Fix the Court’s Gabe Roth issued this statement following today’s release of the judiciary’s Annual Report of the Judiciary Workplace:

“I appreciate that the judiciary is trying to do more to protect its workers. But there remain obvious reforms the branch appears to not even be considering, from mandating workplace conduct training for every judge and manager to ensuring mistreated staff have access to legal assistance. These omissions, and the refusal to engage with the vast majority of the recommendations made in the recent GAO and FJC-NAPA reports, do not instill confidence.

“What’s more, there’s nothing in today’s report about working with Congress to ensure judiciary staff have the same protections in federal employment and anti-harassment law that other federal workers have. That’s also inexcusable, especially when the main avenue for filing complaints against superiors, EDR, is rife with inherent conflicts, since a judge presiding over an EDR matter can easily be someone who works closely with the person who committed the misconduct.

“Finally, it’s worth noting that the judiciary’s workplace conduct policies do not apply to five critical and distinct units in our branch — including the Supreme Court, the Administrative Office and the Federal Judiciary Center. Talk about red flags and miles to go.”