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EEOC Law Week |
On-Line
Registration with credit card payment, or
PRINTABLE REGISTRATION form for SF-182
invoicing, by FAX OR MAIL |
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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. |
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Dates: |
May 17 - 21, 2010 |
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Location: |
International
Student House
Ella Burling Hall
1825 R Street NW
Washington, DC
in the DuPont Circle neighborhood
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Venue Note: |
Ella Burling Hall is in what was a
private mansion. FELTG and ISH are working hard to
insure it is fully ADA compliant by spring. But,
renovating older buildings does not always go as
planned. If you have an accessibility issue, please let
us know at least two weeks in advance of the seminar you
plan to attend so we may insure that alternative
arrangements are in place for you. |
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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. CLE credit for attorney attendees
is supported by FELTG through individual
applications to the registrants' state bar or
commission. |
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Instructors: |
Gary Gilbert and Ernest
Hadley. |
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Status: |
Accepting Registrations. |
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Fee:
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All five days =
$1900,
four days
= $1520, three days = $1170,
two days =
$800, and one day = $420. |
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Brochure: |
See
LINK |
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Program Description |
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Day One takes you through the basics of EEO law
and procedures. Get the very latest developments with
Day Two and its focus on current trends in EEO law, then
stay for Days Three and Four with their emphasis on
disability discrimination, settlement and damages.
Finally, Day Five zeroes in on selection, promotion,
disciplinary and mixed cases. |
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Daily Agenda |
Monday, May 17 -- Gary
Gilbert and Ernest Hadley. 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.
Tuesday, May 18 -- Gary Gilbert and Ernest
Hadley. Current
Trends in EEO Law: Case law update,
national origin discrimination, religious accommodation,
reprisal after Burlington Northern, hostile environment
harassment.
Wednesday, May 19 -- Gary
Gilbert and Ernest Hadley. Accommodating Individuals
with Disabilities: The Rehabilitation Act,
and the NEW Americans’ with Disabilities Act, defining
individuals with a disability, essential job functions,
the interactive process, types of reasonable
accommodation; medical records and examinations. See
link to Reference:
Supreme Court decisions
for
landmark cases prior to the ADAAA.
Thursday, May 20 -- Gary
Gilbert and Ernest Hadley. Damages & Remedies; Settlement & ADR: 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.
Friday, May 21 -- Gary Gilbert and Ernest
Hadley. Selection, Promotion, Discipline &
Mixed Cases -- An In-Depth Look: "Mixed" cases
with guest Donald Names, formerly with the EEOC; selection and
promotion cases, subjective and objective criteria, the
"best qualified" candidate, disciplinary overview, the
"comparable" employee, defending against pretext.
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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. |
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| Cancellation |
FELTG reserves the right to
cancel a session, or make changes, upon notice.
Confirmed registrants may only cancel for EEOC Week
prior to COB April 16, 2010. Substitutions may be made
at any time with notice to FELTG, but are limited to one
sub filling in the original registrants' seminar dates.
Untimely cancellations are only eligible for 'credit
slips' for a future registration, provided notice is
given before the start of training, but will not be
granted for partial attendance. Credit slips will
not be granted for 'no-shows'. |
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