EEOC Law Week

April 2 - 6, 2012

This seminar is a fast-paced week of strategies, principles, and authorities relative to the major aspects of the field of discrimination law in the federal government.  FELTG speakers draw on many years of experience from all three sides of the litigation table to provide both the beginning and the experienced practitioner with the foundation to work successfully in the entire field of EEO law.

Feedback from fall attendees:

“Course flow very good – good transitions, organization of topics. Excellent use of actual cases and experiences by the instructors! Overall, [I am] very satisfied with the course – this will be very helpful for me as a new practitioner in the world of EEOC!”

"Ernie and Gary – you rock!! Great information, great presentation style, great tag-team. Great all-around!!"

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Location
The MAA Carriage House at 1781 Church St., NW, Washington, DC 20036
(near Dupont Circle).

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 would benefit as would those advising management or employees on rights and options.

Instructors
Ernest Hadley and Gary Gilbert

Status
Accepting Registrations - Download EEOC PDF form

Tuition
Five days = $1950
Four days = $1570
Three days = $1220
Two days = $850
One day = $470


EEOC Law Week Daily Agenda 2012

Monday, April 2 - 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, April 3 - Current Trends in EEO Law: The latest on what’s happening in EEO with a special interactive session on hostile environment harassment with guest speakers Donald B. Weber and Shari Goodman-Berry, Department of Veterans Affairs; sexual orientation as gender stereotyping, retaliation, religious accommodation and the EEOC year in review.

Wednesday, April 4 – Accommodating Individuals with Disabilities: The Rehabilitation Act, and the NEW Americans’ with Disabilities Act, the latest of revised ADA regulations, the new Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) regulations; defining individuals with a disability, major life activities and substantial limitation; essential job functions, the interactive process, types of reasonable accommodation.

Thursday, April 5- Damages & Remedies; Settlement & ADR: Overview of equitable remedies: back pay, front pay, reinstatement; 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, the eggshell complainant.  Settlement and ADR processes and what constitutes a good written agreement; what to include and what not to include.

Friday, April 6 – 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

Next Offered: Week of October 1, 2012, tenatively
Gilbert & Hadley