Publisher's Synopsis
17 Steps: A Federal Employee's Guide for Tackling Workplace Discrimination is a must read how-to guide for employees and job applicants challenging unfair treatment in the federal workplace. The guidebook, offers winning ways to protect your well-being and walks you through the grueling and time-sensitive federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaint process. This invaluable resource book - complete with diagrams, sample letters, personal testimonies, web-link references, and employment case decisions - will help you when facing a variety of issues arising in the workplace. LEARN HOW TO: -Avoid Common EEO Complaint Filing Mistakes-Manage Workplace Stress -Prove a Prima Facie Discrimination Case-Fight Unlawful Adverse Personnel Actions -Get the Most From Settlement Talks-Argue Claims Successfully With Proven Case Law-Request Records Under the Privacy Act -Pursue Workplace Reasonable Accommodations -Submit a Worker's Compensation Claim -File an Employment Lawsuit