US Courts workplace survey

Law.com has Less Than Half of Surveyed US Judiciary Staff Willing to Report Wrongful Conduct at Work

• According to a judiciary-wide national workplace survey, 42% of nearly 14,000 respondents reported a willingness to report misconduct, a figure that U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson of Kansas said is of concern to the judiciary.
• The 17-page report, which references a 2023 survey conducted by the Federal Judicial Center, also said half of respondents expressed low or moderate confidence in the judiciary’s formal path for resolving employment disputes and other processes.

Bloomberg Law has Third of Surveyed US Court Staff Report Bad Behavior at Work

• More than a third of surveyed judiciary employees reported experiencing at least one instance of inappropriate behavior in the workplace, while roughly 8% reported harassment or abuse, according to a new report.
• More than 10% of those who responded to the survey from federal defenders’ offices recounted experiencing wrongful conduct. Of the 2,325 people who work in judges’ chambers who responded, 4.6% said they’d experienced that sort of conduct at work.
The working group that released the survey was established in 2018 by Chief Justice John Roberts. The group’s creation followed the 2017 resignation of Judge Alex Kozinski, then on the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, following allegations that he sexually harassed his female law clerks.