Hesitant to take adverse action toward employees who have a disability or a medical issue because you are fearful of triggering discrimination claims? Don’t be. If warranted, you can discipline those employees for misconduct and take action for performance problems. Make decisions based on case law and leave your reluctance behind. Avoid costly and embarrassing EEO complaints when you know the proper action to take in these emotionally c...

Learn valuable lessons from the other side’s attorney! What mistakes is your agency making when faced with an employee’s accommodation request? Discover all the legal pitfalls in the reasonable accommodation process – directly from a private practice attorney who has successfully represented government employees and labor unions in their disability discrimination claims. Kaplan has seen firsthand where agencies go wrong when...

Back by popular demand! The Merit Systems Protection Board has long held that your agency does not have to tolerate unauthorized absences or even authorized extended absences if they impact the efficiency of the service. But you do have to handle these situations just the right way so your actions aren’t overturned. Join renowned HR and employee leave expert Marilyn Mattingly for 90 minutes of expert insight on how to properly charge dis...

Get current on how the Supreme Court’s June decision changes the reprisal analysis! Retaliation is the most frequently alleged basis in federal-sector EEO complaints, but how do you know if an action can be considered retaliatory? How do you defend your agency against a claim? Widely respected EEO authority Joel Kravetz will explain new developments in retaliation law, including the Supreme Court’s recent decision that changes the...

Meets most agencies’ USERRA training requirements! Long deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan have kept our service members away from their homes, families and jobs for extended periods. With so many veterans now returning to the workforce, your agency needs to understand their rights under USERRA and your obligations to serve them. How long can a veteran be gone? When must veterans return to work after military service? What about disqual...

Your agency’s charge to hire more individuals with disabilities continues … and the number of employees who are disclosing that they have psychiatric disabilities continues to rise. Get the knowledge and tools to confidently hire, accommodate, and manage these employees during the entire employment cycle – from determining who falls within the protections of the Rehabilitation Act to fully integrating the employee into the w...

When it comes to requesting and properly handling employees’ medical information, tricky Rehabilitation Act rules can trip up new and veteran federal managers. And the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act adds even more legal limitations. Gain a clear understanding of all your requirements from NRC attorney Mark Maxin. He’ll start with a brief overview of disability law and GINA, covering the big picture issues of when you can...

Social media has blurred the distinction between work life and personal life, between appropriate and inappropriate. An employee is bullying a co-worker online. A government client tries to friend you on Facebook. An employee blogs in support of a political candidate. What, if anything, can you do? Get sound guidance from attorney Robin Wink on how to handle situations like these that are becoming more common in the federal workplace every day...

As an MSPB administrative judge, Samuel Vitaro decided a multitude of disputes involving sexual harassment, sex discrimination and reprisal. With the EEOC now focusing special attention on the less familiar areas of the law, here’s your chance to gain his experienced insights on addressing gender stereotyping, pay discrimination, pregnancy discrimination and more. You’ll get up to date on recent and unexpected developments that hav...

Union involvement in EEO meetings Contract provisions addressing reasonable accommodations Information requests for EEO settlement agreements Labor relations specialists who ignore EEO law, and those in EEO who discount labor relations, do so at their own peril. Disregard for how LR and EEO overlap can cause big problems for your agency, resulting in a lack of communication and misapplication of case law and regulations. On September 10, join...