ML19256B009
| ML19256B009 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 10/13/1978 |
| From: | Chilk S NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| To: | Gossick L, Kelley J, Pederson K NRC OFFICE OF POLICY EVALUATIONS (OPE), NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO), NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD) |
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| ML19256B002 | List: |
| References | |
| REF-10CFR9.7 NUDOCS 7901170388 | |
| Download: ML19256B009 (2) | |
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October 13, 1973 OFFICE CF THE SECRETARY MEMORANDUM FOR:
Lee V. Gossick, Executive Director for Operations James L. Kelley, Acting General Counsel Kenneth Pedersen, Director '-
Policy Evaluation i
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~ Samuel J. Chilk, Secret gr ll F
SUBJECT:
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - DISCUSSICN OF SECY-78-535 WOMEN'S CLASS ACTION SUIT, 2:05 P.M., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1978, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (0 pen to Public Attendance)
The Commission
- discusred the class complaint of discrimination, and the recommendation of the Complaints Examiner, Federal Employee Appeals Authority (CSC) to accept that part of the complaint which met the applicable procedural requirements.
The Commission, by a vote of 4-0.**
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Accepted the Complaints Examiner's recommendation to accept the Complainant as agent of a class of NRC employees.
The Commission expanded the class from all present NRC women employees to include all previous NRC women employees whose positions had been audited, The Commission also accepted the examiner's recommendation to limit the issues to whether NRC policy relating to auditing positions in response to requests for promotion has had a discriminatory impact upon women employees of the NRC; and (ELD /ADM) 2.
Requested that the Office of the General Counsel, the Office of Policy Evaluation and the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity develop a proposal for reviewing other allegations regarding discrimination including those in the complaint which were dismissed by the examiner as defective.
(0GC/0PE/EEO)
(SECY Suspense:
10/25/78) cc:
Chairman Hendrie Commissioner Gilinsky Commissioner Kennedy Commissioner Bradford CONTACT:
Commissioner Ahearne Roger Tweed (SECY)
Director, Congressional Affairs 4-1410 Director, Public Affairs Commissioner Kennedy was not in attendance Comnissioner Gilinsky, although concurring in the above action, would have preferred that ne Commission take a different approach.
His separate views are attached.
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10/13/78 Commissioner Gilinsky's Views on the Women's Class Action Suit I supported the Commission's action in this matter because it was a step in the right direction.
However, as I stated at the meeting, I would have preferred to see the Commission take a larger step -- by further expanding the scope of the class action.
In a matter as sensitive as this, where distinctions may turn on subtleties, it seems to me that the only way for the Commission to assess the extent of any discrimination in hiring and promotion is for the matter to be looked into outside the agency.
While I am pleased to have the Commission itself address the broader issues, I
think that a full airing in an external forum of all the issues raised would have provided a more satisfactory basis for consideration of the broader allegations than will the results of the staff action requested.