Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Law
April 21 - 22, 2008 (8:00am - 5:00pm)
June 22 - 23, 2008 (8:00am - 5:00pm)
Course Description
“Equal employment opportunity is the law” is the opening line of the EEOC poster in every workplace in the United States. Exactly what that means is explored in depth with a focus on legal understanding and real world applications. Affirmative Action is an important but much misunderstood area of EEO law. This course covers the AA regulations, dispels misconceptions, and provides legal and practical foundation for AA implementation.
There are a number of EEO-related laws and a complex legal system. The student will understand each of the laws and the courts and administrative agencies which enforce them.
However, EEO and HR practitioners do not work in the courts. The laws and legal system create parameters which apply to the workplace. The purpose of the course is to understand how the laws affect organizations and people in the day-to-day employment situation and how to use this knowledge of the law to operate within your organization to enhance EEO, identify and address issues of discrimination, and prevent organizational and personal liability. The course provides the theoretical and technical legal framework, and then fills it with real life scenarios, practical information, and hands-on techniques which can be applied in the actual workplace.