NASA Procedural Requirements

NPR 3713.1C Effective Date: April 22, 2019 Expiration Date: April 22, 2026

Subject: Reasonable Accommodations Procedures for Individuals with Disabilities

Responsible Office: Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity

Chapter 4. Statutory and Collective Bargaining Claims

4.1 Relationship with Statutory and Collective Bargaining Protections

4.1.1. This NPR is in addition to statutory and collective bargaining protections for individuals with disabilities qualified to perform the essential functions of a job, with or without reasonable accommodation, and the remedies they provide for the denial of requests for reasonable accommodation. Requirements governing the initiation of statutory and collective bargaining claims, including timeframes for filing such claims, remain unchanged.

4.2 Statutory Anti-Discrimination Remedies

4.2.1 Individuals who choose to pursue statutory anti-discrimination remedies for denial of a request for reasonable accommodation should contact an EEO counselor at their respective installation within 45 days from the date of receipt of a written notice of denial or denial of appeal that has been issued at any stage of this process. ²¹ (See 29 C.F.R. § 1614.105(a)(1).)

4.3 EO Supervisory Recusals

4.3.1 NASA EO Directors or designees shall recuse themselves from the processing of their employees’ informal and/or formal EEO complaints on the same reasonable accommodation matter that the EO Directors or designees decided.

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