Equal Employment Opportunity

The goal of the Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service is to promote equal opportunity in employment through enforcement of the federal civil rights laws, through education and technical assistance and to provide information to employees who feel they have been discriminated against in the workplace.

The EEO complaint system covers individual and class complaints of discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age (40 years of age and older), physical or mental disability (a disabled person is defined as one who has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities, has a record of impairment, or is regarded as having such an impairment), and reprisal for previous EEO activity.

As an employee, former employee, or applicant for employment, you may be accompanied, represented, and advised by a representative of your choice at any stage in processing your complaint, including pre-complaint counseling, provided the choice of a representative does not involve a conflict of interest and/or position.

You, your representative, and your witnesses shall be free from restraint, intimidation, interference, coercion, discrimination, and reprisal in the presentation and processing of your complaint. This includes the pre-complaint counseling phase, and any time thereafter.

If you have a representative, it is your responsibility to provide the agency's EEO office and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) with his/her name, address, and telephone number, and of any changes in your representation.

You must call or email an EEO Specialist within 45 days of the alleged discriminatory action.

To file a complaint, please contact a Specialist located within the Southeast Region EEO Office.

SOUTHEAST REGION (Albuquerque, Oklahoma, Nashville)

Resources

IHS EEO Homepage

Policy/Guidance/Issuances

Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Policy Statement [PDF - 90 KB]

No Fear Act Training 2010 [PPT - 98 KB]