IS-16 Supervisors' Guide to Equal Employment Opportunity
Course Overview
This course provides information and instruction for FEMA managers and supervisors to assist them in developing and maintaining a non-discriminatory work environment. The many actions and decisions supervisors and managers make in the charged disaster environment of the Joint Field Office (JFO) and Disaster Recovery Office (DRC) may impact the equal rights and opportunities of all employees. The FEMA Supervisors’ Guide to Equal Employment Opportunitywas developed to help FEMA managers and supervisors understand their Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) responsibilities. The course also helps them confidently handle equal rights concerns and potential discrimination issues in an effective and timely manner.
Designed as an independent study course, this self-paced approach will enable the supervisor and manager to:
- Describe the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws that protect Federal employees from discrimination.
- Identify managers’ and supervisors’ responsibilities in preventing and dealing with discrimination and harassment.
- Describe the role and responsibilities of the Office of Equal Rights and Equal Rights Officers (ERO) in the Joint Field Office.
- Describe the appropriate action managers and supervisors should take to handle EEO situations as presented in a series of field-specific case studies.
Primary Audience
Prerequisites
N/A.
