Prohibited personnel practices : a study retrospective : a report to the President and the Congress of the United States / by the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

United States. Merit Systems Protection Board

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil service--United States--Personnel management.

Civil service.

Discrimination in employment--United States.

Discrimination in employment.

Whistle blowing--United States.

Whistle blowing.

Civil service--Personnel management.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([x], 32 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, [2010]

Summary:

In accordance with the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 1204(a)(3), it is my honor to submit this Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) report, Prohibited Personnel Practices--A Study Retrospective. Since MSPB is launching a reexamination of the prevalence of prohibited personnel practices within the Federal Government, this report is intended to provide our stakeholders with a foundation of past MSPB research that examined these issues. MSPB has conducted extensive research to examine the occurrence of prohibited personnel practices in the Federal Government, as well as adherence to their complement, the merit system principles. In selected previous reports that are summarized here we have noted that the percentage of employees reporting discrimination based on ethnicity/race, sex, age, and religion have declined over time, while an increasing percentage of Federal employees believe that they are being treated fairly. However, we have also acknowledged that the Federal Government still has work to do to ensure a workplace free of prohibited personnel practices. For example, although a decreasing percentage of employees believe that they have experienced prohibited discrimination, many employees believe that personnel decisions are often based on factors other than merit, such as favoritism. There is also a continuing gap between minority and nonminority employees' perceptions of the prevalence of discrimination and other prohibited personnel practices.

Contents:

""Findings Regarding""; ""Veterans Preference""; ""Conclusion""; ""Prohibited Personnel Practices""; ""Report List""; ""Perceptions of Unfair Advantage""; ""Findings Regarding""; ""Merit-Based Hiring""; ""Reprisal for Blowing the Whistle""; ""Findings Regarding""; ""Whistleblowing""; ""Perceptions Regarding Other Bases for Discrimination""; ""Perceptions Regarding Age-Based Discrimination""; ""Perceptions Regarding Gender-Based Discrimination""; ""Perceptions Regarding Ethnicity/Race-Based Discrimination""; "" Trends""; ""Findings Regarding""; ""Discrimination""

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 29, 2010).

"June 2010"--Trans. letter.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Paper version: Prohibited personnel practices.

ISBN:

9780160942556

0160942551

OCLC:

669055472