[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR1225.8]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

       CHAPTER XII--CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

 

PART 1225_VOLUNTEER DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT PROCEDURE--Table of Contents

 

      Subpart B_Processing Individual Complaints of Discrimination

 

Sec. 1225.8  Precomplaint procedure.





    (a) An aggrieved person who believes that he or she has been subject 

to illegal dicrimination shall bring such allegations to the attention 

of the appropriate Counselor within 30 days of the alleged 

discrimination to attempt to resolve them. The process for notifying the 

appropriate Counselor is the following:

    (1) Aggrieved applicants, trainees or Volunteers who have not 

departed for overseas assignments, or who have returned to Washington 

for any administrative reason shall direct their allegations to the EO 

Director for assignment to an appropriate Counselor.

    (2) Aggrieved trainees or Volunteers overseas shall direct their 

allegations to the designated Counselor for that post.

    (3) Aggrieved applicants, trainees, and Volunteers applying for, or 

enrolled in ACTION domestic programs shall direct their allegations to 

the designated Counselor for that Region.



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    (b) Upon receipt of the allegation, the Counselor or designee shall 

make whatever inquiry is deemed necessary into the facts alleged by the 

aggrieved party and shall counsel the aggrieved party for the purpose of 

attempting an informal resolution agreeable to all parties. The 

Counselor will keep a written record of his or her activities which will 

be submitted to the EO Director if a formal complaint concerning the 

matter is filed.

    (c) If after such inquiry and counseling an informal resolution to 

the allegation is not reached, the Counselor shall notify the aggrieved 

party in writing of the right to file a complaint of discrimination with 

the EO Director within 15 calendar days of the aggrieved party's receipt 

of the notice.

    (d) The Counselor shall not reveal the identity of the aggrieved 

party who has come to him or her for consultation, except when 

authorized to do so by the aggrieved party. However, the identity of the 

aggrieved party may be revealed once the agency has accepted a complaint 

of discrimination from the aggrieved party.