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By: FEDweek StaffThe EEOC has issued a guide to its procedures and requirements for federal employees who are representing themselves in proceedings there, describing the needed information and how it should be organized.
The guide focuses on appeals to the EEOC if the employing agency or an EEOC hearing officer decides against an employee who alleges a violation of civil rights laws or other laws the agency enforces. That stage includes the optional filing of an “appeal brief” stating the situation and arguing why the previous decision was in error. Similarly, employees may file briefs responding to an agency appeal of a decision against it, arguing why the decision was correct.
“The guide helps make the appeal process more accessible by providing an explanation of how to support or oppose an appeal, sample briefs that can be downloaded and used as templates, and a glossary for technical and legal terms,” the EEOC said.
“We hope this guide can assist unrepresented federal employees and applicants to present their arguments more effectively, leading to more satisfaction with the process, and ultimately better outcomes,” it said, adding that about three-fourths of all appeals on the merits involve self-represented federal employees or applicants and about half of them do not submit appeal briefs.
The guide is at https://www.eeoc.gov/guide-writing-appeal-briefs-unrepresented-complainants-eeoc-office-federal-operations
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