The #MeToo Movement by the Numbers
By Meghan Droste October 17, 2018 This year, I have logged thousands of miles traveling to various parts of the US and Japan to teach courses on several different topics. One area that I have covered in nearly every course is sexual harassment — what it is, when an...The Danger of a Bad Investigation
By Deborah Hopkins, October 19, 2018 Have you ever conducted an administrative investigation? Depending on the allegations at issue, even if you haven’t yet, you might one day find yourself in a Sherlock Holmes hat and cape, tasked with discovering the truth. You have...A Gritty Approach to Avoiding First Impression Hiring Mistakes
By Dan Gephart, October 17, 2018 Author J.K. Rowling wrote in one of those boy wizard books: “First impressions can work wonders.” Well, they didn’t work wonders for J.K. Her first Harry Potter book was rejected by 12 different publishers before it found a home and...FELTG Training is not Like Law School
By Deborah Hopkins, October 19, 2018 If you’re like me, you don’t have the fondest memories of law school. Sure, there were classes I enjoyed and professors who challenged me (in a good way), but there were a lot of things I didn’t enjoy. I think I started my...Scheduling the Oral Response Meeting
By William Wiley, October 17, 2018 As we all know, once the supervisor serves the notice of proposed removal on the mischievous employee, the employee has the right to make an oral response and defend himself to the deciding official. About 10 years ago, we started...Upcoming Events
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Course Description An increase in reasonable accommodations requests based on religion and disability. Pandemic-related civil rights crises. Increased discussion of diversity and inclusion. Way too many harassment complaints. Talk of changes to the EEO process.[...]