Fed Judicial Workplace Report

Judiciary Releases First Annual Report on the Workplace -- All federal courts have put in place an effective dispute resolution plan giving employees multiple pathways to report and address workplace concerns, and an increasing number of them are opting to use the new processes, according to the first Annual Report on the Judiciary Workplace released today.

• The report details the extensive steps taken since 2018 to ensure Judiciary employees are protected from conduct that is discriminatory, harassing, retaliatory, or abusive and that they have access to effective measures to seek redress for their concerns when issues arise.There are now trained professionals at the national, circuit, and local court levels who can provide confidential advice to employees about their options when they have workplace concerns. In addition to the national Office of Judicial Integrity, each circuit now has a Director of Workplace Relations. DWRs are experienced working in the federal or state courts and a number of them have backgrounds in employment law.
• The annual report is the first of its kind published by the AO’s Office of Judicial Integrity. It was done in response to a recommendation from the Judiciary Workplace Conduct Working Group, an internal group made up of judges and Judiciary executives created at the direction of Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., in 2018.

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