1.01%; for Hispanics was 0.45%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 1.89%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.62%.
- In the Administrative occupation, the participation rate for women was 81.55%; for Blacks was 12.96%; for Hispanics was 0.15%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 0.3%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.76%.
TVA's Senior Pay Level participation rate for women was 15.9%; for Blacks was 5%; for Hispanics was 1.1%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 0.84%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.8%.
Government-wide, employees with targeted disabilities represented 1.05% of the total workforce in FY 2003. At TVA, employees with targeted disabilities represented 0.61% of the total workforce.
In FY 2003, of agencies with a permanent workforce of 500 or more employees, the Social Security Administration, at 2.27%, had the highest percentage of employees with targeted disabilities.
TVA completed 15 ADR efforts during the pre-complaint stage, of which 10 resulted in a settlement.
There were 203 instances of pre-complaint counseling (performed by EEO counselors and/or ADR intake officers). 54 individuals filed 60 EEO complaints.
TVA completed 6 ADR efforts during the complaint stage, of which 2 resulted in a settlement.
TVA settled 16 complaints.
TVA paid $157,117 in monetary benefits: $103,089 for front and/or back pay awards; $39,307 for lump sum payments; $0 for compensatory damages; and $14,721 for attorney's fees.
TVA issued 30 decisions on the merits. There were 3 findings of discrimination issued.
TVA took an average of 294 days to process a complaint from filing to closing. The average processing time for a merit decision was 488 days.

Tennessee Valley Authority EEO Indicators		FY 2002	FY 2003	Change
Pre-Complaint Counseling	Instances of EEO Counselor Counseling	154	162	5.2%
Pre-Complaint Counseling	% Counseled within regulatory time frame	98.1%	95.1%	-3.1%
ADR Measures	% of Instances of Counseling where ADR Offered	50%	7.9%	-84.2%
	ADR Election Rate	7.8%	93.8%	1102.6%
	ADR Participation Rate	3.9%	7.4%	89.7%
Complaints Filed/Complainants	Complaints Filed	58	60	3.4%
	Total Workforce	13,444	13,353	-0.7%
	Total Complainants	57	54	-5.3%
	% of Complainants Filing Single Complaint	98.3%	90%	-8.4%
	% of Workforce who are EEO Complainants	0.4%	0.4%	-4.6%
Investigations	Total Completed	40	69	72.5%
	Average Processing Time for Investigation (Days)	103	108	4.9%
	Amount Spent on In-House Investigations	$0	$0	NA
	Amount Spent on Contract Investigations	$121,392	$209,988	73.0%
Type of Closures	Total Closures	70	64	-8.6%
	Agency Dismissals	7	15	114.3%
	Administrative Judge Dismissals	0	0	NA
	Withdrawals	1	3	200.0%
	Settlements	9	16	77.8%
	Merit Decisions (with and without an AJ decision)	53	30	-43.4%
Average Processing Days (from date complaint filed)	All Closures	479	294	-38.6%
	Agency Dismissals	225	154	-31.6%
	Administrative Judge Dismissals	0	0	NA
	Withdrawals	0	88	NA
	Settlements	129	100	-22.5%
	Final Agency Decisions (with no AJ decision)	581	411	-29.3%
	Merit Decisions (with and without an AJ decision)	581	488	-16.0%
Merit Decisions	Total Number	53	30	-43.4%
	Decisions with Finding of Discrimination	2	3	50.0%
	% of Decisions with Finding of Discrimination	3.8%	10.0%	165.0%
Corrective Actions/Benefits	Total Number	11	19	72.7%
	Amount of Frontpay/Backpay Benefits	$0	$103,089	NA
	Amount of Lump Sum Payments	$114,550	$39,307	-65.7%
	Amount of Compensatory Damages	$0	$0	NA
	Amount of Attorneys' Fees	$40,000	$14,721	-63.2%
Appeals	Cases Received For Review	19	23	21.1%
Appeals	Number of Cases Closed	37	23	-37.8%

NOTE: NA = Not Applicable

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PROFILE OF SELECTED INDICATORS TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA)

PROFILE OF SELECTED INDICATORS
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA)