Agenda

Day 1

8:00 am: Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:30 am: INTRODUCTION

• Objectives
  
• Agenda

OVERVIEW

• Some Basic Questions
  
• Workplace Rules
  
• Theories of Discrimination
  
  
  • Disparate Treatment
    
  • McDonnell Douglas Burden Shifting Scheme
    
  • Failure to Accommodate
    
  • Retaliation
    
  • Disparate Impact
  
  
• Outcomes of EEO Lawsuits
  
• EEO/AA/Diversity
  
  
  • Affirmative Action
    
  • Diversity
  
  
• Our Focus
  
  
  • Federal Employment Laws
    
  • State and Local Laws

Training Exercise #1

FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT LAWS

• Race, Ethnicity, Color, and
• National Origin Discrimination
  
  
  • Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964
    
  • Section 1981, Civil Rights Act of 1866
  
  
• Age Discrimination
  
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act
  
• Older Workers Benefit Protection Act
  
• Sex Discrimination
  
• Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964
  
• Harassment
  
• Pregnancy Discrimination Act
  
• Equal Pay Act
  
• Religious Discrimination
  
• Disability Discrimination
  
• Americans with Disabilities Act
  
• What Is a Disability?
  
• Who Is Qualified?
  
• Essential Functions
  
• Qualification Standards
  
• Reasonable Accommodation
  
• Undue Hardship
  
• The Reasonable Accommodation Process
  
• Medical Inquiries and Exams

Training Exercises 2-4

5:00 pm: Adjourn

Day 2

8:00 am: Continental Breakfast

8:30 am: FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT LAWS (continued)

• Family and Medical Leave Act
  
• Eligibility and Entitlements
  
• Qualifying Reasons
  
• Notice Requirements
  
• Enforcement and Remedies
  
• Protections for Veterans
  
• Veterans Acts
  
• Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
  
• Other Laws Affecting HR Compliance
  
• Immigration Reform and Control Act
  
• Fair Credit Reporting Act
  
• Privacy

Training Exercises #5-6

STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYMENT LAW

• Fair Employment Practice Laws
  
• Employment-At-Will Doctrine
  
• Tort Actions

ESTABLISHING NONDISCRIMINATORY EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

• Hiring Procedures
  
• Employment Interviews
  
• Performance Evaluations
  
• Termination for Cause
  
• Termination for Economic Reasons

Training Exercise #7

OVERVIEW OF EEOC CHARGE PROCESSING PROCEDURES

• Stages in EEO Charge Processing
  
• Responding to EEO Charges
  
• Initial Steps
  
• EEOC Mediation Process
  
• Investigating Charges
  
• Agency Investigation Process
  
• Responding to the Charge
  
• Charge Resolution

Training Exercise #8

4:30 pm: Adjourn

Day 3

8:00 am: Continental Breakfast

8:30 am: OVERVIEW OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND OFCCP COMPLIANCE
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

• Difference Between EEO and Affirmative Action
  
• Compliance Enforcement
  
• Federal Sources of AAP Guidance
  
• AAP Structure
  
• AAP Statistical Reports
  
  
  • Workforce Analysis/Organizational Profile
    
  • Job Group Analysis
    
  • Availability Reports
    
  • Comparing Incumbency to Availability
    
  • Goals
  
  
• Additional Required Elements of AAPs
  
• AAPs for Covered Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities

ENFORCING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COMPLIANCE

• Compliance Evaluations
  
• Analyzing Data
  
• The On-Site Visit
  
• Findings
  
• Enforcement and Sanctions

3:00 pm: Adjourn

There will be a 15-minute break in the morning and afternoon and lunch served between 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.

The preceding is a proposed agenda. EEAC reserves the right to update and revise the agenda based on changing laws, regulations, and issues.