Fort Benning

U.S. Army Fort Benning and The Maneuver Center of Excellence

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Site

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Complaints Program

References:

  1. Army Regulation 690-600 (Equal Employment Opportunity Discrimination Complaints
  2. 29 Code of Federal Regulation 1614 (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

It is the policy of the Department of the Army to provide equal opportunity in employment for all people, and to prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, mental or physical disability, or in reprisal for engaging in prior protected EEO activity.

Who May File:

  1. Any Department of the Army Appropriated or Non-Appropriated Fund employees.
  2. Former employee.
  3. Applicant seeking employment.
  4. Certain contract employees, who believes that he or she has been discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age physical or mental disability, and/or reprisal in an employment matter, subject to the control of the Army.

When to File:

The complaint must be presented to an EEO official within 45 calendar days from the date of the incident, or, if there is a personnel action, within 45 calendar days of its effective date, or the date that the complainant became aware of, or reasonably should have become aware of the discriminatory act or personnel action. Matters raised after the 45-day time limit will be inquired into by a Counselor even though a formal complaint may be dismissed later for untimeliness.

Right to Anonymity:

The complainant’s identity will not be revealed unless the complainant gives written permission, or at such time a formal complaint is accepted.

How to File:

Initially, an aggrieved person (employee or job applicant) must contact an EEO official who will conduct an information inquiry to gather the allegations of discrimination (basis/matter identified by the aggrieved). The EEO official will advise the aggrieved of the EEO complaint procedures, to include the option for the aggrieved to elect Mediation or traditional counseling during the informal process.