General Standards and Principles Agreed upon Regarding Ratings Sample Clauses

General Standards and Principles Agreed upon Regarding Ratings. 22.10.1 The performance appraisal process shall strive to provide for the uniform treatment of all similarly situated immigration judges (i.e., immigration judges with similar working conditions performing the same job, in the same court environment). The parties agree that transparency, fairness, and thoroughness are important principles in the evaluation of performance. The Agency has determined that it will use the evaluation process to evaluate and improve an employee’s performance and when helpful, will discuss an immigration judge’s strengths and weaknesses. 22.10.2 The Agency will not prescribe a distribution of levels of ratings or required grading/rating curves for Immigration Judges covered by this agreement. 22.10.3 In the application of performance standards to individual employees, the Agency will take into account mitigating factors including, but not limited to, availability of resources and other factors not in the control of the employee. 22.10.4 The Agency has determined that in performance standard 3.1 of the PWP, the “goals and priorities established by the Chief Immigration Judge” do not encompass any specific numerical or time-based production standards, such as case completion goals, with the exception of statutorily or regulatory based deadlines. 22.10.5 Performance evaluations will not be based primarily on numerical standards such as case completion goals with the exception of statutorily or regulatory based deadlines nor will they be based upon any quota system. 22.10.6 The Parties agree that political considerations will not be used when rating an immigration judge. 22.10.7 The Agency will not release an individual performance evaluation rating unless required by law, rule or regulation. To the furthest extent possible, the Agency will ensure that performance evaluations (as well as mid-term progress reviews) remain confidential.
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