Forest Service

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of Civil Rights | September 2022 

Equal Employment Opportunity Data 

Posted 

Pursuant to the No Fear Act: 

FS (and below) 

For 4th Quarter 2022 for period ending September 30, 2022 

Complaint Activity 

Comparative Data 

Previous Fiscal Year Data 

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 

2022Thru09-

30

Number of Complaints Filed 143 141 100 70 71 59 

Number of Complainants 126 130 88 67 65 56 

Repeat Filers 14 9 10 3 5 3 

Complaints by Basis 

Note: Complaints can be filed 

alleging multiple bases.The sum 

of the bases may not equal total 

complaints filed. 

Comparative Data 

Previous Fiscal Year Data 

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 

2022Thru09-

30 

Race 52 33 29 22 21 13 

Color 6 3 4 2 5 2 

Religion 8 7 3 4 3 7 

 

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Reprisal 91 86 61 44 33 25 

Sex 52 58 33 32 19 12 

PDA 1 0 0 1 1 0 

National Origin 16 16 8 8 3 2 

Equal Pay Act 1 1 1 1 0 0 

Age 59 42 30 20 15 13 

Disability 53 58 40 25 20 24 

Genetics 1 0 0 2 0 1 

Non-EEO 12 12 7 9 8 2 

Complaints by Issue 

Note: Complaints can be 

filed alleging multiple 

bases.The sum of the 

bases may not equal total 

complaints filed. 

Comparative Data 

Previous Fiscal Year Data 

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 

2022Thru09-

30 

Appointment/Hire 11 10 5 6 8 1 

Assignment of Duties 19 28 21 12 7 1 

Awards 0 0 0 1 2 0 

Conversion to Full 

Time/Perm Status 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Disciplinary Action 

Demotion 0 2 0 0 0 0 

Reprimand 4 10 6 4 1 0 

Suspension 18 13 10 7 7 1 

Removal 3 9 9 7 0 1 

Disciplinary 

Warning 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2 
3 

Other Disciplinary 

Actions 1 6 3 7 3 1 

Other 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Duty Hours 6 0 5 4 1 0 

Perf. Eval./ Appraisal 16 17 17 12 8 1 

Examination/Test 1 1 1 1 1 0 

Harassment 

Non-Sexual 92 96 53 39 31 35 

Sexual 0 6 3 5 0 6 

Medical Examination 2 0 1 0 0 0 

Pay including overtime 8 2 3 6 2 1 

Promotion/Non-Selection 24 18 22 17 18 13 

Reassignment 

Denied 2 6 3 2 3 0 

Directed 6 7 12 0 1 2 

Reasonable 

Accommodation 

Disability 

23 24 7 6 6 9 

Reinstatement 0 0 1 3 1 0 

Religious 

Accommodation 0 0 1 0 0 14 

Retirement 3 1 6 0 2 0 

Sex-Stereotyping 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Telework 3 2 5 2 0 0 

Termination 8 11 9 8 7 6 

Terms/Conditions of 

Employment 31 34 39 9 5 0 

Time and Attendance 16 23 14 7 6 3 
4 

Training 12 12 11 5 5 2 

Other Terms/Conditions 

of Employment 0 0 0 0 0 23 

User Defined - Other 

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 

User Defined - Other 

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 

User Defined - Other 

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 

User Defined - Other

4 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Processing 

Time 

Comparative Data 

Previous Fiscal Year Data 

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 

2022Thru09-30 

Complaints pending during fiscal year 

Average 

number of 

days in 

investigation 

148.77 171.14 197.39 188.51 139.40 133.79 

Average 

number of 

days in final 

action 

330.49 28.53 35.75 23.99 21.97 31.77 

Complaint pending during fiscal year where hearing was requested 

Average 

number of 

days in 

investigation 

147.32 151.70 210.79 208.53 145.16 142.84 

Average 

number of 

days in final 

action 

159.03 18.95 26.59 14.78 6.43 19.85 

Complaint pending during fiscal year where hearing was not requested 
 

Average 

number of 

days in 

investigation 

152.19 192.08 183.75 162.92 132.30 123.96 

Average 

number of 

days in final 

action 

467.67 44.33 49.26 35.58 53.12 58.09 

Complaints Dismissed by 

Agency 

Comparative Data 

Previous Fiscal Year Data 

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 

2022Thru09-

30

Total Complaints 

Dismissed by Agency 34 23 11 10 5 9 

Average days pending 

prior to dismissal 61 15 54 19 2035 29 

Complaints Withdrawn by Complainants 

Total Complaints 

Withdrawn by 

Complainants 

9 6 9 8 3 6 

Total Final 

Agency Actions 

Finding 

Discrimination 

Comparative Data 

Previous Fiscal Year Data 

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 

2022Thru09-

30

# % # % # % # % # % # % 

Total Number 

Findings 1 3 1 7 0 2 

Without 

Hearing 1 100 2 67 0 0 2 29 0 0 0 0 

With 

Hearing 0 0 1 33 1 100 5 71 0 0 2 100 

5 
Findings of 

Discrimination Rendered 

by Basis 

Note: Complaints can be 

filed alleging multiple 

bases.The sum of the 

bases may not equal total 

complaints and findings. 

Comparative Data 

Previous Fiscal Year Data 

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 

2022Thru09-

30

# % # % # % # % # % # % 

Total Number Findings 1 1 1 7 0 2 

Race 1 100 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 0 1 50 

Color 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Religion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Reprisal 0 0 1 100 0 0 5 71 0 0 0 0 

Sex 0 0 1 100 0 0 3 43 0 0 1 50 

PDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

National Origin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Equal Pay Act 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Age 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50 

Disability 0 0 0 0 1 100 1 14 0 0 2 100 

Genetics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Non-EEO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Findings After Hearing 0 1 1 5 0 2 

Race 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 0 0 1 50 

Color 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Religion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Reprisal 0 0 1 100 0 0 4 80 0 0 0 0 

Sex 0 0 1 100 0 0 3 60 0 0 1 50 

PDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

6 
National Origin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Equal Pay Act 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Age 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50 

Disability 0 0 0 0 1 100 0 0 0 0 2 100 

Genetics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Non-EEO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Findings Without 

Hearing 1 0 0 2 0 0 

Race 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Color 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Religion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Reprisal 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50 0 0 0 0 

Sex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

PDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

National Origin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Equal Pay Act 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Age 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Disability 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50 0 0 0 0 

Genetics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Non-EEO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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