The Air Force is touting a pilot streamlined equal employment
opportunity complaint resolution process it launched
October 1 called the “compressed orderly rapid equitable”
or CORE, process, as potentially saving time for both the
employee and management.
The program combines two steps of the original equal
employment opportunity process into one shorter step,
reducing a process that can take as long as 360 days to
as few as 127 days. Alternative dispute resolution also
is offered.
An employee wishing to file a discrimination complaint
may choose either the traditional EEO route or the pilot
process. Those choosing the latter course may opt out at
any time and revert to the traditional method.
The pilot process will be limited to 31 bases for the
first six months. It will be tested for two years, with
an option to extend for an additional year.
The Defense Logistics Agency and Defense Commissary
Agency are also authorized to test alternate EEO
complaint processes under a Defense budget measure, the
Air Force said. After the programs are tested, they will
be evaluated for their effectiveness.
