Management Programs

This highly interactive workshop provides EEO practitioners with the advanced skills needed to identify and address more complex issues in EEO law and procedure. Uniquely taught from the plaintiff's and defense perspectives, this is a practice-based course where you will simulate an actual EEO dispute from an internal complaint to a trial using a single case study.

Key Topics

• Preparing for depositions
• Retaliation: a hidden trap for the unwary employer
• Best practices in training managers to avoid retaliation
• Ethical problems in EEO Law
• An in-depth look at the affirmative defense in Faragher and Ellerth
• Effectively defending harassment cases (racial, gender, religion, national origin)
• Making the "hostile workplace" less hostile: key strategies and techniques
• Developing and delivering effective EEO training
• Conducting internal EEO audits
• Strategic EEO planning
• Developing and maintaining effective relationships with the EEOC and your state and local human rights commissions
• Trends in discrimination charges
• Class action lawsuits
• Using arbitration/mediation to avoid litigation
• The ever-increasing importance of electronic evidence
• Selecting, preparing, and effectively using expert witnesses

Special Features

This workshop builds on the skills taught in the "Law of EEO."

Who Will Benefit

Experienced EEO, AA, and HR managers and others who want an intensive, senior-level event that addresses the most important EEO developments impacting employers and their legal counsel

Prerequisite

The Law of EEO or at least seven years of experience in EEO law

Instructor

Lisa R. Lipman