Specialty Practice Areas Week On-Line Registration with credit card payment, or PRINTABLE REGISTRATION form for SF-182 invoicing, by FAX OR MAIL Registrations are accepted FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED and must be accompanied by a method of payment. There are no 'placeholders'. Early Registration is strongly advised as each seminar has a maximum capacity. Dates: SPRING 2010 Info Coming Soon! May 3 - 7. Location: International Student House Ella Burling Hall 1825 R Street NW Washington, DC in the DuPont Circle neighborhood Who Should Attend: Attorneys, employee and labor relations specialists, human resources generalists, etc, etc. Instructors: Peter Broida,  Gary Gilbert, William Wiley and FELTG Guest, Carl Bosland. Topics: Case Law Updates, Whistleblowing & Reprisal, Legal Writing. Status: Accepting Registrations. Daily Agenda Monday of the SPECIALTY PRACTICE AREAS Week is the highly demanded 'Whistleblowing and Other Retaliation Claims' newly offered fall, 2008 and returning in response to your program feedback, with Peter Broida, Gary Gilbert and William Wiley. Join us on Tuesday and Wednesday for the popular 'Labor Relations' first offered as a sold-out, one-day program fall, 2007 with Peter Broida and William Wiley, now on the FELTG program agenda as an expanded, two-day offering! EARLY registration is strongly recommended. NEW to the FELTG line-up, Peter Broida and guest Carl Bosland present 'An Arbitration Primer' on Thursday, and join specialist, Carl Bosland, on Friday for 'Family and Medical Leave Act' , first introduced for the fall, 2008 seminars. CLE credit for attorney attendees is supported by FELTG through individual applications to the registrants' state bar or commission. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, October 19 -- Peter Brodia, Gary Gilbert and William Wiley. Whistleblowing and Other Retaliation Claims: This session will provide an in-depth review of the Whistleblower Protection Act, including protected disclosures, recipients of protected disclosures, and the relationship between protected disclosures and required job duties, as well as other types of prohibited personnel practices involving reprisal. The afternoon session will focus on retaliation under Title VII and the other anti-discrimination statutes, including a review of the Supreme Court’s Burlington Northern decision and what constitutes adverse treatment for purposes of an EEO reprisal claim. Also covered will be reprisal for union activity. Tuesday, October 20 -- Peter Broida and William Wiley. Labor Relations, Part I:  Overview of statutes and definitions, basic rights and procedures; negotiability of union proposals, Weingarten rights, formal discussions, commonly bargained-for rights. Wednesday, October 21 -- Peter Broida and William Wiley. Labor Relations, Part II: Information requests, official time use and abuse, unfair labor practices, investigations and remedies; grievances, appeals, interface with EEOC and MSPB; arbitration overview. Thursday, October 22 -- Peter Broida and FELTG Guest Speaker Carl Bosland. An Arbitration Primer: This new offering covers all the basics of labor arbitration, including a brief history and a live demonstration of an arbitration.  This training has been designed for agency and union attorneys and representatives, ER and HR specialists, and focuses exclusively on labor arbitration in the federal sector. Friday, October 23 -- FELTG Guest Speaker and topic author Carl Bosland. Family and Medical Leave Act:  Legal and human resource professionals agree: the FMLA is one of the most difficult laws to correctly administer. In fact, in most cases, federal employers must comply with the requirements of two FMLA laws. FMLA compliance is further complicated by the interaction of the law with federal and agency leave policies, collective bargaining agreements, workers’ compensation, HIPPA, and the ADA. Legislative, regulatory, and case law developments over the past 15 years have greatly impacted how the law is interpreted and applied. This one-day workshop will provide you with detailed information and in-depth understanding to ensure compliance with the FMLA based on the latest federal court and MSPB decisions and legislative developments. In addition to best practices, you’ll get practical advice on the most difficult FMLA issues you face every day. Follow link to Carl Bosland's FMLA Forms and other Resources. Making an 'Individual CLE Application' to your state bar or commission? See CLE Sample from a prior seminar, for PDF file responsive to most requests, including speaker biographies, table of contents and timed agendas, and a representative sample of instructional handouts. Each day begins at 8:30 and ends at 4:00 with an hour for lunch. Continental breakfast is served beginning at 8:00.   Cancellation FELTG reserves the right to cancel a session, or make changes, upon notice.

FELTG does not seek pre-approval of its seminars for CLE credit because the attorneys who attend often are admitted to many different state bars with many different requirements for CLE credit. However, we are happy to work with any individual attorney seeking CLE credit for attendance, and it has been our general experience that many states will approve some number of CLE credit hours based on submission of the course materials, an agenda, and resumes of the speakers. To facilitate the award of CLE, FELTG takes roll at every seminar and maintains a record of attendance for a minimum of five years, a requirement of many state bar associations. The bottom line for CLE credit is that while the responsibility for applying for credit lies with each attorney attendee, FELTG will work to assist in the application process. Please consult your state CLE commission for an 'Individual CLE Application' and let us know what submissions we can supply in your support.