Sexual orientation and the Federal workplace : policy and perception : a report to the President and Congress of the United States / The Merit Systems Protection Board.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Merit Systems Protection Board, author.

Contributor:

Merit Systems Protection Board, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in employment--United States.

Discrimination in employment.

Homosexuality in the workplace--United States.

Homosexuality in the workplace.

United States--Officials and employees.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (72 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District Columbia : U.S. Merit System Protection Board, 2014.

Summary:

This study examined Federal employee perceptions of workplace treatment based on sexual orientation, reviewed how Federal workplace protections from sexual orientation discrimination have evolved, and determined if further action is warranted to communicate or clarify those protections. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management interprets the tenth Prohibited Personnel Practice, which bars discrimination in Federal personnel actions based on conduct that does not adversely affect job performance, to prohibit sexual orientation discrimination. As this prohibition has neither been specifically expressed in statute nor affirmed in judicial decision, it has been subject to alternate interpretations. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Federal employee perceptions of the workplace are generally less positive than those of their colleagues. We found, however, that in some agencies for at least some workplace issues, LGBT employee perceptions were as positive as those of other employees. This suggests that agencies may be able to create more inclusive cultures, resulting in a more positive atmosphere in the workplace.

Contents:

Front Cover

Chairman's Transmittal Letter

Credits Page

Forward

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

Historical Foundations: Discrimination to Accommodation

Background

Legislative Investigation

Civil Service Policy

Judicial Response

Steps Toward Inclusion

Change in Civil Service Policy

Prohibited Personnel Practices

Executive Order 13087

Federal Employee Benefit Programs

The Tenth Prohibited Personnel Practice: Employee Perceptions

Discrimination Based on Off-Duty Conduct

Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation

Relationship to Employee Engagement

Communicating the Policy of Non-Discrimination

LGBT Employee 2012 FEVS Results

LGBT Employee Demographics

LGBT Employee Perceptions of the Federal Workplace

The Current State of Protection from Sexual Orientation Discrimination

Recommendations

Appendix: Methods.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-16-094256-X

OCLC:

1009242123