An Attorney Explains How to Avoid Agency Traps during the Informal EEO Complaint Process

I am an attorney who experienced discrimination and retaliation as a federal employee. As I navigated the system, I realized that it is designed to undermine legitimate EEO claims. In order to be successful, it is important to know the rules. Tune in to find out which rules Agencies ignore and what traps they set to undermine your claim. We will go over the steps you must take to help you succeed. This is general advice. It isn't meant to replace the advice of an attorney who knows your specific circumstance. #federalemployee #eeoc #federalsoup #fightingdiscrimination #employmentdiscrimination #InformalEEOComplaintProcess

[@roseystroup]

I needed this

[@shanelllea3545]

Can your representative speak on your behalf? If so, what law does that fall under please

[@rangerdj1]

I am a collateral-duty EEO Counselor for the Dept of the Interior, and have been so since 2004. As such, I take exception to the statement that Counselors act to protect agency managers. Yes, we work for the agency. But we are trained to be neutral. Our job is to find a resolution and find a solution that solves the problem(s) to the satisfaction of all parties within the 30-90 day time frame. In my agency, most of us are collateral duty, and there are few full time EEO Counselors. Our thought process is not to protect the agency or management...that is absolutely not why we volunteer to be part of this process. We volunteer to be collateral duty counselors only because we believe in a workplace that should be free of discrimination and harassment. Videos like this create a bias against the EEO Counselor that impede the process. I've had to overcome this, specifically because of this video.