Federal agencies have all figured out that they have more money than the employee who files a complaint. They know most attorneys work on hourly rates far higher than the employee's salary so the agencies do not comply with the regulation requiring them to settle the complaint at every step. They wait until the employee can no longer afford the attorney and is forced to drop the complaint. The agency walks away with a clean EEO record.
The current 180-day formal complaint period before the employee gets the agency's report of investigation with its foregone conclusion that the employee did not have a valid complaint contributes to the perception that the EEO process is toothless and takes away another right of protection for the employees.
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