EEO for Supervisors and Managers
September 22 - 23, 2008 Instructor: Frances Williams Las Vegas, NV $625 February 26 - 27, 2009 Honolulu, HI $595 March 5 - 6, 2009 Instructor: Haywood Perry Washington, DC $595 April 27 - 28, 2009 Instructor: Norma Warner Denver, CO $595 May 26 - 27, 2009 New York, NY $595 June 2 - 3, 2009 Instructor: Gay Chase Portland, OR $595 June 18 - 19, 2009 Instructor: Veroneca Burgess San Diego, CA $595 July 13 - 14, 2009 Instructor: Gay Chase St. Louis, MO $595 July 16 - 17, 2009 Instructor: Calvin Smith Seattle, WA $595 August 20 - 21, 2009 Atlanta, GA $595 September 8 - 9, 2009 Instructor: Haywood Perry Washington, DC $595 September 21 - 22, 2009 Instructor: Calvin Smith Las Vegas, NV $595
Overview:
Enhance your role as a supervisor of federal employees and learn about your Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) responsibilities. Learn the basic obligations and opportunities of supervisors and managers in maintaining a diverse workforce. You also learn the employer's obligations to the complainant and the accused during the processing of an EEO complaint; your rights and obligations in the EEO complaint process; and your role in affirmative employment planning.
Team leaders, supervisors and managers, and military personnel who supervise civilian employees.
Distance Education Option: Introduction to Federal EEO (EEOP7004N) . View Course Selection Guides .
Syllabus -- EEO for Supervisors and Managers, EEOP8101D, Grad. School, USDA
Day one of two
Introduction
Course objective
Agenda
Administrative Issues Managing Diversity
Individual barriers
Organizational barriers
U.S. values and values held by other cultures
Strategy for managing a multicultural workplace EEO Laws Regulations and Policies
The Equal Pay Act of 1963
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
The Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Act of 1974
29CFR 1607: UGESP of 1978
Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
Prohibited Personnel Practices
Merit System Principles
5CFT 7201: Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
29 CFR 1614: EEO in Federal Government Defining Protected Groups
Defining the classes covered by EEO laws
Four traditional classification schemes
Definitions for "Protected Groups"
Definition of "Handicapped Person"
Definition of "Religious Discrimination"
Definition of reprisal
Day two of two
Sexual Harassment
Defining of sex discrimination
Guidelines on Sexual Harassment
Implications and Review of Meritor v. Vinson
Identifying sexual harassment
Talking with the alleged harasser
Talking to witnesses
Personnel Behavior Checklist
EEO Case Study Legal Considerations
U.S. court system
Burden of proof defenses
Types of judicial relief EEO Responsibilities of Management
EEO responsibilities of supervisors and managers
Responsibilities in affirmative employment
Legal basis of affirmative action
Planning Ahead
Flexibilities in the Federal personnel system
Specific actions EEO Programs
How the Special Emphasis Program fits into the EEO Program
FPM chapter references
What is the Federal Women's Program
Hispanic Employment Program
Facts on the Selective Placement Program EEO Discrimination Complaints
The role of managers & supervisors in the complaint process
EEO complaint process
EEO procedures
Special procedures for grievances and appeals
Bases and issues alleged in formal complaints
EEO Case preparation in the federal sector Safeguarding Against Discrimination
Considerations
Labor Relations and EEO interface
Selection procedures
Vacancy announcements
Ten commandments of interviewing
Hints for supervising employees equitably
What's legal? Course Summary and Critique
