Operating Status
ShareOptions for Workplace Resolution Under the Employee Dispute Resolution Plan
Equal Employment Opportunity and Employment Dispute Resolution Matters
Informal Advice
To request advice about a workplace concern, contact the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and EEO Office. Our office will actively listen and explain:
- Your rights, and
- Office advice on addressing your concerns at step 1, step 2, or step 3
Assisted Resolution
This interactive, flexible process may include:
- Discussions with the source(s) of the conduct concern,
- Preliminary inquiry,
- Resolving the matter through mediation, or
- Resolving the matter by agreement
Formal Complaint
Contact the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and EEO Office or the Committee on the Selection and Tenure of Magistrate Judges, if applicable, to file a formal complaint. The Complaint must be filed within 180 days of the alleged violation or the discovery of the violation, unless you are engaged in the assisted resolution process. The formal process includes:
- A review by a presiding officer and possible hearing, and/or
- Written decision
In the interest of the District of Columbia Courts, the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration approved an Employee Dispute Resolution (EDR) Plan that demonstrates commitment to a workplace that is free from discrimination and harassment. All judges and employees are expected to treat each other with respect, civility, fairness, tolerance and dignity.
For decades, the District of Columbia Courts has cared about the workplace environment as demonstrated by the implementation of fair and active employment policies, such as Equal Employment Opportunity, Sexual Harassment, Anti-Bullying and Family Medical Leave. Through implementation of these policies, many employment issues have been resolved.
The District of Columbia Courts’ EDR Plan is another way of living the Courts’ values of Accountability, Excellence, Fairness, Integrity, Respect and Transparency. The EDR Plan implements flexible, informal and formal methods of raising concerns and serves as a timely complement to our comprehensive personnel policies.
Current and former staff can file complaints up until 180 days after their separation date unless there is participation in the assisted resolution phase.
- Informal Advice
To request advice about a workplace concern, contact the DC Courts Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and EEO Office. Our office will actively listen and explain:
- Your rights, and
- Offer advice on addressing your concerns at step 1, step 2 or step 3
- Assisted Resolution
This interactive, flexible process may include:
- Discussions with the source(s) of the conduct concern,
- Preliminary inquiry,
- Resolving the matter through mediation, or
- Resolving the matter by agreement
- Formal Complaint
Contact the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and EEO Office or the Committee on the Selection and Tenure of Magistrate Judges, if applicable, to file a formal complaint. The Complaint must be filed within 180 days of the alleged violation or the discovery of the violation unless you are engaged in the assisted resolution process. The formal process includes:
- A review by a presiding officer and possible hearing, and/or
- Written decision.
| Informal Advice For confidential advice and guidance on workplace issues |
Ethics Advice Sherri Evans Harris General Counsel DC Courts |
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| Employee Relations Sharon Gibson Human Resources Division |
Equal Employment Opportunity Advice Tiffany Adams-Moore Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and EEO Officer DC Courts Tiffany.Adams-Moore [at] dccsystem.gov (Tiffany[dot]Adams-Moore[at]dccsystem[dot]gov) |
| Assisted Resolution For an interactive, flexible process that may include voluntary mediation |
Tiffany Adams-Moore Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and EEO Officer DC Courts Tiffany.Adams-Moore [at] dccsystem.gov (Tiffany[dot]Adams-Moore[at]dccsystem[dot]gov) |
| EDR Plan or EEO Policies (for a complaint against an employee, judicial officer or magistrate judge) |
and/or | Code of Conduct (for a complaint against a Judicial Officer) Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure Phone: 202-727-1363 Website: https://cjdt.dc.gov |
| Tiffany Adams-Moore Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and EEO Officer DC Courts |
For Magistrate Judges, Committee on Selection and Tenure of Magistrate Judges Committee.MagistrateJST [at] dcsc.gov (Committee[dot]MagistrateJST[at]dcsc[dot]gov) |
