Settlement Rescinds EEO Complaint Processing Handbook

The APWU and the Postal Service agreed recently in a pre-arbitration settlement that management shall rescind the EEO Complaint Processing Handbook (EL-603). This case involved an Article 19 dispute over the handbook that contained the procedures for providing pre-complaint counseling and processing Equal Employment Opportunity complaints. The APWU’s position was that various provisions in the handbook conflicted with EEO regulations.