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The June 13 webinar is sold out. Register for the encore presentation JUNE 27.

Instructors

William Wiley, Deborah Hopkins

Course Description

Unless you’ve just returned from a remote island with no connection to the rest of the world, you’ve probably heard about the new Executive Orders, issued May 25, that are purported to significantly change the civil service protections that have been in place for nearly four decades.

Some changes are small, but others radically alter the status quo. Now is the time for federal attorneys, HR and LER specialists, union reps, and federal supervisors, to tune in and see exactly what these changes will mean in your day-to-day life. Join FELTG President William Wiley and Executive Director Deborah Hopkins, attorneys at law, on June 13 for a 60-minute discussion about the most important takeaways from the new Executive Orders.

Topics include:

• Changes in the performance opportunity period timeline
• Modifications to Douglas, including comparator penalties
• The undoing of progressive discipline
• Restrictions on official time for union activity
• What rights – if any – unions have any more

You won’t want to miss this important session. Register your site today.

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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Instructor

William Wiley

Course Description

If you’ve attended a FELTG training or have read our newsletters, you know how important we believe word selection is in framing charges of employee misconduct. On June 14, FELTG President William Wiley, attorney at law, will conduct a 90-minute webinar discussing best practices for drafting disciplinary documents that will withstand even the harshest scrutiny by the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) or an arbitrator.

After the proper statutory foundation is laid, this program will cover:

• The four mandatory rules of charging
• The three styles of charging
• Charge specifications and label elements
• Why less is more in proposal and decision letters
• Specific words to use – and avoid – in drafting charging documents

Whether you’re new to drafting disciplinary documents, or you’ve been doing it for years, your work will be more efficient, professional, and defensible if you participate in this program. Register your site today!

Price

$270 per site

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Instructor

William Wiley, Deborah Hopkins

Course Description

Unless you’ve just returned from a remote island with no connection to the rest of the world, you’ve probably heard about the new Executive Orders, issued May 25, that are purported to significantly change the civil service protections that have been in place for nearly four decades.

Some changes are small, but others radically alter the status quo. Now is the time for federal attorneys, HR and LER specialists, union reps, and federal supervisors, to tune in and see exactly what these changes will mean in your day-to-day life. Join FELTG President William Wiley, attorney at law, on June 27 for a 60-minute discussion about the most important takeaways from the new Executive Orders.

Topics include:

• Changes in the performance opportunity period timeline
• Modifications to Douglas, including comparator penalties
• The undoing of progressive discipline
• Restrictions on official time for union activity
• What rights – if any – unions have any more

You won’t want to miss this important session. Register your site today.

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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Instructor

William Wiley

Course Description

Selecting a defensible penalty is crucial part of the disciplinary process. Adding to the challenge, in the past few years the MSPB has been all over the place regarding penalties for comparator employees. And because we are under a new administration – and are waiting for new Board Members to be announced – this topic is one causing concern and confusion throughout the federal employment law world.

FELTG President, attorney and noted author William Wiley is here to make sure you have the tools you need to select an appropriate penalty for employee misconduct. He’ll start this 90-minute session by discussing the most recent and relevant MSPB and Federal Circuit cases in penalty determination, providing information on getting “intent” penalties off of “non-intent” charges, and explaining the concept of “charging down and proving up.”

He’ll also cover:

• Establishing the maximum penalty
• Notice requirements
• Considerations if your agency uses a Table of Penalties
• How to defend your agency against the Terrible Trilogy and Fearsome Foursome
• The importance of the Douglas factors in penalty determination and how to make those Douglas factors sing

As always, this session is held live and gives you a chance to ask your questions, and get immediate answers. Attorneys and HR practitioners alike will want to make plans to attend. But space is limited, 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

OMB Directive M-17-22, the Comprehensive Plan for Reforming the Federal Government and Reducing the Federal Civilian Workforce, requires agencies to eliminate unnecessary barriers to addressing poor performance contained in agency policies.

That starts with your performance plans!

Join FELTG for a 90-minute webinar with instructor Barbara Haga, who will give you the tools you need to analyze your existing performance plans, and make modifications to help managers set measurable expectations of employee performance that will survive third-party review.

Topics covered include:

• How to make sure your standards meet the legal requirements of specific and clear, measurable, and attainable
• How to create standards for subjective critical elements
• How to eliminate unacceptable performance requirements that are not based on law/regulation (and that waste your valuable time!)

The session will include time for Q & A with a premier instructor in the field. Whether you’re in HR or are a supervisor who is looking to make your performance plans better, you’ll want to be sure to join us. Register today!

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

William Wiley

Course Description

You’ve probably heard about the new Executive Orders, issued May 25, that significantly changed the civil service protections that have been in place for nearly four decades. You’ve probably also heard about the federal court decision on August 24, issued by D.C. District Court Judge Ketanji Jackson, that declared several provisions of those Executive Orders to be invalid.

So, as of today, what exactly are agencies and unions required to do under these Executive Orders, and what are they no longer allowed to do? The times are changing so fast, it can be a real challenge to keep up with the world of federal employment and labor law. But don’t worry, FELTG is here to help. Join William Wiley, attorney at law, on September 17 for a 60-minute discussion about the most important takeaways from this 120+ page legal decision.

Topics include:

• What the court said about agencies imposing a 25 percent cap on the use of official time, and the status of taxpayer-funded union time
• Whether agencies are allowed to charge union to rent space and equipment
• Whether union employees are allowed to take performance ratings or removals before an arbitrator
• Whether the court agreed that 30-day PIPs can be imposed on all agency employees
• The brand-new, never-seen-before requirement for “flexibility” in bargaining
• And much more!

You won’t want to miss this session. Register your site today.

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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Instructor

William Wiley

Course Description

If you’ve been following the news lately, you’ve probably heard, “Fire the leakers” once or twice.

Listen up, folks: sometimes a “leaker” is an employee who engages in misconduct, and other times a “leaker” is a “whistleblower.” So when you hear that someone is firing “leakers,” keep in mind that there are good leakers and there are bad leakers, according to the law. Good leakers are whistleblowers who cannot be disciplined; bad leakers are civil servants who disclose information prohibited from disclosure by law and who can be fired. Do you know the difference? If not, you’d better learn quickly – and that’s what FELTG is here for.

Congress has provided whistleblowers with the highest level of protection from reprisal for disclosures of waste, fraud or abuse in the government. Join FELTG President William Wiley in September for a 90-minute webinar on this topic. After providing the statutory basis and explaining the civil service protections of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, he will discuss:

• The categories of protected disclosures
• How to handle disclosures that turn out to be false
• The appropriate avenues of protected disclosure
• What constitutes whistleblower reprisal – and how to avoid it
• How to know when you can discipline a leaker
• Evidence needed to discipline a whistleblower for misconduct unrelated to whistleblowing

You won’t want to miss this important session – and we’ll take all the questions you have on the topic. 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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Instructors

William Wiley, Deborah Hopkins

Course Description

 1

It’s that time of year again! And boy, do we have some new material, with the new executive orders on accountability and labor relations, plus several much-anticipated FLRA decisions bringing clarity to questions we’ve had for years.

Twice a year we update you with what’s new from the MSPB, EEOC and FLRA, and this one looks to be better than ever.

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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Instructor

Barbara Haga

Course Description

When we think about technology-related misconduct in the federal workplace, many of us think of the federal employee watching porn on his government computer. And there are certainly a number of cases involving pornography in the workplace. But federal employees have found many more ways to get in trouble with workplace technology, whether it’s running businesses from work, encouraging donations to political candidates using government computers, or simply wasting time on the Internet. And then there are teleworkers, who have their own unique tech issues.

In this 90-minute webinar, Barbara Haga will review relevant MSPB decisions on these topics, and discuss material on the defenses that employees have raised. She will identify the issues that should be addressed in technology policies, covering matters associated with telework and reasonable use of government equipment and systems.

While the near future of the Merit Systems Protection Board remains uncertain, Ms. Haga is staying on top of the situation and will provide attendees with the information they need to know.

Attendees will learn how to:

• Draft specific charges that deal with various types of technology-related misconduct
• Handle accommodation issues that come up in conjunction with technology matters
• Anticipate technology issues to coordinate with IT staffs to establish policies that clearly explain misuse
• Prepare supportable actions and ensure that union contract provisions support these policies

Price

Early Bird Tuition: $275 per site (registration submitted by February 15)                                                                                    Standard Tuition: $305 per site (registration submitted February 16 or later)

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $35 each, on a space-available basis.

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Instructor

Joe Schimansky

Course Description

Few people love meetings, but we all know they are sometimes necessary. However, not all meetings are the same. And, in fact, some meetings can get you in trouble, despite your good intentions. FELTG instructor Joe Schimansky, former Executive Director of the Federal Service Impasses Panel, will identify and discuss when the law requires you to provide the union an opportunity to be involved in discussions. Learn when meetings become formal discussions or Weingarten meetings, and what to do when an employee requests union representation.

Mr. Schimansky will explain:

• The union’s rights and responsibilities when it comes to meetings
• What is required for a meeting to be considered a formal discussion
• What a union rep can and cannot do during a formal discussion
• What constitutes a reasonable belief that discipline may occur

This webinar will also include the most updated information related to President Trump’s May 2018 Executive Orders on federal labor unions. If you have union employees, this is a session you won’t want to miss.

Price

Early Bird Tuition: $275 per site (registration submitted by March 11)                                                                                  Standard Tuition: $305 per site (registration submitted March 12 or later)

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $35 each, on a space-available basis.

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Instructors

Jennifer Johnson, George Woods

Course Description

Not only can federal employees work past official retirement age, they often have to work longer. This is helping create a federal workforce with more generations working side-by-side than ever before. What does this older generation of employees mean for federal supervisors and those who advise them? This is your opportunity to find out. This 90-minute webinar is a must for attorneys, supervisors, and labor and HR specialists who handle management issues. Attorney Jennifer Johnson and Psychiatrist George Woods will lay out in detail how people change as they age, and the management approaches you may need to adopt as a result. Those who attend this timely webinar will learn how to prioritize the value of older employees’ expertise and experience, as well as make effective accommodations for them to succeed without discriminating against anyone due to age.

Attendees will also learn how to:

• Identify the biological changes that impact functioning.
• Understand the structural and neurocognitive changes that impact brain functioning.
• Eliminate the barriers that keep people from confronting the issue of aging.

Don’t just wait for your older employees to retire. Learn how to maximize their strengths for a more focused and productive workplace.

Price

$275 per site (payment by March 16)                                                                                                                                  $305 per site (payments made March 17 or later)

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $35 each, on a space-available basis.

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Instructors

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 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, Ms. Hopkins 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, she will 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

Early Bird Tuition: $275 per site (registration submitted by June 3)

Standard Tuition: $305 per site (registration submitted June 4 or later)

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $35 each, on a space-available basis.

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Instructor

Deborah Hopkins

Course Description

If you’ve attended a FELTG training or read our newsletters, you know how important we believe word selection is when framing charges of employee misconduct. FELTG President Deborah Hopkins, attorney at law, will conduct a 90-minute webinar discussing best practices for drafting disciplinary documents that will withstand even the harshest scrutiny by the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) or an arbitrator.

After the proper statutory foundation is laid, this program will cover:

• The four mandatory rules of charging
• The three styles of charging
• Charge specifications and label elements
• Why less is more in proposal and decision letters
• Specific words to use – and avoid – in drafting charging documents

Whether you’re new to drafting disciplinary documents, or you’ve been doing it for years, your work will be more efficient, professional, and defensible if you participate in this program. Register your site today!

Price

Early Bird Tuition: $275 per site (payment required by July 1)

Standard Tuition: $305 per site (for payments made July 2 or later)

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $35 each, if space is available.

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Instructor

Deborah Hopkins, Joe Schimansky

Course Description

The drama continues.

President Trump issued three Executive Orders last year aimed at curtailing union activity and increasing supervisors’ ability to hold employees accountable for misconduct and shoddy performance. Three months later, several provisions of those Executive Orders were set aside as illegal, per a D.C. District Court judge decision.

And now, almost a year since the District Court decision, its ruling has been overturned by an Appeals Court. The Executive Orders are no longer enjoined.

If you think this all seems confusing, you’re not alone. As always, you can count on FELTG to help you through these confusing times. Join FELTG President and Attorney at Law Deborah Hopkins and Joseph Schimansky, former Executive Director of the Federal Service Impasses Panel (FSIP), on July 31 for a 60-minute discussion about the most important takeaways from this decision. They will explain the key provisions of the Executive Orders, and spell out  exactly your agencies can, cannot, and should do under these EOs.

You’ll leave this important webinar with answers to the the 6 Ws:

You can’t afford to miss this session. Register your site now.

Price

• $225 per site through July 26, 2019.
• $255 per site July 27, 2019 and later.

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $35 each, on a space-available basis.

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Instructor

Ann Boehm

Course Description

The Douglas factors require agencies to consider alternative sanctions, but what exactly are alternatives to discipline? How do they work? Does anyone even know where to start an alternative to discipline?

FELTG instructor Ann Boehm does. In this 90-minute webinar, she will show you how how to think outside the box in certain disciplinary situations. For example, the last thing you want to do to someone who is AWOL is suspend them — they already are not coming to work. Instead, we can show you how to give a reprimand in lieu of suspension. The goal of discipline is to rehabilitate, and in certain circumstances, alternative sanctions are very effective in that regard.

Attendees will:

• Learn the legal requirements that form the foundation of disciplinary actions.
• Identify several alternatives to adverse actions.
• Understand the benefits of a reprimand in lieu of a suspension.

Price

Early Bird Tuition: $275 per site (payment required by October 14)

Standard Tuition: $305 per site (for payments made October 15 or later)

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $35 each, if space is available.

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Instructors

Deborah Hopkins, Anthony Marchese

Did you ever have an employee that you knew was a problem? You know the steps to take if it’s a performance issue or a conduct issue. But what if it’s neither? What are your options?

Seventy-five percent of the population is different from ourselves. Some of the people that we work with may not only be different but difficult. If you fail to address the issue, you are likely to see decreased production, lowered morale, and increased absenteeism from the rest of the your team.

This 90-minute webinar, hosted by FELTG President Deborah Hopkins and instructor and author/leadership expert Dr. Anthony Marchese, will explain how get the best from all of your employees. They will also provide guidance on:

• Handling issues of performance and conduct
• Communication fundamentals
• Employee types
• Managing difficult employees
• Creating a positive work environment

Join FELTG for an informative, entertaining, and useful session.

Price

Early Bird Tuition: $275 per site (payment required by October 28)

Standard Tuition: $305 per site (for payments made October 29 or later)

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $35 each, if space is available.

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Instructor

Meghan Droste

When must you accommodate an employee who is pregnant? Can you request medical documentation if a pregnant employee asks for an accommodation? What if an employee can’t do the critical elements of her job because she is pregnant? What are the options for an employee who hasn’t worked long enough to be eligible for FMLA?

Federal law protects employees from pregnancy-based discrimination and harassment at work, and it allows that employees have a legal right to work adjustments to allow them to do their job without jeopardizing their health. However, these protections come at the intersection of three different laws — the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act.

This 90-minute webinar, hosted by FELTG instructor and attorney at law Meghan Droste, will explain the protections afforded pregnant employees under all three laws, as well as explain:

• When you have an obligation to accommodate pregnant employees.
• What medical documentation you are permitted to ask for when evaluating a request for accommodations.
• How to avoid discriminating against pregnant job applicants.
• What to do when supervisors try to “protect” pregnant employees from difficult work.

Get up to speed on this challenging area of law. Register today.

Price

Early Bird Tuition: $275 per site (payment required by November 11)

Standard Tuition: $305 per site (for payments made November 12 or later)

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $35 each, if space is available.

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Instructor

Katherine Atkinson

From chronic pain and chronic fatigue to depression and diabetes, disabilities are not always visible or obvious in the workplace. As the federal workforce ages, the number of employees with hidden disabilities continues to grow. This can make providing reasonable accommodation a challenge for HR professionals, supervisors, and the people who advise them.

During this 90-minute webinar, attorney Katherine Atkinson will explain to how properly navigate Rehabilitation Act regulations and EEOC guidance while taking a common sense approach to reasonably accommodating hidden disabilities. Ms. Atkinson will provide examples of accommodations that have proven successful for hidden disabilities.

Attendees will learn how to:

• Recognize myths and misconceptions about specific disabilities.
• Determine whether the employee is a qualified individual.
• Use the interactive process to find an effective reasonable accommodation.

Price

Early Bird Tuition: $275 per site (payment required by November 25)

Standard Tuition: $305 per site (for payments made November 26 or later)

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $35 each, if space is available.

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Instructor

Deborah Hopkins

Course Description

A few weeks ago, a 25-year-old lawmaker in New Zealand took the internet by storm when she shut down a heckler with two words that went viral: “OK, Boomer.” There were all kinds of connotations in those two words, and while it may be meme-worthy, it’s not a phrase that we’d recommend you start using in the workplace.

Join FELTG President Deborah Hopkins for a 60-minute discussion on age discrimination in the federal workplace, to learn what you can and can’t do – and say – when it relates to an employee’s age. From hiring to promotion, hostile work environment to regarded as disabilities, to performance appraisals, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.

Attendees will learn how to:

• Understand the various theories of age discrimination in the federal workplace.
• Identify the types of conduct that give rise to age discrimination claims.
• Know the dos and don’ts when discussing age-related topics in the workplace including retirement, OWBPA, and more.

Register today.

Price

Early Bird Tuition: $225 per site (payment required by December 2)

Standard Tuition: $255 per site (for payments made December 3 or later)

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $35 each, if space is available.

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Instructors

Katherine Atkinson, Ann Boehm, Deborah Hopkins, Meghan Droste

Course Description

Legal writing in federal sector employment law is a specialized craft. Cases have been lost because of poorly or ambiguously written documents. This webinar series will help you sharpen the skills you need to produce effective, defensible, legally sound documents in the federal sector. This includes disciplinary letters, summary judgment motions, reports of investigation, and more. With the sample language, templates and documents provided during the webinars, you’ll have tools use can continue to use long after the series ends.

Sessions will be held on Thursdays from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET.

It doesn’t matter if you haven’t been to law school recently, or ever at all. Spend an hour a week with FELTG and you’ll find the way to make the documents you write be more clear, effective, and persuasive.

• January 16 – Legal Writing for the MSPB, EEOC and FLRA: Nuts and Bolts
• January 23 – Writing Performance Demonstration Period Plans that Work
• January 30 – Framing Charges and Drafting Proposed Discipline
• February 6 – The Douglas Factor Analysis and Writing the Decision
• February 13 – Writing Effective Motions for Summary Judgment
• February 20 – Drafting a Legally Sufficient Report of Investigation

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $240 per site (payment made by January 13).
• Standard Tuition: $270 per site (payment made January 14 or later).
• Register for all six webinars by January 13 and pay only $1350!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $40 per teleworker, on a space-available basis.

Download Registration Form

Instructors

Katherine Atkinson, Ann Boehm, Deborah Hopkins, Meghan Droste

Course Description

Legal writing in federal sector employment law is a specialized craft. Cases have been lost because of poorly or ambiguously written documents. This webinar series will help you sharpen the skills you need to produce effective, defensible, legally sound documents in the federal sector. This includes disciplinary letters, summary judgment motions, reports of investigation, and more. With the sample language, templates and documents provided during the webinars, you’ll have tools use can continue to use long after the series ends.

Sessions will be held on Thursdays from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET.

It doesn’t matter if you haven’t been to law school recently, or ever at all. Spend an hour a week with FELTG and you’ll find the way to make the documents you write be more clear, effective, and persuasive.

• January 16 – Legal Writing for the MSPB, EEOC and FLRA: Nuts and Bolts
• January 23 – Writing Performance Demonstration Period Plans that Work
• January 30 – Framing Charges and Drafting Proposed Discipline
• February 6 – The Douglas Factor Analysis and Writing the Decision
• February 13 – Writing Effective Motions for Summary Judgment
• February 20 – Drafting a Legally Sufficient Report of Investigation

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $240 per site (payment made by January 13).
• Standard Tuition: $270 per site (payment made January 14 or later).
• Register for all six webinars by January 13 and pay only $1350!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $40 per teleworker, on a space-available basis.

Download Registration Form

Instructors

Katherine Atkinson, Ann Boehm, Deborah Hopkins, Meghan Droste

Course Description

Legal writing in federal sector employment law is a specialized craft. Cases have been lost because of poorly or ambiguously written documents. This webinar series will help you sharpen the skills you need to produce effective, defensible, legally sound documents in the federal sector. This includes disciplinary letters, summary judgment motions, reports of investigation, and more. With the sample language, templates and documents provided during the webinars, you’ll have tools use can continue to use long after the series ends.

Sessions will be held on Thursdays from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET.

It doesn’t matter if you haven’t been to law school recently, or ever at all. Spend an hour a week with FELTG and you’ll find the way to make the documents you write be more clear, effective, and persuasive.

• January 16 – Legal Writing for the MSPB, EEOC and FLRA: Nuts and Bolts
• January 23 – Writing Performance Demonstration Period Plans that Work
• January 30 – Framing Charges and Drafting Proposed Discipline
• February 6 – The Douglas Factor Analysis and Writing the Decision
• February 13 – Writing Effective Motions for Summary Judgment
• February 20 – Drafting a Legally Sufficient Report of Investigation

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $240 per site (payment made by January 13).
• Standard Tuition: $270 per site (payment made January 14 or later).
• Register for all six webinars by January 13 and pay only $1350!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $40 per teleworker, on a space-available basis.

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Instructor

Barbara Haga

Course Description

Ensuring that employees remain capable of performing their duties, whether those requirements involve physical or mental demands of other requirements such as licenses and certifications, is a challenging issue for many HR practitioners.  FELTG instructor Barbara Haga will share specific guidance on how to effectively enforce medical requirements without running afoul of the Merit Systems Protection Board or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

During this 90-minute webinar, Ms. Haga will review a number of MSPB cases about employees who either met a qualification requirement or certification requirement and then lost it – or never were able to obtain it all.  This program will also cover the gamut from IT to EMT certifications, pilot certifications, ability to qualify with a weapon, and much more.

Attendees will learn how to:

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Instructors

Katherine Atkinson, Ann Boehm, Deborah Hopkins, Meghan Droste

Course Description

Legal writing in federal sector employment law is a specialized craft. Cases have been lost because of poorly or ambiguously written documents. This webinar series will help you sharpen the skills you need to produce effective, defensible, legally sound documents in the federal sector. This includes disciplinary letters, summary judgment motions, reports of investigation, and more. With the sample language, templates and documents provided during the webinars, you’ll have tools use can continue to use long after the series ends.

Sessions will be held on Thursdays from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET.

It doesn’t matter if you haven’t been to law school recently, or ever at all. Spend an hour a week with FELTG and you’ll find the way to make the documents you write be more clear, effective, and persuasive.

• January 16 – Legal Writing for the MSPB, EEOC and FLRA: Nuts and Bolts
• January 23 – Writing Performance Demonstration Period Plans that Work
• January 30 – Framing Charges and Drafting Proposed Discipline
• February 6 – The Douglas Factor Analysis and Writing the Decision
• February 13 – Writing Effective Motions for Summary Judgment
• February 20 – Drafting a Legally Sufficient Report of Investigation

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $240 per site (payment made by January 13).
• Standard Tuition: $270 per site (payment made January 14 or later).
• Register for all six webinars by January 13 and pay only $1350!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $40 per teleworker, on a space-available basis.

Download Registration Form

Instructors

Katherine Atkinson, Ann Boehm, Deborah Hopkins, Meghan Droste

Course Description

Legal writing in federal sector employment law is a specialized craft. Cases have been lost because of poorly or ambiguously written documents. This webinar series will help you sharpen the skills you need to produce effective, defensible, legally sound documents in the federal sector. This includes disciplinary letters, summary judgment motions, reports of investigation, and more. With the sample language, templates and documents provided during the webinars, you’ll have tools use can continue to use long after the series ends.

Sessions will be held on Thursdays from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET.

It doesn’t matter if you haven’t been to law school recently, or ever at all. Spend an hour a week with FELTG and you’ll find the way to make the documents you write be more clear, effective, and persuasive.

• January 16 – Legal Writing for the MSPB, EEOC and FLRA: Nuts and Bolts
• January 23 – Writing Performance Demonstration Period Plans that Work
• January 30 – Framing Charges and Drafting Proposed Discipline
• February 6 – The Douglas Factor Analysis and Writing the Decision
• February 13 – Writing Effective Motions for Summary Judgment
• February 20 – Drafting a Legally Sufficient Report of Investigation

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $240 per site (payment made by January 13).
• Standard Tuition: $270 per site (payment made January 14 or later).
• Register for all six webinars by January 13 and pay only $1350!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $40 per teleworker, on a space-available basis.

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Instructors

Katherine Atkinson, Ann Boehm, Deborah Hopkins, Meghan Droste

Course Description

Legal writing in federal sector employment law is a specialized craft. Cases have been lost because of poorly or ambiguously written documents. This webinar series will help you sharpen the skills you need to produce effective, defensible, legally sound documents in the federal sector. This includes disciplinary letters, summary judgment motions, reports of investigation, and more. With the sample language, templates and documents provided during the webinars, you’ll have tools use can continue to use long after the series ends.

Sessions will be held on Thursdays from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET.

It doesn’t matter if you haven’t been to law school recently, or ever at all. Spend an hour a week with FELTG and you’ll find the way to make the documents you write be more clear, effective, and persuasive.

• January 16 – Legal Writing for the MSPB, EEOC and FLRA: Nuts and Bolts
• January 23 – Writing Performance Demonstration Period Plans that Work
• January 30 – Framing Charges and Drafting Proposed Discipline
• February 6 – The Douglas Factor Analysis and Writing the Decision
• February 13 – Writing Effective Motions for Summary Judgment
• February 20 – Drafting a Legally Sufficient Report of Investigation

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $240 per site (payment made by January 13).
• Standard Tuition: $270 per site (payment made January 14 or later).
• Register for all six webinars by January 13 and pay only $1350!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $40 per teleworker, on a space-available basis.

Download Registration Form

Instructor

Meghan Droste

Course Description

There are several reasons why an EEO claim might be dismissed, but it’s not a decision that should be made quickly or without much thought. A surprising number of agency dismissals are overturned by the EEOC each year. Join FELTG as we dive into the very core of the EEO complaint process, and understand when to accept EEO claims, and when to deny them. This 60-minute webinar will review the reasons for dismissing a claim — failure to state a claim, timeliness, collateral attack, and framing claims.

This is the first of a four-part series on Navigating Challenges in the EEO Process.

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Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $240 per site, per session (payment made by February 24).
• Standard Tuition: $270 per site, per session (payment made February 25 or later).
• Register for all four webinars by February 24 and pay only $910!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $40 per teleworker, on a space-available basis.

FELTG is making its webinars easier to access during the COVID-19 closures and emergency telework scheduling, to ensure that proper training is still available when the majority of employees are working at home. Contact us at 844.283.3584 or [email protected] to find out how this applies to our webinars, or how you can bring FELTG’s off-the-shelf or custom webinars directly to your agency.

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Instructor

Deborah Hopkins

Course Description

The Trump Executive Orders made it clear that progressive discipline is not mandatory. However, that doesn’t mean it can’t be an important tool, particularly when considering whether an employee should be fired on the heels of new misconduct. Join FELTG as we dive into when and how to effectively use progressive discipline. The 60-minute webinar will also cover the foundations of discipline, the differences between performance and misconduct; the options to discipline; and the tricky concept of comparator employees. This webinar is part of the Navigating Challenges in the Discipline Process series.

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $240 per site, per session (payment made by March 9).
• Standard Tuition: $270 per site, per session (payment made March 10 or later).

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $40 per teleworker, on a space-available basis.

Course Description

In a matter of weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the federal workplace, the country, and the world. In this free 30-minute webinar, FELTG President and attorney at law Deborah Hopkins discusses two areas where the response to this virus has impacted the federal workplace:

• ADA and EEOC guidance on the medical impact of COVID-19 in the federal workplace
  • Including medical inquiries, fitness for duty exams, and clearance to return to work
• OPM and White House guidance on agency operations during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Including telework, evacuation orders, and weather and safety leave

Instructor

Deborah Hopkins

Price and Registration

FREE. Registration is currently full. However, if you use the registration link below FELTG will add you to the wait list, and after the webinar’s conclusion we will email you a link so you can view the recorded presentation.

Register here. Enrollment is limited to the first 200 individuals and space is not guaranteed.

If you are one of the first 200 participants to register, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom webinars confirming your registration and containing important access information.

FELTG is making its webinars easier to access during the COVID-19 closures and emergency telework scheduling, to ensure that proper training is still available when the majority of employees are working at home. Contact us at 844.283.3584 or [email protected] to find out how this applies to our webinars, or how you can bring FELTG’s off-the-shelf or custom webinars directly to your agency.

Download Registration Form

Instructor

Barbara Haga

Course Description

Navigating the FMLA is one of the most complex challenges a federal agency can face unless, of course, it is navigating the ADA at the same time. What’s the difference between a serious health condition and an ADA disability? Does the FMLA limit on leave apply to a reasonable accommodation of leave? This 60-minute webinar will compare and contrast coverage under the FMLA and coverage under the ADA, discuss the tricky role of medical documentation, and review leave under the FMLA and as a reasonable accommodation.

This is the second of four webinars on Navigating Challenges in the EEO Process.

EEO Refresher Hours: 1

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $240 per site, per session (payment made by February 24).
• Standard Tuition: $270 per site, per session (payment made February 25 or later).
• Register for all four webinars by February 24 and pay only $910!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $40 per teleworker, on a space-available basis.