No FEAR Act Data
Equal Employment Opportunity Data Posted Pursuant to Title III of the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act), P.L. 107-174.
Pursuant to the No FEAR Act, a federal agency must post on its public Web site summary statistical data pertaining to complaints of employment discrimination filed by employees, former employees, and applicants for employment under 29 CFR part 1614, to include data for the past five fiscal years.
EPA Q1 FY 2026 No FEAR Act Report (pdf)
Addendum required of the Cummings Act of 2020.
The amended No FEAR Act requires that federal agencies post a notice on their public websites after a finding of discrimination (including retaliation) has been made and all appeals have been exhausted. A notice must be posted for at least one year. The following is accurate as of the posting of the current No FEAR Act data, above.
Findings - Elijah E Cummings Act Posting (pdf)
Additionally agencies must post data regarding each class action complaint filed against the agency alleging discrimination, including retaliation.
As of this quarter, the EPA has no class action complaints to report.
About the No FEAR Act
The Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act), which became effective in 2003, imposes additional duties upon federal agency employers. These duties are designed to reinvigorate agencies' longstanding obligation to provide a work environment free of discrimination and retaliation. Under the Act, federal agencies must:
- submit annual reports setting forth information about their efforts to improve compliance with the employment discrimination and whistleblower protection laws and detailing the status of complaints brought against the agency under these laws.
- every fiscal quarter, post on their public websites summary statistical data pertaining to EEO complaints filed with the agency.
Questions and answers about the No FEAR Act from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission