Equal Employment Opportunity Data Posted Pursuant to the No Fear Act: Hearings

Pursuant to the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (the No Fear Act), Pub. L. 107-174, the Commission is posting the statistical data pertaining to hearings of complaints of employment discrimination filed by employees, former employees, and applicants for employment under 29 CFR Part 1614.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY DATA POSTED PURSUANT TO THE NO FEAR ACT - HEARINGS Due to the development and deployment of modernized systems to support the agency's federal sector hearings and appeals processes, data are temporarily unavailable.
No FEAR regulation citation	Data Element	Fiscal Year
No FEAR regulation citation	Data Element	FY 2021	FY 2022 Q4	FY 2023 Q4	FY 2024 Q4	FY 2025 Q4
706(a)(1)	No. of Hearings requested in FY	7,691	6787	6,653	7,106	7,175
706(a)(2)	No. of individuals request hearings	11,333	2,049	788	844	861
706(a)(3)	No. of individuals multiple hearings requests	132	48	34	29	31
706(a)(4)	No. of hearings raising various bases
	Race	1,946	307	266	273	270
	Color	771	133	119	132	127
	EPA	13	1	0	4	1
	Religion	236	79	41	52	31
	Sex	1,868	333	252	312	293
	National Origin	582	86	78	111	89
	Age	1,261	226	183	201	200
	Disability	1,612	289	277	306	274
	Reprimand	2,596	445	391	405	402
	Genetic Information	10	2	5	4	3

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY DATA POSTED PURSUANT TO THE NO FEAR ACT - HEARINGS Due to the development and deployment of modernized systems to support the agency's federal sector hearings and appeals processes, data are temporarily unavailable.
No FEAR regulation citation	Data Element	Fiscal Year
No FEAR regulation citation	Data Element	FY 2021	FY 2022 Q4	FY 2023 Q4	FY 2024 Q4	FY 2025 Q4
706(a)(5)	No. of hearings raising various issues*
	Appointment/ Hire	680	97	91	72	42
	Assignment of Duties	1,390	262	224	238	189
	Awards	187	26	40	45	32
	Conversion to Full-time	2	0	4	2	0
	Discipline/ Demotion	121	3	15	31	38
	Discipline/ Reprimand	2,560	367	420	337	438
	Discipline/ Suspension	840	173	152	108	151
	Discipline/ Removal
	Duty Hours	611	73	102	120	51
	Evaluation/ Appraisal	1,666	303	232	299	276
	Examination/Test	27	4	2	3	0
	Harassment/ Non-sexual	6,153	1,239	995	1,377	1,280
	Harassment/Sexual	341	61	44	43	53
	Medical Exam	241	19	13	11	15
	Pay/Overtime	825	140	122	117	74
	Promotion/ Non-selection	1,477	209	219	225	192
	Reassignment/ Denied	551	63	121	135	83
	Reassignment/ Directed	268	42	45	59	55
	Reasonable Accommodation	1,956	584	383	429	360
	Reinstatement	4	2	3	12	7
	Retirement	61	12	9	7	4
	Termination	1,671	272	242	290	283
	Terms/condition of employment	4,469	660	665	818	666
	Time/attendance	2,236	419	342	428	367
	Training	782	111	118	167	83
	Other	1,276	373	240	303	261


EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY DATA POSTED PURSUANT TO THE NO FEAR ACT - HEARINGS Due to the development and deployment of modernized systems to support the agency's federal sector hearings and appeals processes, data are temporarily unavailable.
No FEAR regulation citation	Data Element	Fiscal Year
No FEAR regulation citation	Data Element	FY 2021	FY 2022 Q4	FY 2023 Q4	FY 2024 Q4	FY 2025 Q4
706(a)(6)	Average Processing Time for Hearings	544	531	420	323	318

No FEAR regulation citation	Data Element	Fiscal Year Due to the development and deployment of modernized systems to support the agency's federal sector hearings and appeals processes, data are temporarily unavailable.
No FEAR regulation citation	Data Element	FY 2021		FY 2022 Q4		FY 2023 Q4		FY 2024 Q4		FY 2025 Q4
706(a)(7)(i)	Findings of discrimination - Total	122		185		153		115		119
		#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
706(a)(7)(ii)	Findings of discrimination - No. & percent without hearing	21	17.2%	42	19%	33	22%	24	21%	22	19%
706(a)(7)(iii)	Findings of discrimination - No. & percent after hearing	101	82.8%	185	81%	120	78%	91	79%	97	87%

No FEAR regulation citation	Data Element	Fiscal Year Due to the development and deployment of modernized systems to support the agency's federal sector hearings and appeals processes, data are temporarily unavailable.
No FEAR regulation citation	Data Element	FY 2021		FY 2022 Q4		FY 2023 Q4		FY 2024 Q4		FY 2025 Q4
706(a)(8)	No. & percentage of all findings of discrimination - by basis	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
706(a)(8)(i)	Race	27	14.28%	28	14%	27	16%	24	24%	12	12%
	Color	7	6.4%	17	8%	11	7%	6	6%	6	6%
	EPA	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	1	1%	1	1%
	Religion	3	1.58%	1	0.5%	3	2%	1	1%	1	1%
	Sex	29	15.34%	38	19%	24	14%	14	14%	23	23%
	National Origin	8	4.23%	17	8%	9	5%	5	5%	5	5%
	Age	21	11.11%	20	10%	15	9%	11	11%	2	2%
	Disability	38	20.10%	29	14%	33	20%	15	15%	25	25%
	Reprisal	55	29.10%	51	25%	43	26%	23	23%	25	25%
	Genetic Information	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
706(a)(8)(ii)	No. & percentage of NO hearing findings of discrim - by basis	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
	Race	5	11.90%	5	14%	8	19%	6	19%	3	15%
	Color	1	2.38%	2	5.3%	3	7%	1	3%	2	10%
	EPA	0	0%	0	0%	1	2%	1	3%	1	5%
	Religion	1	2.38%	1	3%	2	5%	1	3%	1	5%
	Sex	3	7.14%	8	22%	6	14%	3	10%	4	20%
	National Origin	1	2.38%	1	3%	2	5%	1	3%	3	15%
	Age	6	14.28%	5	14%	4	9%	4	13%	1	5%
	Disability	10	23.80%	4	11%	5	12%	8	26%	2	10%
	Reprisal	14	33.33%	11	30%	12	28%	6	19%	3	15%
	Genetic Information	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
706(a)(8)(iii)	No. & percentage of AFTER hearing findings of discrim - by basis	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
	Race	24	14.9%	25	15%	21	15%	20	24%	11	12%
	Color	7	4.34%	17	10%	10	7%	6	7%	6	6%
	EPA	0	0%	0	0%	1	1%	1	1%	1	1%
	Religion	3	1.86%	1	1%	3	2%	1	1%	1	1%
	Sex	28	17.39%	32	19%	20	14%	13	16%	21	22%
	National Origin	8	4.96%	17	10%	9	6%	5	6%	4	4%
	Age	17	10.55%	17	10%	13	11%	9	11%	2	2%
	Disability	30	18.63%	27	16%	30	21%	9	11%	25	26%
	Reprisal	43	26.70%	32	19%	33	24%	19	23%	24	25%
	Genetic Information	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY DATA POSTED PURSUANT TO THE NO FEAR ACT - HEARINGS Due to the development and deployment of modernized systems to support the agency's federal sector hearings and appeals processes, data are temporarily unavailable.
No FEAR regulation citation	Data Element	Fiscal Year
No FEAR regulation citation	Data Element	FY 2021			FY 2022 Q4			FY 2023 Q4			FY 2024 Q4			FY 2025 Q4
706(a)(9)	Total Hearings Findings of Discrimination - ISSUES	All	No Hrg	Hrg	All	No Hrg	Hrg	All	No Hrg	Hrg	All	No Hrg	Hrg	All	No Hrg	Hrg
	Appointment/ Hire	7	1	7	4	1	4	1	1	1	3	1	3	3	1	3
	Assignment of Duties	9	2	9	9	1	9	15	3	14	7	2	7	8	2	8
	Award	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	3	1	1	1	0	0	0
	Convert to fulltime	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Discipline/ Demotion	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
	Discipline/ Reprimand	11	7	10	17	5	17	15	7	13	6	4	6	5	2	5
	Discipline/ Suspension	2	2	2	5	2	5	3	1	3	2	1	2	1	1	1
	Discipline/ Removal	See Termination
	Duty Hours	2	1	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	5	1	5	2	1	2
	Evaluation/ Appraisal	11	3	10	16	2	16	16	6	12	5	1	5	7	1	7
	Examination/Test	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Harassment/ Non-sexual	50	13	41	50	13	41	42	10	35	21	3	21	20	4	19
	Harassment/ Sexual	2	1	2	6	5	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	2
	Medical Exam	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Pay/Overtime	5	2	5	6	6	4	8	2	8	5	3	5	3	3	3
	Promotion/ Non-selection	14	4	12	15	3	14	9	4	7	10	5	7	8	2	8
	Reassignment/Denied	5	3	5	3	1	3	8	5	7	3	1	3	2	2	2
	Reassignment/Directed	6	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
	Reasonable accommodation	29	11	22	26	8	22	25	3	25	11	7	8	14	2	14
	Reinstatement	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
	Retirement	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Termination	7	3	7	9	2	9	5	2	5	2	2	2	9	4	8
	Terms/Condition of employment	36	7	34	29	11	27	31	9	31	21	8	18	20	4	20
	Time/ Attendance	16	5	13	15	4	13	13	5	10	7	2	7	5	1	5
	Training	6	1	6	2	1	2	3	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	2
	Other	7	3	6	11	13	10	12	4	6	6	2	6	9	2	*
706(a)(10)(i)	Total hearings pend - No. first requested before start of FY	8,922			1085			588			325			62
1002(a)(10)(ii)	Total hearings pend - No. of individuals first requested before start of FY	8,342			1067			579			316			61
706(a)(11)	No. of hearing requests not complete in reg time	4,035			2,034			1,659			1,111			1,010

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