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Instructor

Barbara Haga

Course Description

Absence due to illness has changed the landscape in dealing with federal workplace issues.  Problems arise when employees are absent – let alone the huge amounts of leave entitlements tied to family member medical conditions.

Administering sick leave can be complicated, and proper documentation is critical.  The Family & Medical Leave Act adds an additional layer of complexity to these illness-related absences.  When can you require medical examinations? When can you take action on excessive absences?

If you need more information on absence related to illness so you are able to answer those tough questions on sick leave and FMLA – or if you want to ensure that the adverse action case you assemble will withstand the scrutiny of the MSPB – then this webinar series is custom-made for you.

Join instructor Barbara Haga for any or all of the sessions as she guides you through these thorny issues.

• Session 1 – Sick Leave (4/13)
  • Earning and accumulation
  • Authorized uses of sick leave
  • Family care sick leave – documentation and limits
  • Advance sick leave
• Session 2 – Sick Leave II  (4/27)
  • Notice requirements
  • Definition of “serious health condition”
  • Substitution of paid leave for FMLA LWOP
  • Medical certification – what is required and what needs to be in it
  • Sick leave abuse
  • Medical examinations
  • Taking action on sick leave-related absences
• Session 3 – FMLA (6/1)
  • Basic entitlement
  • Notice requirements
  • FMLA Medical certification requirements
  • Discipline and FMLA – excessive absence, falsified information, failure to comply with notice requirements, last chance agreements

You’ll have the chance to ask your questions, and get them answered in real time, during each of these 90-minute sessions.  Register your site today.

Price

$270 per webinar per site. Register for all three by 4/8 for only $780.

Add a teleworker for only $25 in addition to a main site registration. Contingent on available space.

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Instructor

Deborah Hopkins

Course Description

The law requires federal agencies to engage in the interactive process when assessing reasonable accommodations for employees who have disabilities. In 2017, telework, leave and modified work schedules are among the most commonly requested – and most effective – accommodations for individuals who have physical and mental disabilities. But telework is often requested in cases where the “convenience” of working from home is called in to question. What should you do in those situations?

Join FELTG Executive Director and Attorney at Law Deborah Hopkins for a discussion on this timely topic during the 90-minute webinar Telework and Leave as Reasonable Accommodation. Ms Hopkins will start with a quick review of the law, and will detail the required three-step process for agencies to be compliant when dealing with reasonable accommodation requests.

From there, she’ll discuss:

• What to do if telework would be an effective accommodation – but something else would work too
• Why accommodations are always the agency’s choice
• Alternative approaches to providing telework, leave and modified work schedules as accommodation
• The undue hardship analysis
• What the EEOC says about accommodating an employee’s commute

Oftentimes the best way to learn is by looking at real-life case studies, so the session will include a discussion on recent federal cases – won and lost – involving telework and reasonable accommodation. Because of the cost incurred when handling a reasonable accommodation complaint, your agency EEO staff, reasonable accommodation coordinators, disability coordinators, HR staff and supervisors truly cannot afford to miss this event.

Price

$270 per site

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Instructors: Deborah Hopkins, Katherine Atkinson, Rock Rockenbach

Course Description

Meet your mandatory EEO Counselor and Investigator refresher training with FELTG this summer. Each 90-minute session provides 1.5 hours toward the annual refresher requirement mandated by EEOC. Register for the entire series and receive a bonus supplement of materials on interviewing skills, to complete the hours of content mandated by EEOC to fulfill the entire 8-hour refresher requirement. Series attendees will receive a certificate of completion at the conclusion of the series.

Sessions

Wednesday, June 28: EEO Complaints in 2017: What Counselors and Investigators Need to Know

Wednesday, July 12: Understanding Current Issues: Reasonable Accommodation Trends in 2017

Wednesday, July 26: The Latest on Sexual Orientation and Gender Discrimination in the Federal Government

Wednesday, August 9: Updates on Discrimination: Recent Cases about Race, Color, Religion and National Origin

Wednesday, August 23: Practical Skills for Counselors and Investigators: Interviewing Complainants and Witnesses

Price

$270 per session. Register for all five by June 23 and pay only $1180!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $25 per person, per session, on a space available basis.

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Instructors: Deborah Hopkins, Katherine Atkinson, Rock Rockenbach

Course Description

Meet your mandatory EEO Counselor and Investigator refresher training with FELTG this summer. Each 90-minute session provides 1.5 hours toward the annual refresher requirement mandated by EEOC. Register for the entire series and receive a bonus supplement of materials on interviewing skills, to complete the hours of content mandated by EEOC to fulfill the entire 8-hour refresher requirement. Series attendees will receive a certificate of completion at the conclusion of the series.

Sessions

Wednesday, June 28: EEO Complaints in 2017: What Counselors and Investigators Need to Know

Wednesday, July 12: Understanding Current Issues: Reasonable Accommodation Trends in 2017

Wednesday, July 26: The Latest on Sexual Orientation and Gender Discrimination in the Federal Government

Wednesday, August 9: Updates on Discrimination: Recent Cases about Race, Color, Religion and National Origin

Wednesday, August 23: Practical Skills for Counselors and Investigators: Interviewing Complainants and Witnesses

Price

$270 per session. Register for all five by June 23 and pay only $1180!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $25 per person, per session, on a space available basis.

Download Registration Form

Instructors: Deborah Hopkins, Katherine Atkinson, Rock Rockenbach

Course Description

Meet your mandatory EEO Counselor and Investigator refresher training with FELTG this summer. Each 90-minute session provides 1.5 hours toward the annual refresher requirement mandated by EEOC. Register for the entire series and receive a bonus supplement of materials on interviewing skills, to complete the hours of content mandated by EEOC to fulfill the entire 8-hour refresher requirement. Series attendees will receive a certificate of completion at the conclusion of the series.

Sessions

Wednesday, June 28: EEO Complaints in 2017: What Counselors and Investigators Need to Know

Wednesday, July 12: Understanding Current Issues: Reasonable Accommodation Trends in 2017

Wednesday, July 26: The Latest on Sexual Orientation and Gender Discrimination in the Federal Government

Wednesday, August 9: Updates on Discrimination: Recent Cases about Race, Color, Religion and National Origin

Wednesday, August 23: Practical Skills for Counselors and Investigators: Interviewing Complainants and Witnesses

Price

$270 per session. Register for all five by June 23 and pay only $1180!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $25 per person, per session, on a space available basis.

Download Registration Form

Instructors: Deborah Hopkins, Katherine Atkinson, Rock Rockenbach

Course Description

Meet your mandatory EEO Counselor and Investigator refresher training with FELTG this summer. Each 90-minute session provides 1.5 hours toward the annual refresher requirement mandated by EEOC. Register for the entire series and receive a bonus supplement of materials on interviewing skills, to complete the hours of content mandated by EEOC to fulfill the entire 8-hour refresher requirement. Series attendees will receive a certificate of completion at the conclusion of the series.

Sessions

Wednesday, June 28: EEO Complaints in 2017: What Counselors and Investigators Need to Know

Wednesday, July 12: Understanding Current Issues: Reasonable Accommodation Trends in 2017

Wednesday, July 26: The Latest on Sexual Orientation and Gender Discrimination in the Federal Government

Wednesday, August 9: Updates on Discrimination: Recent Cases about Race, Color, Religion and National Origin

Wednesday, August 23: Practical Skills for Counselors and Investigators: Interviewing Complainants and Witnesses

Price

$270 per session. Register for all five by June 23 and pay only $1180!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $25 per person, per session, on a space available basis.

Download Registration Form

Instructors: Deborah Hopkins, Katherine Atkinson, Rock Rockenbach

Course Description

Meet your mandatory EEO Counselor and Investigator refresher training with FELTG this summer. Each 90-minute session provides 1.5 hours toward the annual refresher requirement mandated by EEOC. Register for the entire series and receive a bonus supplement of materials on interviewing skills, to complete the hours of content mandated by EEOC to fulfill the entire 8-hour refresher requirement. Series attendees will receive a certificate of completion at the conclusion of the series.

Sessions

Wednesday, June 28: EEO Complaints in 2017: What Counselors and Investigators Need to Know

Wednesday, July 12: Understanding Current Issues: Reasonable Accommodation Trends in 2017

Wednesday, July 26: The Latest on Sexual Orientation and Gender Discrimination in the Federal Government

Wednesday, August 9: Updates on Discrimination: Recent Cases about Race, Color, Religion and National Origin

Wednesday, August 23: Practical Skills for Counselors and Investigators: Interviewing Complainants and Witnesses

Price

$270 per session. Register for all five by June 23 and pay only $1180!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $25 per person, per session, on a space available basis.

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Instructors

Deborah Hopkins, Shana Palmieri

Course Description

We see it every single week – a disgruntled employee, customer, or someone who is upset with an employee goes in to a workplace with a weapon, and kills innocent people. What should you do if someone threatens violence in your federal agency? How can you best prepare yourself to protect the lives of those around you? Are there risk factors that might give you an indication of when someone will become violent?

This topic is too important to ignore, so join FELTG for the webinar Handling Violence and Threats of Violence in the Federal Workplace. This program will be instructed by Deborah Hopkins, FELTG Executive Director, and Shana Palmieri, FELTG instructor and LCSW who specialized in mental health and who handled the aftermath of the Navy Yard shooting in 2013.

The session will begin with an overview of the legal issues that agencies encounter when dealing with an employee whose behavior poses a risk to workplace safety. From there the conversation will shift to:

• Warning signs that violence may be imminent, and dynamic risk and protective factors for workplace targeted violence
• How the ADA and the “direct threat” analysis interplay with circumstances to mandate an internal threat assessment investigation
• Equipping Threat Management Teams to respond to threats or violent acts
• Understanding the behavioral health issues that contribute to violent behavior – and those that don’t
• Domestic or intimate partner violence and the federal workplace

The webinar will also include time for Q & A on these topics. This is a session you truly can’t afford to miss, so register your site today.

Price

$270 per site

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $25 each, on a space-available basis.

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Instructor

Barbara Haga

Course Description

Not every leave request falls into a major category such as annual leave, sick leave or FMLA. What happens when someone wants to use leave for jury duty, or to attend the funeral of a friend? What about the new leave categories like investigative and notice leave, introduced in last year’s Administrative Leave Act?

Join FELTG instructor Barbara Haga as she discusses the various types of paid leave and excused time off that are often looked at as secondary to annual and sick leave and FMLA, but which can be problematic if not administered correctly.

This session will tackle discussions on several less-common types of leave – Leave Without Pay, Leave Transfer, Disabled Veteran Leave, and Court and Military Leave.  Additionally, Ms Haga will cover excused absences and administrative leave and will detail the new requirements imposed by the Administrative Leave Act of 2016. You won’t want to miss this important information!

Price

$270 per webinar per site.

Add a teleworker for only $25 in addition to a main site registration. Contingent on available space.

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Instructors

William Wiley, Deborah Hopkins

Course Description

Reprisal is a term that gets used a lot, but did you know that it has different definitions in different cases? If you join FELTG President William Wiley and FELTG Executive Director Deborah Hopkins during this 90-minute webinar to find out exactly where the differences lie, you just might save your agency from losing a reprisal case.

During this interactive discussion, the instructors will explain the legal background on the various forms of reprisal and why it’s such an important area of focus in federal employee statutory protection. From there, they’ll talk about:

• Whistleblower reprisal: the standards, burden of proof, and actions that constitute reprisal
• The many forms of EEO reprisal and why it’s the most common category in discrimination findings
• Reprisal for union activity, including what type of activity falls outside the bounds of coverage
• What is legal and not legal when considering someone’s veteran status in making employment-related decisions
• The distinction between reprisal and retaliation

This is an event you won’t want to miss, whether you’re an attorney, LER specialist, EEO specialist, union official or supervisor. We hope you’ll join us.

Price

$270 per site

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $25 each, on a space-available basis.

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Instructors

William Wiley, Deborah Hopkins

Course Description

It’s that time again!

Twice a year we update you with what’s new from the MSPB, EEOC and FLRA. Join FELTG attorneys William Wiley and Deborah Hopkins as they combine forces for a fast-paced discussion on the most surprising, significant and groundbreaking recent decisions and trends from the MSPB, EEOC and FLRA. If you’ve attended a past edition, you know this is not your standard [“boring”] case law update, but an editorial discussion that not only informs you about current cases, but explains how they impact your daily work whether you’re a lawyer, or an HR, ER, LR or EEO practitioner.

Bill and Deb will share where we’ve been and where we’re headed with the trends and regulations that influence your workplace and the way issues are litigated in your agency or union. Plus, ask your questions and get answers in real time.

We’d love to tell you now about the cases and regulations that will be discussed, but that’s entirely up to the MSPB, EEOC and FLRA. Stay tuned!

Price

$270 per site

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $25 each, on a space-available basis.

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Instructors

Deborah Hopkins, Katherine Atkinson

Course Description

Over the past few weeks, countless people have come forward to share that they have been the victims of sexual harassment in the workplace. In fact, in just three weeks the #MeToo hashtag has been used over six million times to signify support for to survivors of sexual assault, exploitation, and harassment – and to take a stand that this is not acceptable behavior.

As part of the #MeToo movement, we’ve also seen a number of stories about sexual harassment, assault, and abuse of federal employees. It’s topic a we can’t, and shouldn’t, ignore, so FELTG presents a special discussion on November 16 to explain – in clear terms – the law on sexual harassment in federal agencies. In addition, we’ll cover the following topics:

• Why many victims don’t come forward, until one person does
• Hostile Work Environment and Tangible Employment Action claims
• Time limits for filing sexual harassment claims
• Discipline for coworkers and supervisors who engage in sexual harassment
• Agency defenses and liability in sexual harassment claims
• Corrective action – what will stop harassment from continuing?

This is an event you won’t want to miss, whether you’re an attorney, LER specialist, EEO specialist, union official, supervisor, or federal employee. We hope you’ll join us.

Price

$225 per site

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $25 each, on a space-available basis.

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Instructors

Katherine Atkinson

Course Description

Under the Theory of Agency, when a federal employee suffers some type of harm at work, the agency is generally liable for the harm because the employee was at work when the tort occurred (you may be more familiar with the term “respondeat superior”).

What happens when the harm is not some type of workplace accident or third-party incident, but is committed by a supervisor or employee of the agency? In our world, under the Theory of Agency, a federal supervisor or employee who commits a harm during the course of conducting the government’s business is sheltered from personal lawsuit by the victim of the harm. But can the employee who commits the harm ever be sued personally? Is this different in MSPB and EEO cases?

Join FELTG for a 90-minute discussion on personal liability to get that answer and more. During this session we will discuss:

• The three areas of liability: torts, crimes, and administrative sanctions
• Actions committed inside vs. outside the scope of employment
• Whether federal supervisors need liability insurance
• Considerations and strategies for when the Office of Special Counsel gets involved
• Damages and remedies available to prevailing parties in EEOC cases

You’ll also get to ask questions – and get immediate answers – during this live event, so register your site today.

Price

$270 per site

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $25 each, on a space-available basis.

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Instructor

Anthony Marchese

Course Description

The law is clear about what must be done with employees who have performance or conduct issues, but it gives zero guidance about how to handle employees whose personalities make then difficult to work with. Whether you’re a supervisor, an HR or EEO professional, or an attorney, you know how challenging it can be to handle unique personality types and still get your job done.

Good news: FELTG is here to help. Join instructor Anthony Marchese, PhD, on December 14 for a 90-minute webinar on how best to communicate with – and tolerate – difficult employees in the federal workplace. During this session he will discuss:

• How to give clear and actionable feedback that helps employees become aware of their problems – and even get better
• The Triple-D method for holding conversations with difficult employees
• A breakdown of difficult personality types (such as The Martyr, The Comedian, and The Tester), and the best approaches to effectively deal with each
• How to increase your impact through structured communication, word selection and social styles
• How to manage multiple generations in the workplace, with a special emphasis on understanding millennials

You’ll also get to ask questions – and get answers in real-time – during this live event, so register your site today.

Price

$270 per site

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $25 each, on a space-available basis.

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Instructor

William Wiley

Course Description

Every federal advisor and supervisor has to deal with discipline on some level – but have you ever considered using discipline alternatives in cases of employee misconduct?

Discipline alternatives are options that carry the weight of progressive discipline but look a little different than the reprimands, suspensions, demotions and removals you’re accustomed to seeing in the federal government. Join FELTG president Bill Wiley as he shares his experiences using these lesser-known tools in misconduct cases.

After explaining the the legal requirements that form the foundation of disciplinary actions, he will cover alternatives to adverse actions, including:

• Reprimands in lieu of suspensions
• Last chance agreements
• Leave bank donations, community service and other alternatives
• Legally talking an employee into quitting
• Avoiding a grievance, EEO complaint or MSPB appeal

You won’t want to miss this session, so register your site today.

Price

$270 per site

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $25 each, on a space-available basis.

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Instructor

Meghan Droste

Course Description

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If you’re a federal EEO practitioner, chances are you’ve had a case where an employee alleges that she was not selected or promoted because of something other than job qualifications – race, sex, age, disability, or another protected class. These cases may be common, but that doesn’t mean they’re routine and they can present agency reps with major challenges: from properly defining the claim, to collecting the right information during the investigation, to presenting evidence at the hearing or in a motion for summary judgment.

On February 1, join FELTG instructor and attorney at law Meghan Droste, who has years of experience litigating selection and promotion cases, as she guides you through the important considerations necessary to defend your selections and promotions. Ms Droste will begin by covering the basic principles of selection cases, and will take you through all the important categories of selection criteria.

She’ll also discuss:

•      Selection panels
•      Selection records
•      How to defend selection cases before the EEOC or an arbitrator

Don’t miss out on this special event. Register your site today.

Price

$270 per site

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $25 each, pending space availability.

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Instructors

Deborah Hopkins, Shana Palmieri

Course Description

FELTG proudly presents this four-part series on dealing with behavioral health issues in the federal workplace. Join us for one session, or register for them all.

Session 1: Handling Behavioral Health: Legal Considerations and Clinical Overview (February 8)

• Legal considerations for managing employees with a behavioral health disability
  • Disability Accommodation
  • The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
  • Americans with Disabilities Act
• Overview of Behavioral Health Conditions & Symptoms
• Effective Accommodations for Behavioral Health Conditions
• Effective Communication and Supervision/Management Strategies for Employees with Behavioral Health Conditions

Session 2: Successful Management and Supervision of Employees with PTSD (February 22)

• An in-depth understanding of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptoms, Causes, and Prevalence
• Overview of how symptoms of how PTSD symptoms impact performance in the workplace
• Learn Effective Management and Supervision strategies to support employees in the workplace
• Learn how to effectively assist an employee in the workplace having a crisis due to PTSD symptoms

Session 3: Managing Employees with Substance Use Disorders (March 8)

• Overview of substance use disorders, causes and prevalence
• Legal considers in the workplace for employees with substance abuse disorders
  • What is protected and what is reason for termination
• How to handle intoxication in the workplace
• How to handle employees positive for cannabis (marijuana) on their drug test
• Learn how to effectively manage and support employees recovering from substance use disorders in the workplace

Session 4: Handling a Psychiatric Crisis in the Workplace (March 22)

• Overview of behavioral health symptoms that may present as a crisis in the workplace
• Suicidal Ideation and how to handle in the workplace
• Steps to take in the workplace with an employee experiencing a psychiatric crisis

   Price

• $220 per site, per session.
• Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $25 each teleworker, each webinar, on a space-available basis.
• Special series discounts available through Feb. 3. See registration form for details.

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Instructors

Deborah Hopkins, Shana Palmieri

Course Description

FELTG proudly presents this four-part series on dealing with behavioral health issues in the federal workplace. Join us for one session, or register for them all.

Session 1: Handling Behavioral Health: Legal Considerations and Clinical Overview (February 8)

• Legal considerations for managing employees with a behavioral health disability
  • Disability Accommodation
  • The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
  • Americans with Disabilities Act
• Overview of Behavioral Health Conditions & Symptoms
• Effective Accommodations for Behavioral Health Conditions
• Effective Communication and Supervision/Management Strategies for Employees with Behavioral Health Conditions

Session 2: Successful Management and Supervision of Employees with PTSD (February 22)

• An in-depth understanding of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptoms, Causes, and Prevalence
• Overview of how symptoms of how PTSD symptoms impact performance in the workplace
• Learn Effective Management and Supervision strategies to support employees in the workplace
• Learn how to effectively assist an employee in the workplace having a crisis due to PTSD symptoms

Session 3: Managing Employees with Substance Use Disorders (March 8)

• Overview of substance use disorders, causes and prevalence
• Legal considers in the workplace for employees with substance abuse disorders
  • What is protected and what is reason for termination
• How to handle intoxication in the workplace
• How to handle employees positive for cannabis (marijuana) on their drug test
• Learn how to effectively manage and support employees recovering from substance use disorders in the workplace

Session 4: Handling a Psychiatric Crisis in the Workplace (March 22)

• Overview of behavioral health symptoms that may present as a crisis in the workplace
• Suicidal Ideation and how to handle in the workplace
• Steps to take in the workplace with an employee experiencing a psychiatric crisis

   Price

• $220 per site, per session.
• Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $25 each teleworker, each webinar, on a space-available basis.
• Special series discounts available through Feb. 3. See registration form for details.

Download Registration Form

Instructors

Deborah Hopkins, Shana Palmieri

Course Description

FELTG proudly presents this four-part series on dealing with behavioral health issues in the federal workplace. Join us for one session, or register for them all.

Session 1: Handling Behavioral Health: Legal Considerations and Clinical Overview (February 8)

• Legal considerations for managing employees with a behavioral health disability
  • Disability Accommodation
  • The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
  • Americans with Disabilities Act
• Overview of Behavioral Health Conditions & Symptoms
• Effective Accommodations for Behavioral Health Conditions
• Effective Communication and Supervision/Management Strategies for Employees with Behavioral Health Conditions

Session 2: Successful Management and Supervision of Employees with PTSD (February 22)

• An in-depth understanding of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptoms, Causes, and Prevalence
• Overview of how symptoms of how PTSD symptoms impact performance in the workplace
• Learn Effective Management and Supervision strategies to support employees in the workplace
• Learn how to effectively assist an employee in the workplace having a crisis due to PTSD symptoms

Session 3: Managing Employees with Substance Use Disorders (March 8)

• Overview of substance use disorders, causes and prevalence
• Legal considers in the workplace for employees with substance abuse disorders
  • What is protected and what is reason for termination
• How to handle intoxication in the workplace
• How to handle employees positive for cannabis (marijuana) on their drug test
• Learn how to effectively manage and support employees recovering from substance use disorders in the workplace

Session 4: Handling a Psychiatric Crisis in the Workplace (March 22)

• Overview of behavioral health symptoms that may present as a crisis in the workplace
• Suicidal Ideation and how to handle in the workplace
• Steps to take in the workplace with an employee experiencing a psychiatric crisis

   Price

• $220 per site, per session.
• Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $25 each teleworker, each webinar, on a space-available basis.
• Special series discounts available through Feb. 3. See registration form for details.

Download Registration Form

Instructors

Deborah Hopkins, Shana Palmieri

Course Description

FELTG proudly presents this four-part series on dealing with behavioral health issues in the federal workplace. Join us for one session, or register for them all.

Session 1: Handling Behavioral Health: Legal Considerations and Clinical Overview (February 8)

• Legal considerations for managing employees with a behavioral health disability
  • Disability Accommodation
  • The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
  • Americans with Disabilities Act
• Overview of Behavioral Health Conditions & Symptoms
• Effective Accommodations for Behavioral Health Conditions
• Effective Communication and Supervision/Management Strategies for Employees with Behavioral Health Conditions

Session 2: Successful Management and Supervision of Employees with PTSD (February 22)

• An in-depth understanding of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptoms, Causes, and Prevalence
• Overview of how symptoms of how PTSD symptoms impact performance in the workplace
• Learn Effective Management and Supervision strategies to support employees in the workplace
• Learn how to effectively assist an employee in the workplace having a crisis due to PTSD symptoms

Session 3: Managing Employees with Substance Use Disorders (March 8)

• Overview of substance use disorders, causes and prevalence
• Legal considers in the workplace for employees with substance abuse disorders
  • What is protected and what is reason for termination
• How to handle intoxication in the workplace
• How to handle employees positive for cannabis (marijuana) on their drug test
• Learn how to effectively manage and support employees recovering from substance use disorders in the workplace

Session 4: Handling a Psychiatric Crisis in the Workplace (March 22)

• Overview of behavioral health symptoms that may present as a crisis in the workplace
• Suicidal Ideation and how to handle in the workplace
• Steps to take in the workplace with an employee experiencing a psychiatric crisis

   Price

• $220 per site, per session.
• Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $25 each teleworker, each webinar, on a space-available basis.
• Special series discounts available through Feb. 3. See registration form for details.

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You’ve probably noticed that the #MeToo movement is as strong as ever. There are all kinds of comments, from all kinds of people, about the need for training on this important topic, but there hasn’t been much action.

As we like to do at FELTG, we’re doing something about it by addressing the issue of sexual harassment in the federal government head-on. Join us in Washington, DC, March 26 for a half-day seminar Sexual Harassment as Misconduct: Defending Your Agency while Protecting Your Employees. In this program, we’ll discuss the foundational law and how sexual harassment cases come to be, but our emphasis will be on STOPPING it from happening by addressing the misconduct before it becomes a problem. Case examples will show you the best ways to handle inappropriate sexual conduct from employees and supervisors – and things to avoid. We hope you’ll be able to attend this important discussion.

The program runs from 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. and is targeted to supervisors, managers, and advisers.

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Instructor

Deborah Hopkins

Agenda:

• 9:30 – 10:30 – Statutory basis; differentiating tangible employment actions
• 10:40 – 11:50 – Hostile work environment cases; unwelcome conduct; severe or pervasive; agency liability; defenses
• 12:00 – 1:00 – Addressing the misconduct; proper and improper rules of behavior in the workplace; penalty determinations;disciplining for inappropriate sexual conduct; zero tolerance policies

Pricing

• $295 per participant. Group discounts for 5 or more attendees available.

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Instructors

William Wiley, Deborah Hopkins

Course Description

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It’s that time again!

Twice a year we update you with what’s new from the MSPB, EEOC and FLRA. Join FELTG attorneys William Wiley and Deborah Hopkins as they combine forces for a fast-paced discussion on the most surprising, significant and groundbreaking recent decisions and trends from the MSPB, EEOC and FLRA. If you’ve attended a past edition, you know this is not your standard [“boring”] case law update, but an editorial discussion that not only informs you about current cases, but explains how they impact your daily work whether you’re a lawyer, or an HR, ER, LR or EEO practitioner.

Bill and Deb will share where we’ve been and where we’re headed with the trends and regulations that influence your workplace and the way issues are litigated in your agency or union. Plus, ask your questions and get answers in real time.

We’d love to tell you now about the cases and regulations that will be discussed, but that’s entirely up to the MSPB, EEOC and FLRA. Stay tuned!

Price

$270 per site

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $25 each, on a space-available basis.

Download Registration Form

Instructor

Deborah Hopkins

Course Description

 1.5

You’ve probably noticed that the #MeToo movement is as strong as ever. There are all kinds of comments, from all kinds of people, about the need for training on this important topic, but there hasn’t been much action.

At FELTG, we’re doing something about it by addressing the issue of sexual harassment in the federal government as MISCONDUCT, not just as an EEO issue.

Join us for the webinar Sexual Harassment as Misconduct: Defending Your Agency while Protecting Your Employees. In this program, we’ll discuss the foundational law and how sexual harassment cases come to be, but our emphasis will be on STOPPING it from happening by addressing the misconduct before it becomes a problem. Case examples will show you the best ways to handle inappropriate sexual conduct from employees and supervisors – and things to avoid. We hope you’ll be able to attend this important discussion.

Price

$270 per site

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $25 each, if space is available.

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Instructor

Katherine Atkinson

Course Description

 1.5

If a contractor files an EEO complaint against your agency, is your agency liable? Don’t say “No” quite so quickly. The federal-sector EEO process is not exclusively limited to civil service employees; in certain cases contractors under agency supervision can file EEO complaints if the agency is determined to be a “joint employer.”

Join FELTG instructor Katherine Atkinson as she takes you through the steps you need to determine whether your agency passes the joint employer test. After covering the substantive law, she’ll discuss:

• The Ma v. HHS case and the resulting Ma factors
• How the Ma test should be applied in your agency
• Roles and responsibilities of agency personnel when contractors start the EEO process
• Defenses to the “joint employer” allegation
• Common questions and answers that arise from agencies dealing with contractors

This webinar will include time for your Q & A, so make plans to join us!

Price

$270 per site.

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $25 each, on a space-available basis.