Berry & Berry, PLLC, an employment and labor law firm located in Northern Virginia that specializes in federal employee, security clearance, retirement and private sector employee matters.

By John V. Berry, Esq.

We represent federal employees in the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaint process before their federal agencies.

This article briefly describes how the EEO complaint process works for federal employees. Keep in mind that each federal agency is different but essentially follows the same rules. These rules can be found at the EEOC website in MD-110. It is important to get legal advice before filing an EEO complaint.

Reasons for EEO Complaints

Complaints of discrimination may be filed by federal employees or applicants for employment with a federal agency when they believe that they have been discriminated against in the workplace because of:

• race
• color
• religion (including reasonable accommodation of religious beliefs or practices)
• national origin (ancestry, ethnicity, accent, and/or use of a language other than English)
• physical/mental disability (including reasonable accommodation requests)
• sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, abortion, and related medical conditions)
• sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression
• age (40 and above)
• parental status
• retaliation for prior protected EEO activity (one of the most common complaints)
• genetic information

Pre-complaint EEO Process

A federal employee seeking to file an EEO complaint must...

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