This course equips participants with the tools necessary for recognizing and respecting workplace diversity, promoting a diverse and productive workplace, communicating effectively across cultures and managing bias. Course Length: 1 day
This module teaches participants the procedure for processing an EEO complaint, the acceptance or rejection of a complaint, types of discrimination and defenses, burdens of proof and evidence, approaches to EEO case analysis and regulations related to EEO. Course Length: 2 days
This course provides supervisors with an understanding of federal anti-discrimination laws, their roles and responsibilities in preventing discrimination, and techniques for creating a workplace that provides fair and equitable treatment in personnel actions. Course Length: 1 day
This course teaches participants the legal requirements for hiring and retaining employees with disabilities, methods for handling requests for reasonable accommodations, techniques for working with employees with different types of disabilities, and tools for managing the performance and conduct of employees with disabilities. Course Length: 1 day
This course equips participants with the tools and strategies necessary for effectively managing a diverse workforce while increasing productivity and reducing the volume of discrimination complaints. Course Length: 1 day
This course equips participants with knowledge of strategies for preparing a case for presentation before the Merit System Protection Board (MSPB), techniques for taking care of prehearing matters, approaches for presenting a case before the MSPB and methods for filing an appeal to an MSPB ruling. Course Length: 4 days
This course equips participants with strategies for initiating and processing requests for reasonable accommodation, techniques for evaluating accommodations and for denying accommodation for undue hardship, approaches for working with people with different types of disabilities, and knowledge of regulations and laws regarding reasonable accommodations. Course Length: 4 hours
This course teaches participants strategies for identifying and screening suitability issues and identifying intentional material falsification; techniques for handling objection/pass over requests, position risk and nexus considerations, debarment referrals, and merit fraud and tools for conducting basic suitability adjudication; determining jurisdiction; and creating proposed action, final decision letters and regulations regarding suitability. Course Length: 3 days
This course familiarizes participants with the basics of the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act); tools for identifying prohibited forms of employment discrimination; methods for filing EEO complaints; and rules, regulations and laws regarding discrimination. Course Length: 4 hours
