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Monday, September 30, 2024

EEOC's Disabled Federal Employee Retention Report - Discrimination Issues Lower Job Retention

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a Retention of Disabled Employee Report with recommendations for federal agencies to improve retention of disabled employees in federal public sector jobs.

The Report is based on 3 years of data & recommends that Fed Agencies should have

  1. Disability accommodation procedures that comply with federal law;
  2. Compliance procedures for processing personal assistance services requests; & 
  3. Systems for processing such requests & publicizing them to employees & applicants on their website.

Importantly, the Report highlights the need for reasonable accommodations to not be denied for costs & if denied, the employee should be notified of the reason for the denial & their rights. 

In contrast, the Report found that Fed Agencies that focused on personal assistance services and reasonable accommodations had better employee retention.