WHO SHOULD ATTEND:  Attorneys, EEO specialists and professionals, employee and labor relations specialists, human resources generalists, union representatives, and others with a responsibility for representing either the agency or an appellant in a complaint filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or advising management or employees on rights and options. 

SAMPLE of seminar handouts from previous programs.

BONUS: THIS SEMINAR SATISFIES EEOC’S MANDATORY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR COUNSELORS AND INVESTIGATORS.

INSTRUCTORS:  Ernest Hadley, Gary Gilbert and Eleanor Laws

Monday, Sept. 8th -- Basic EEOC:  Nuts & Bolts. The basics: statutory authority and jurisdiction of EEOC, theories of discrimination, overview of EEO process, amended and consolidated complaints; timeliness issues in the wake of the Supreme Court decisions in Morgan and Ledbetter.  SAMPLE.

Tuesday, Sept. 9th -- Current Trends in EEO Law. Case law update, national origin discrimination, hostile environment harassment,  religious accommodation.

Wednesday, Sept. 10th -- Accommodating Individuals with Disabilities. The Rehabilitation Act, and the Americans’ with Disabilities Act, defining individuals with a disability, essential job functions, the interactive process, types of reasonable accommodation; medical records and examinations. SAMPLE.

Thursday, Sept. 11th -- What's at Stake?  Damages and Remedies.  Overview of equitable remedies: back pay, front pay, reinstatement, and loss of opportunity, non-pecuniary and pecuniary damages, past and future damages, damages offsets, the duty to mitigate damages, collateral sources and pre-existing conditions, multiple causations of harm, using expert and lay witnesses to establish damages, the eggshell complainant. Overview of compensatory damages awards; attorneys fees and costs. SAMPLE.

Friday, Sept. 12th — Selection, Promotion and Discipline: An In-Depth Look.  NEW in the Spring Seminars, BACK by Popular Demand!   Selection and promotion cases, subjective and objective criteria, the "best qualified" candidate, disciplinary overview, the "comparable" employee, defending against pretext.  Reprisal after Burlington Northern. SAMPLE.

Each day begins at 8:30 and ends at 4:00 with an hour for lunch. Continental breakfast is served beginning at 8:00.

FELTG reserves the right to cancel a session, or make changes, upon notice.

Early Registration is strongly advised as each seminar has a maximum capacity.