The EEOC said it has continued to focus on reducing the backlogs of older pending cases. Image: Burdun Iliya/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe EEOC has said it cut its backlog of pending hearings in cases involving federal employees by a quarter in 2022, to under 7,700, for a total reduction of nearly half since the 2017 figure of about 14,900.
“By developing and implementing strategies to increase efficiency, the federal hearings program resolved 9,336 hearing requests in fiscal year 2022, securing more than $125.1 million in benefits for federal workers (an almost 40% increase from fiscal year 2021),” the agency said in an annual report.
The agency also cited its online portal that “allows federal sector complainants to indicate their interest in alternative dispute resolution to resolve their complaint” along with submitting hearing requests, uploading documents and other administrative steps.
At the appeals stage, more than $7.7 million was granted in monetary relief for victims of discrimination in just over 4,100 cases, although the inventory grew by about 100 to about 3,500.
The agency said it also continued to focus on reducing the backlogs of “aged” cases, which it defines as pending for more than 300 days at the hearing stage and more than 500 days at the appeals stage.
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