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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.

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 most up-to-date information they need to know.

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

• Session 1 – Sick Leave, Part I (1/23)
  • Earning and accumulation
  • Authorized uses of sick leave
  • Family care sick leave – documentation and limits
  • Advance sick leave
• Session 2 – Sick Leave, Part II  (2/6)
  • 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 – Understanding FMLA (2/20)
  • 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

$275 per webinar per site. Register for all three by 1/17 for only $795.

Add a teleworker for only $35 per webinar, in addition to a main site registration, if space permits.

Download Registration Form

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.

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 most up-to-date information they need to know.

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

• Session 1 – Sick Leave, Part I (1/23)
  • Earning and accumulation
  • Authorized uses of sick leave
  • Family care sick leave – documentation and limits
  • Advance sick leave
• Session 2 – Sick Leave, Part II  (2/6)
  • 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 – Understanding FMLA (2/20)
  • 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

$275 per webinar per site. Register for all three by 1/17 for only $795.

Add a teleworker for only $35 per webinar, in addition to a main site registration, if space permits.

Download Registration Form

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.

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 most up-to-date information they need to know.

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

• Session 1 – Sick Leave, Part I (1/23)
  • Earning and accumulation
  • Authorized uses of sick leave
  • Family care sick leave – documentation and limits
  • Advance sick leave
• Session 2 – Sick Leave, Part II  (2/6)
  • 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 – Understanding FMLA (2/20)
  • 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

$275 per webinar per site. Register for all three by 1/17 for only $795.

Add a teleworker for only $35 per webinar, in addition to a main site registration, if space permits.

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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

Joe Schimansky

Course Description

We are still getting used to this “new” FLRA. With Chair Colleen Duffy Kiko joining James Abbott and Ernest DuBester, and with the the nomination of Catherine Bird to be General Counsel, the FLRA will soon be at full strength. What will the next year bring for this new group?

Joe Schimansky, former Executive Director of the Federal Service Impasses Panel, will take a look at what’e been happening, and what’s likely to happen in the next few months at the FLRA. He’ll take a look at the most important new decisions to demonstrate how the world of federal labor relations is changing daily, and will provide an explanation of where everything stands with game-changing executive orders issued a year ago by President Trump.

In addition, attendees will learn about the FLRA’s most recent perspectives on:

• Attorneys fees
• The distinction between working conditions and conditions of employment
• Representation cases
• Excessive interference test
• And much more

If you are involved in federal sector labor relations, this is a topic you can’t afford to miss.

Price

Early Bird Tuition: $225 per site (payment required by June 7)

Standard Tuition: $255 per site (for payments made June 8 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

 1.5

In 2017, an MSPB survey revealed that more than 20 percent of female federal employees were sexually harassed in the workplace between 2014 and 2016. There has been a lot of talk about the need for training on this important topic. But now it’s time for action.

Let FELTG help you take that action. Join us for the 90-minute webinar Employee Sexual Misconduct: Discipline Early to Make Your Agency a Safer Place. FELTG President Deborah Hopkins, attorney at law, will show you how to address sexual harassment in the federal government as MISCONDUCT — not just as an EEO issue.

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

Early Bird Tuition: $275 per site (payment required by June 17)

Standard Tuition: $305 per site (for payments made June 18 or later)

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

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Instructor

William Wiley, 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.

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

Instructors Deborah Hopkins, William Wiley, and Barbara Haga will guide you through these thorny issues. Register for any or all of the sessions.

• Session 1 – Sick Leave, Part I (October 16)
  • Earning and accumulation
  • Authorized uses of sick leave
  • Family care sick leave – documentation and limits
  • Advance sick leave
• Session 2 – Sick Leave, Part II  (October 30)
  • 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 – Understanding FMLA (November 13)
  • 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

Early Bird Tuition: $275 per webinar per site (registration submitted by October 7)

Standard Tuition: $305 per webinar per site (registration submitted October 8 or later)

Register for all three webinars by October 7 and pay only $795.

Add a teleworker for $35 per webinar, in addition to a main site registration, if space permits.

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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.

Download Registration Form

Instructor

William Wiley, 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.

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

Instructors Deborah Hopkins, William Wiley, and Barbara Haga will guide you through these thorny issues. Register for any or all of the sessions.

• Session 1 – Sick Leave, Part I (October 16)
  • Earning and accumulation
  • Authorized uses of sick leave
  • Family care sick leave – documentation and limits
  • Advance sick leave
• Session 2 – Sick Leave, Part II  (October 30)
  • 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 – Understanding FMLA (November 13)
  • 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

Early Bird Tuition: $275 per webinar per site (registration submitted by October 7)

Standard Tuition: $305 per webinar per site (registration submitted October 8 or later)

Register for all three webinars by October 7 and pay only $795.

Add a teleworker for $35 per webinar, in addition to a main site registration, if space permits.

Download Registration Form

Instructor

William Wiley, 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.

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

Instructors Deborah Hopkins, William Wiley, and Barbara Haga will guide you through these thorny issues. Register for any or all of the sessions.

• Session 1 – Sick Leave, Part I (October 16)
  • Earning and accumulation
  • Authorized uses of sick leave
  • Family care sick leave – documentation and limits
  • Advance sick leave
• Session 2 – Sick Leave, Part II  (October 30)
  • 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 – Understanding FMLA (November 13)
  • 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

Early Bird Tuition: $275 per webinar per site (registration submitted by October 7)

Standard Tuition: $305 per webinar per site (registration submitted October 8 or later)

Register for all three webinars by October 7 and pay only $795.

Add a teleworker for $35 per webinar, in addition to a main site registration, if space permits.

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

Joe Schimansky

Course Description

What will be the impact on President Trump’s letter permitting the Department of Defense to bypass unions? What about the FLRA’s decision to change the rules on dues withholding?

Joe Schimansky, former Executive Director of the Federal Service Impasses Panel, will take a look at what’s been happening at the FLRA in the last several months, and what’s likely to happen in the near future. He’ll review the latest decisions by the FLRA and FSIP to demonstrate how the world of federal labor relations is changing daily.

If you are involved in federal sector labor relations, this is a webinar you can’t afford to miss.

Price

• Early Bird Tuition (payment required by April 27, 2020):
  • 1 line: $100
  • 2-5 lines: $185
  • 6-9 lines: $260
  • 10-15 lines: $340
  • 16-20 lines: $425
• Standard Tuition (payments made April 28, 2020 or later):
  • 1 line: $115
  • 2-5 lines: $215
  • 6-9 lines: $290
  • 10-15 lines: $370
  • 16-20 lines: $455

Additional teleworkers may be added for $40 each, if space is available.

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Instructors

Deborah Hopkins, Ann Boehm, Katherine Atkinson, Meghan Droste, Bob Woods, Barbara Haga, Joe Schimansky

Series Description

These are demanding times. Even if your agency isn’t laser-focused on pandemic-related efforts, it is most certainly challenged to meet its mission while managing the burdens and stresses of a workplace changed by the coronavirus crisis.

Meanwhile, new issues arise that make navigating the complex and always-changing landscape of federal employment law even more difficult.

FELTG’s fall webinar series provides an opportunity to re-center your efforts, while you re-educate yourself on key legal concepts impacting today’s federal workplace.

Over eight 60-minute webinars, FELTG’s experienced and knowledgeable instructors provide support on everything from harassment to age discrimination, from medical removals to the new Federal Employee Paid Leave Act, from performance and disciplinary documents to whistleblower reprisal, as well as legal updates and recent case law involving EEO and labor relations. Register now for one, a few, or all of the courses in the series.

Sessions will be held on Tuesdays from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET. Click on any webinar title for a full description.

• October 13 – Addressing Age Discrimination in the Federal Workplace
• October 20 – Preventing and Correcting Hostile Environment Harassment
• October 27 – Solving Problems with Disciplinary and Performance Documents
• November 3 – When Employees Can’t Get to Work: What You Need to Know About Medical Removals
• November 10 – Implementing the New Federal Employee Paid Leave Act
• November 17 – Why, How and When to Avoid Whistleblower Reprisal
• December 1 – What’s Going on With Federal Sector EEO? Case Law Updates and More
• December 8 – What’s Going on at the FLRA? Case Law Updates and More

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $240 per site, per webinar (payment required by October 3)
• Standard Tuition: $270 per site, per webinar (payments made October 4 or later)
• Register for all eight webinars by October 3 and pay only $1825!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $40 per teleworker, on a space-available basis. Have a bunch of teleworkers? Contact FELTG for group discounts.

Download Registration Form

Instructors

Deborah Hopkins, Ann Boehm, Katherine Atkinson, Meghan Droste, Bob Woods, Barbara Haga, Joe Schimansky

Series Description

These are demanding times. Even if your agency isn’t laser-focused on pandemic-related efforts, it is most certainly challenged to meet its mission while managing the burdens and stresses of a workplace changed by the coronavirus crisis.

Meanwhile, new issues arise that make navigating the complex and always-changing landscape of federal employment law even more difficult.

FELTG’s fall webinar series provides an opportunity to re-center your efforts, while you re-educate yourself on key legal concepts impacting today’s federal workplace.

Over eight 60-minute webinars, FELTG’s experienced and knowledgeable instructors provide support on everything from harassment to age discrimination, from medical removals to the new Federal Employee Paid Leave Act, from performance and disciplinary documents to whistleblower reprisal, as well as legal updates and recent case law involving EEO and labor relations. Register now for one, a few, or all of the courses in the series.

Sessions will be held on Tuesdays from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET. Click on any webinar title for a full description.

• October 13 – Addressing Age Discrimination in the Federal Workplace
• October 20 – Preventing and Correcting Hostile Environment Harassment
• October 27 – Solving Problems with Disciplinary and Performance Documents
• November 3 – When Employees Can’t Get to Work: What You Need to Know About Medical Removals
• November 10 – Implementing the New Federal Employee Paid Leave Act
• November 17 – Why, How and When to Avoid Whistleblower Reprisal
• December 1 – What’s Going on With Federal Sector EEO? Case Law Updates and More
• December 8 – What’s Going on at the FLRA? Case Law Updates and More

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $240 per site, per webinar (payment required by October 3)
• Standard Tuition: $270 per site, per webinar (payments made October 4 or later)
• Register for all eight webinars by October 3 and pay only $1825!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $40 per teleworker, on a space-available basis. Have a bunch of teleworkers? Contact FELTG for group discounts.

Download Registration Form

Instructors

Deborah Hopkins, Ann Boehm, Katherine Atkinson, Meghan Droste, Bob Woods, Barbara Haga, Joe Schimansky

Series Description

These are demanding times. Even if your agency isn’t laser-focused on pandemic-related efforts, it is most certainly challenged to meet its mission while managing the burdens and stresses of a workplace changed by the coronavirus crisis.

Meanwhile, new issues arise that make navigating the complex and always-changing landscape of federal employment law even more difficult.

FELTG’s fall webinar series provides an opportunity to re-center your efforts, while you re-educate yourself on key legal concepts impacting today’s federal workplace.

Over eight 60-minute webinars, FELTG’s experienced and knowledgeable instructors provide support on everything from harassment to age discrimination, from medical removals to the new Federal Employee Paid Leave Act, from performance and disciplinary documents to whistleblower reprisal, as well as legal updates and recent case law involving EEO and labor relations. Register now for one, a few, or all of the courses in the series.

Sessions will be held on Tuesdays from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET. Click on any webinar title for a full description.

• October 13 – Addressing Age Discrimination in the Federal Workplace
• October 20 – Preventing and Correcting Hostile Environment Harassment
• October 27 – Solving Problems with Disciplinary and Performance Documents
• November 3 – When Employees Can’t Get to Work: What You Need to Know About Medical Removals
• November 10 – Implementing the New Federal Employee Paid Leave Act
• November 17 – Why, How and When to Avoid Whistleblower Reprisal
• December 1 – What’s Going on With Federal Sector EEO? Case Law Updates and More
• December 8 – What’s Going on at the FLRA? Case Law Updates and More

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $240 per site, per webinar (payment required by October 3)
• Standard Tuition: $270 per site, per webinar (payments made October 4 or later)
• Register for all eight webinars by October 3 and pay only $1825!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $40 per teleworker, on a space-available basis. Have a bunch of teleworkers? Contact FELTG for group discounts.

Download Registration Form

Instructors

Deborah Hopkins, Ann Boehm, Katherine Atkinson, Meghan Droste, Bob Woods, Barbara Haga, Joe Schimansky

Series Description

These are demanding times. Even if your agency isn’t laser-focused on pandemic-related efforts, it is most certainly challenged to meet its mission while managing the burdens and stresses of a workplace changed by the coronavirus crisis.

Meanwhile, new issues arise that make navigating the complex and always-changing landscape of federal employment law even more difficult.

FELTG’s fall webinar series provides an opportunity to re-center your efforts, while you re-educate yourself on key legal concepts impacting today’s federal workplace.

Over eight 60-minute webinars, FELTG’s experienced and knowledgeable instructors provide support on everything from harassment to age discrimination, from medical removals to the new Federal Employee Paid Leave Act, from performance and disciplinary documents to whistleblower reprisal, as well as legal updates and recent case law involving EEO and labor relations. Register now for one, a few, or all of the courses in the series.

Sessions will be held on Tuesdays from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET. Click on any webinar title for a full description.

• October 13 – Addressing Age Discrimination in the Federal Workplace
• October 20 – Preventing and Correcting Hostile Environment Harassment
• October 27 – Solving Problems with Disciplinary and Performance Documents
• November 3 – When Employees Can’t Get to Work: What You Need to Know About Medical Removals
• November 10 – Implementing the New Federal Employee Paid Leave Act
• November 17 – Why, How and When to Avoid Whistleblower Reprisal
• December 1 – What’s Going on With Federal Sector EEO? Case Law Updates and More
• December 8 – What’s Going on at the FLRA? Case Law Updates and More

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $240 per site, per webinar (payment required by October 3)
• Standard Tuition: $270 per site, per webinar (payments made October 4 or later)
• Register for all eight webinars by October 3 and pay only $1825!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $40 per teleworker, on a space-available basis. Have a bunch of teleworkers? Contact FELTG for group discounts.

Download Registration Form

Instructors

Deborah Hopkins, Ann Boehm, Katherine Atkinson, Meghan Droste, Bob Woods, Barbara Haga, Joe Schimansky

Series Description

These are demanding times. Even if your agency isn’t laser-focused on pandemic-related efforts, it is most certainly challenged to meet its mission while managing the burdens and stresses of a workplace changed by the coronavirus crisis.

Meanwhile, new issues arise that make navigating the complex and always-changing landscape of federal employment law even more difficult.

FELTG’s fall webinar series provides an opportunity to re-center your efforts, while you re-educate yourself on key legal concepts impacting today’s federal workplace.

Over eight 60-minute webinars, FELTG’s experienced and knowledgeable instructors provide support on everything from harassment to age discrimination, from medical removals to the new Federal Employee Paid Leave Act, from performance and disciplinary documents to whistleblower reprisal, as well as legal updates and recent case law involving EEO and labor relations. Register now for one, a few, or all of the courses in the series.

Sessions will be held on Tuesdays from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET. Click on any webinar title for a full description.

• October 13 – Addressing Age Discrimination in the Federal Workplace
• October 20 – Preventing and Correcting Hostile Environment Harassment
• October 27 – Solving Problems with Disciplinary and Performance Documents
• November 3 – When Employees Can’t Get to Work: What You Need to Know About Medical Removals
• November 10 – Implementing the New Federal Employee Paid Leave Act
• November 17 – Why, How and When to Avoid Whistleblower Reprisal
• December 1 – What’s Going on With Federal Sector EEO? Case Law Updates and More
• December 8 – What’s Going on at the FLRA? Case Law Updates and More

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $240 per site, per webinar (payment required by October 3)
• Standard Tuition: $270 per site, per webinar (payments made October 4 or later)
• Register for all eight webinars by October 3 and pay only $1825!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $40 per teleworker, on a space-available basis. Have a bunch of teleworkers? Contact FELTG for group discounts.

Download Registration Form

Instructors

Deborah Hopkins, Ann Boehm, Katherine Atkinson, Meghan Droste, Bob Woods, Barbara Haga, Joe Schimansky

Series Description

These are demanding times. Even if your agency isn’t laser-focused on pandemic-related efforts, it is most certainly challenged to meet its mission while managing the burdens and stresses of a workplace changed by the coronavirus crisis.

Meanwhile, new issues arise that make navigating the complex and always-changing landscape of federal employment law even more difficult.

FELTG’s fall webinar series provides an opportunity to re-center your efforts, while you re-educate yourself on key legal concepts impacting today’s federal workplace.

Over eight 60-minute webinars, FELTG’s experienced and knowledgeable instructors provide support on everything from harassment to age discrimination, from medical removals to the new Federal Employee Paid Leave Act, from performance and disciplinary documents to whistleblower reprisal, as well as legal updates and recent case law involving EEO and labor relations. Register now for one, a few, or all of the courses in the series.

Sessions will be held on Tuesdays from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET. Click on any webinar title for a full description.

• October 13 – Addressing Age Discrimination in the Federal Workplace
• October 20 – Preventing and Correcting Hostile Environment Harassment
• October 27 – Solving Problems with Disciplinary and Performance Documents
• November 3 – When Employees Can’t Get to Work: What You Need to Know About Medical Removals
• November 10 – Implementing the New Federal Employee Paid Leave Act
• November 17 – Why, How and When to Avoid Whistleblower Reprisal
• December 1 – What’s Going on With Federal Sector EEO? Case Law Updates and More
• December 8 – What’s Going on at the FLRA? Case Law Updates and More

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $240 per site, per webinar (payment required by October 3)
• Standard Tuition: $270 per site, per webinar (payments made October 4 or later)
• Register for all eight webinars by October 3 and pay only $1825!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $40 per teleworker, on a space-available basis. Have a bunch of teleworkers? Contact FELTG for group discounts.

Download Registration Form

Instructors

Deborah Hopkins, Ann Boehm, Katherine Atkinson, Meghan Droste, Bob Woods, Barbara Haga, Joe Schimansky

Series Description

These are demanding times. Even if your agency isn’t laser-focused on pandemic-related efforts, it is most certainly challenged to meet its mission while managing the burdens and stresses of a workplace changed by the coronavirus crisis.

Meanwhile, new issues arise that make navigating the complex and always-changing landscape of federal employment law even more difficult.

FELTG’s fall webinar series provides an opportunity to re-center your efforts, while you re-educate yourself on key legal concepts impacting today’s federal workplace.

Over eight 60-minute webinars, FELTG’s experienced and knowledgeable instructors provide support on everything from harassment to age discrimination, from medical removals to the new Federal Employee Paid Leave Act, from performance and disciplinary documents to whistleblower reprisal, as well as legal updates and recent case law involving EEO and labor relations. Register now for one, a few, or all of the courses in the series.

Sessions will be held on Tuesdays from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET. Click on any webinar title for a full description.

• October 13 – Addressing Age Discrimination in the Federal Workplace
• October 20 – Preventing and Correcting Hostile Environment Harassment
• October 27 – Solving Problems with Disciplinary and Performance Documents
• November 3 – When Employees Can’t Get to Work: What You Need to Know About Medical Removals
• November 10 – Implementing the New Federal Employee Paid Leave Act
• November 17 – Why, How and When to Avoid Whistleblower Reprisal
• December 1 – What’s Going on With Federal Sector EEO? Case Law Updates and More
• December 8 – What’s Going on at the FLRA? Case Law Updates and More

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $240 per site, per webinar (payment required by October 3)
• Standard Tuition: $270 per site, per webinar (payments made October 4 or later)
• Register for all eight webinars by October 3 and pay only $1825!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $40 per teleworker, on a space-available basis. Have a bunch of teleworkers? Contact FELTG for group discounts.

Download Registration Form

Instructors

Katherine Atkinson

Course Description

Agencies face many challenges and unanswered questions as they attempt to bring workers back the physical workspace, especially as they pertain to reasonable accommodation requests and medical information. In this 60-minute webinar, the first in our three-part  Navigating the Return to the Federal Workplace series, Attorney at Law and FELTG Instructor Katherine Atkinson provide guidance for those challenges and answer those questions, such as:

• How do you accommodate someone with ‘long COVID’ or post-acute sequelae SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC)?
• What do you do with the results of an employee’s COVD-19 test?
• Where do you store the Certifications of Vaccination?
• Must you accommodate employees who refuse to get the vaccine?
• If a supervisor treats an employee like she has COVID-19, could that employee have a “regarded as” claim under the ADA/Rehabilitation Act?
• Do agencies have to provide a reasonable accommodation of permanent telework for an employee who refuses to get the vaccine for religious reasons?

Join us for the other two webinars in this three-part series:

• October 19: Vexing Vaccine Requirements: Responding to Requests for Exemptions 
• October 26: Post-Pandemic Accountability: Handling Employee Performance and Misconduct in a COVID-19 World

This webinar and this series meet the President’s mandate to provide training on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the Federal workplace.

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $270 per site, per session (payment made by October 1).
• Standard Tuition: $295 per site, per session (payment made October 2 or later).
• Register for all three webinars by October 1 and pay only $785.

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $50 per webinar per teleworker, on a space-available basis.

Cancellation and No-show Policy for Registered Participants: Cancellations made after the cancel date on the registration form will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses. Pre-paid training using the “Pay Now” option will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses. No-shows will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses.

Download Registration Form

Instructors

Deborah Hopkins, Katherine Atkinson

Course Description

When you think about it, the federal workforce’s response to the pandemic was nothing short of remarkable. A majority of employees began working remotely for the first time in their careers. And by most accounts, it was a success.

So you’d think the eventual return back to the physical workspace would be a breeze.

Think again.

Even before the delta variant began ravaging the country, there was uncertainty on how to best return to the workplace.  Now the variant has put us back almost to square one for a safe and easy return. This makes the Biden Administration’s recent Executive Order mandating all Federal employees and onsite contractors be vaccinated even more prescient.

Between the variant, the vaccination requirement, and the sheer challenge of creating a new hybrid work environment, there is more uncertainty than ever before. FELTG’s “The Return to the Workplace” webinar series offers to provide clear-cut answers, along with the appropriate framework for you to address these unique and unprecedented challenges.

October 12: Handling Pandemic-Related Reasonable Accommodation Requests and Medical Documentation

• How do you accommodate someone with ‘long COVID’ or post-acute sequelae SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC)?
• What do you do with the results of an employee’s COVID-19 test?
• Where do you store the Certifications of Vaccination?
• Must you accommodate employees who refuse to get the vaccine?
• If a supervisor treats an employee like she has COVID-19, could that employee have a “regarded as” claim under the ADA/Rehabilitation Act?
• Do agencies have to provide a reasonable accommodation for an employee who refuses to get the vaccine for religious reasons?

October 19: Vexing Vaccine Requirements: Responding to Requests for Exemptions 

• Does asking the pre-vaccination screening questions create a violation of Title II of the Genetic Information and Nondiscrimination Act?
• Can you require employees to provide proof of vaccination, rather than simply “attest” to vaccination status?
• What do you do if an employee refuses to share his or her vaccination status?
• How will you determine whether an employee’s religion or medical condition requests vaccination exemptions?

October 26: Post-Pandemic Accountability: Handling Employee Performance and Misconduct in a COVID-19 World

• How do you hold remote workers accountable for performance and conduct?
• Is failure to comply with a COVID-19 screening test a performance or conduct issue?
• How do you provide a performance demonstration period for an employee who is teleworking?
• What actions can you take against employees who refuse to get vaccinated?

This series meets the President’s mandate to provide training on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the Federal workplace.

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $270 per site, per session (payment made by October 1).
• Standard Tuition: $295 per site, per session (payment made October 2 or later).
• Register for all three webinars by October 1 and pay only $785.

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $50 per webinar per teleworker, on a space-available basis.

Cancellation and No-show Policy for Registered Participants: Cancellations made after the cancel date on the registration form will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses. Pre-paid training using the “Pay Now” option will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses. No-shows will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses.

Download Registration Form

Instructors

Katherine Atkinson

Course Description

Agencies face many challenges and unanswered questions as they attempt to bring workers back the physical workspace, especially as they pertain to vaccine requirements and attestations. In this 60-minute webinar, the second of our three-webinar Navigating the Return to the Federal Workplace series, Attorney at Law and FELTG Instructor Katherine Atkinson provide guidance for those challenges and answer those questions, such as:

• Does asking the pre-vaccination screening questions create a violation of Title II of the Genetic Information and Nondiscrimination Act?
• Can you require employees to provide proof of vaccination, rather than simply “attest” to vaccination status?
• What do you do if an employee refuses to share his or her vaccination status?
• How will you determine whether an employee’s religion or medical condition requests vaccination exemptions?
• How do you discipline an employee for lying on the certification of vaccination form?

Join us on October 26, for the final webinar in this series: Post-Pandemic Accountability: Handling Employee Performance and Misconduct in a COVID-19 World.

This series meets the President’s mandate to provide training on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the Federal workplace.

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $270 per site (payment made by October 1).
• Standard Tuition: $295 per site (payment made October 2 or later).
• Register for all three webinars in the Navigating the Return to the Federal Workplace series by October 1 and pay only $785.

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $50 per webinar per teleworker, on a space-available basis.

Cancellation and No-show Policy for Registered Participants: Cancellations made after the cancel date on the registration form will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses. Pre-paid training using the “Pay Now” option will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses. No-shows will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses.

Download Registration Form

Instructors

Deborah Hopkins, Katherine Atkinson

Course Description

When you think about it, the federal workforce’s response to the pandemic was nothing short of remarkable. A majority of employees began working remotely for the first time in their careers. And by most accounts, it was a success.

So you’d think the eventual return back to the physical workspace would be a breeze.

Think again.

Even before the delta variant began ravaging the country, there was uncertainty on how to best return to the workplace.  Now the variant has put us back almost to square one for a safe and easy return. This makes the Biden Administration’s recent Executive Order mandating all Federal employees and onsite contractors be vaccinated even more prescient.

Between the variant, the vaccination requirement, and the sheer challenge of creating a new hybrid work environment, there is more uncertainty than ever before. FELTG’s “The Return to the Workplace” webinar series offers to provide clear-cut answers, along with the appropriate framework for you to address these unique and unprecedented challenges.

October 12: Handling Pandemic-Related Reasonable Accommodation Requests and Medical Documentation

• How do you accommodate someone with ‘long COVID’ or post-acute sequelae SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC)?
• What do you do with the results of an employee’s COVID-19 test?
• Where do you store the Certifications of Vaccination?
• Must you accommodate employees who refuse to get the vaccine?
• If a supervisor treats an employee like she has COVID-19, could that employee have a “regarded as” claim under the ADA/Rehabilitation Act?
• Do agencies have to provide a reasonable accommodation for an employee who refuses to get the vaccine for religious reasons?

October 19: Vexing Vaccine Requirements: Responding to Requests for Exemptions 

• Does asking the pre-vaccination screening questions create a violation of Title II of the Genetic Information and Nondiscrimination Act?
• Can you require employees to provide proof of vaccination, rather than simply “attest” to vaccination status?
• What do you do if an employee refuses to share his or her vaccination status?
• How will you determine whether an employee’s religion or medical condition requests vaccination exemptions?

October 26: Post-Pandemic Accountability: Handling Employee Performance and Misconduct in a COVID-19 World

• How do you hold remote workers accountable for performance and conduct?
• Is failure to comply with a COVID-19 screening test a performance or conduct issue?
• How do you provide a performance demonstration period for an employee who is teleworking?
• What actions can you take against employees who refuse to get vaccinated?

This series meets the President’s mandate to provide training on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the Federal workplace.

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $270 per site, per session (payment made by October 1).
• Standard Tuition: $295 per site, per session (payment made October 2 or later).
• Register for all three webinars by October 1 and pay only $785.

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $50 per webinar per teleworker, on a space-available basis.

Cancellation and No-show Policy for Registered Participants: Cancellations made after the cancel date on the registration form will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses. Pre-paid training using the “Pay Now” option will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses. No-shows will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses.

Download Registration Form

Instructors

Deborah Hopkins

Course Description

Agencies face many challenges and unanswered questions about performance and conduct as they attempt to bring workers back the physical workspace, while maintaining some type of hybrid work environment. In this final webinar of our three-part  Navigating the Return to the Federal Workplace series, Attorney at Law and FELTG President Deborah Hopkins provide guidance for those challenges and answer those questions, such as:

• How do you hold remote workers accountable for performance and conduct?
• Is failure to comply with a COVID-19 screening test a performance or conduct issue?
• How do you provide a performance demonstration period for an employee who is teleworking?
• What discipline is appropriate for an employee who refuses to get the COVID-19 vaccine?

This series meets the President’s mandate to provide training on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the Federal workplace.

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $270 per site (payment made by October 1).
• Standard Tuition: $295 per site (payment made October 2 or later).
• Register for all three webinars in the  Navigating the Return to the Federal Workplace series by October 1 and pay only $785.

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $50 per webinar per teleworker, on a space-available basis.

Cancellation and No-show Policy for Registered Participants: Cancellations made after the cancel date on the registration form will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses. Pre-paid training using the “Pay Now” option will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses. No-shows will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses.

Download Registration Form

Instructors

Deborah Hopkins, Katherine Atkinson

Course Description

When you think about it, the federal workforce’s response to the pandemic was nothing short of remarkable. A majority of employees began working remotely for the first time in their careers. And by most accounts, it was a success.

So you’d think the eventual return back to the physical workspace would be a breeze.

Think again.

Even before the delta variant began ravaging the country, there was uncertainty on how to best return to the workplace.  Now the variant has put us back almost to square one for a safe and easy return. This makes the Biden Administration’s recent Executive Order mandating all Federal employees and onsite contractors be vaccinated even more prescient.

Between the variant, the vaccination requirement, and the sheer challenge of creating a new hybrid work environment, there is more uncertainty than ever before. FELTG’s “The Return to the Workplace” webinar series offers to provide clear-cut answers, along with the appropriate framework for you to address these unique and unprecedented challenges.

October 12: Handling Pandemic-Related Reasonable Accommodation Requests and Medical Documentation

• How do you accommodate someone with ‘long COVID’ or post-acute sequelae SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC)?
• What do you do with the results of an employee’s COVID-19 test?
• Where do you store the Certifications of Vaccination?
• Must you accommodate employees who refuse to get the vaccine?
• If a supervisor treats an employee like she has COVID-19, could that employee have a “regarded as” claim under the ADA/Rehabilitation Act?
• Do agencies have to provide a reasonable accommodation for an employee who refuses to get the vaccine for religious reasons?

October 19: Vexing Vaccine Requirements: Responding to Requests for Exemptions 

• Does asking the pre-vaccination screening questions create a violation of Title II of the Genetic Information and Nondiscrimination Act?
• Can you require employees to provide proof of vaccination, rather than simply “attest” to vaccination status?
• What do you do if an employee refuses to share his or her vaccination status?
• How will you determine whether an employee’s religion or medical condition requests vaccination exemptions?

October 26: Post-Pandemic Accountability: Handling Employee Performance and Misconduct in a COVID-19 World

• How do you hold remote workers accountable for performance and conduct?
• Is failure to comply with a COVID-19 screening test a performance or conduct issue?
• How do you provide a performance demonstration period for an employee who is teleworking?
• What actions can you take against employees who refuse to get vaccinated?

This series meets the President’s mandate to provide training on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the Federal workplace.

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $270 per site, per session (payment made by October 1).
• Standard Tuition: $295 per site, per session (payment made October 2 or later).
• Register for all three webinars by October 1 and pay only $785.

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $50 per webinar per teleworker, on a space-available basis.

Cancellation and No-show Policy for Registered Participants: Cancellations made after the cancel date on the registration form will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses. Pre-paid training using the “Pay Now” option will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses. No-shows will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses.

Download Registration Form

Instructors

Deborah Hopkins, Ann Boehm

Course Description

After two-plus years of pandemic upheaval, agencies are finally bringing most employees back to the physical workplace, at least some of the time. After previous attempts were upended by COVID variants, agencies now have tangible plans on who is coming back, and when. And with those plans come brand-new challenges for your agency.

• Uncertainty about the future of the vaccination requirement.
• Medical considerations as new variants continue to circulate.
• Strongly held feelings and belief about COVID-related matters.
• Employees, now used to the flexibilities of remote work, who don’t want to return to the physical workplace.
• And the uncertainty about the new hybrid workplace that many agencies are creating.

FELTG’s “The Return to the Workplace” webinar series offers to provide clear-cut answers, along with the appropriate framework for you to address these unique and unprecedented challenges.

May 4: New EEO Challenges: Preventing Post-COVID Reprisal and Harassment 

Rather than bringing people together to fight a common cause, the pandemic widened the deep politicization in this country, which, unfortunately, has filtered into workplaces. Federal agencies should be prepared to identify and handle expected increases in COVID-related reprisal and harassment. In this 60-minute webinar, FELTG President Deborah Hopkins will provide answers to numerous questions, including:

• What’s the difference between COVID-related harassment and reprisal?
• How can you prevent adverse treatment of individuals who requested an exemption to the vaccine requirement?
• Is harassing someone who doesn’t believe in COVID an EEO issue?
• What parameters can employers set about COVID- and vaccine-related conversations in the workplace?

May 11: Managing Post-pandemic Reasonable Accommodation Requests and Medical Documentation

Before a Federal district judge in Texas issued an injunction on the vaccine requirement for many (but not all) Federal employees, many of you were dealing with multiple requests for exemptions. And with the injunction set to be lifted May 31, those requests – plus any new ones that are filed – will once again require processing. And even more new accommodation challenges await you, along with potential minefields that if not avoided could lead to ADA/Rehabilitation Action violations. In this 60-minute webinar, FELTG Instructor Ann Boehm will provide answers to numerous questions, including:

• How do you accommodate someone with ‘long COVID’?
• What do you do with the results of an employee’s COVID-19 test or vaccine documentation?
• If an employee successfully performed remotely, must you grant his accommodation request for permanent telework?
• Should you review all of the reasonable accommodations offered before employees return to the workplace?
• What should agencies be doing with all those requests for vaccine exemptions?

May 18: Managing Return-to-the-Workplace Conduct Challenges

Many Federal employees are eager to return to the physical workplace. However, it’s important to remember that there are just as many employees, if not more, who are comfortable in their current remote work situation, and do not look forward to a return. There are likely numerous other employees who continue to carry a chip on their shoulder about how the pandemic was handled. In this 60-minute webinar, FELTG President Deborah Hopkins will address how to handle some of the conduct challenges you’re likely to face. She’ll provide answers to numerous questions, including:

• Is failure to comply with a COVID-19 screening test or mask requirement a performance or conduct issue?
• Where do things stand with the vaccine requirement?
• What actions can you take against employees who refuse to return to the workplace?
• If an employee is AWOL, what options does your agency have?
• Can you discipline someone for publicly sharing their personal opinions about COVID restrictions?

This series meets the President’s mandate to provide training on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the Federal workplace.

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $290 per site, per session (payment made by April 25).
• Standard Tuition: $320 per site, per session (payment made April 26 or later).
• Register for all three webinars by April 25 and pay only $830.

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $50 per webinar per teleworker, on a space-available basis.

Cancellation and No-show Policy for Registered Participants: Cancellations made after the cancel date on the registration form will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses. Pre-paid training using the “Pay Now” option will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses. No-shows will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses.

Download Registration Form

Instructors

Deborah Hopkins, Ann Boehm

Course Description

After two-plus years of pandemic upheaval, agencies are finally bringing most employees back to the physical workplace, at least some of the time. After previous attempts were upended by COVID variants, agencies now have tangible plans on who is coming back, and when. And with those plans come brand-new challenges for your agency.

• Uncertainty about the future of the vaccination requirement.
• Medical considerations as new variants continue to circulate.
• Strongly held feelings and belief about COVID-related matters.
• Employees, now used to the flexibilities of remote work, who don’t want to return to the physical workplace.
• And the uncertainty about the new hybrid workplace that many agencies are creating.

FELTG’s “The Return to the Workplace” webinar series offers to provide clear-cut answers, along with the appropriate framework for you to address these unique and unprecedented challenges.

May 4: New EEO Challenges: Preventing Post-COVID Reprisal and Harassment 

Rather than bringing people together to fight a common cause, the pandemic widened the deep politicization in this country, which, unfortunately, has filtered into workplaces. Federal agencies should be prepared to identify and handle expected increases in COVID-related reprisal and harassment. In this 60-minute webinar, FELTG President Deborah Hopkins will provide answers to numerous questions, including:

• What’s the difference between COVID-related harassment and reprisal?
• How can you prevent adverse treatment of individuals who requested an exemption to the vaccine requirement?
• Is harassing someone who doesn’t believe in COVID an EEO issue?
• What parameters can employers set about COVID- and vaccine-related conversations in the workplace?

May 11: Managing Post-pandemic Reasonable Accommodation Requests and Medical Documentation

Before a Federal district judge in Texas issued an injunction on the vaccine requirement for many (but not all) Federal employees, many of you were dealing with multiple requests for exemptions. And with the injunction set to be lifted May 31, those requests – plus any new ones that are filed – will once again require processing. And even more new accommodation challenges await you, along with potential minefields that if not avoided could lead to ADA/Rehabilitation Action violations. In this 60-minute webinar, FELTG Instructor Ann Boehm will provide answers to numerous questions, including:

• How do you accommodate someone with ‘long COVID’?
• What do you do with the results of an employee’s COVID-19 test or vaccine documentation?
• If an employee successfully performed remotely, must you grant his accommodation request for permanent telework?
• Should you review all of the reasonable accommodations offered before employees return to the workplace?
• What should agencies be doing with all those requests for vaccine exemptions?

May 18: Managing Return-to-the-Workplace Conduct Challenges

Many Federal employees are eager to return to the physical workplace. However, it’s important to remember that there are just as many employees, if not more, who are comfortable in their current remote work situation, and do not look forward to a return. There are likely numerous other employees who continue to carry a chip on their shoulder about how the pandemic was handled. In this 60-minute webinar, FELTG President Deborah Hopkins will address how to handle some of the conduct challenges you’re likely to face. She’ll provide answers to numerous questions, including:

• Is failure to comply with a COVID-19 screening test or mask requirement a performance or conduct issue?
• Where do things stand with the vaccine requirement?
• What actions can you take against employees who refuse to return to the workplace?
• If an employee is AWOL, what options does your agency have?
• Can you discipline someone for publicly sharing their personal opinions about COVID restrictions?

This series meets the President’s mandate to provide training on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the Federal workplace.

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $290 per site, per session (payment made by April 25).
• Standard Tuition: $320 per site, per session (payment made April 26 or later).
• Register for all three webinars by April 25 and pay only $830.

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $50 per webinar per teleworker, on a space-available basis.

Cancellation and No-show Policy for Registered Participants: Cancellations made after the cancel date on the registration form will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses. Pre-paid training using the “Pay Now” option will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses. No-shows will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses.

Download Registration Form

Instructors

Deborah Hopkins, Ann Boehm

Course Description

After two-plus years of pandemic upheaval, agencies are finally bringing most employees back to the physical workplace, at least some of the time. After previous attempts were upended by COVID variants, agencies now have tangible plans on who is coming back, and when. And with those plans come brand-new challenges for your agency.

• Uncertainty about the future of the vaccination requirement.
• Medical considerations as new variants continue to circulate.
• Strongly held feelings and belief about COVID-related matters.
• Employees, now used to the flexibilities of remote work, who don’t want to return to the physical workplace.
• And the uncertainty about the new hybrid workplace that many agencies are creating.

FELTG’s “The Return to the Workplace” webinar series offers to provide clear-cut answers, along with the appropriate framework for you to address these unique and unprecedented challenges.

May 4: New EEO Challenges: Preventing Post-COVID Reprisal and Harassment 

Rather than bringing people together to fight a common cause, the pandemic widened the deep politicization in this country, which, unfortunately, has filtered into workplaces. Federal agencies should be prepared to identify and handle expected increases in COVID-related reprisal and harassment. In this 60-minute webinar, FELTG President Deborah Hopkins will provide answers to numerous questions, including:

• What’s the difference between COVID-related harassment and reprisal?
• How can you prevent adverse treatment of individuals who requested an exemption to the vaccine requirement?
• Is harassing someone who doesn’t believe in COVID an EEO issue?
• What parameters can employers set about COVID- and vaccine-related conversations in the workplace?

May 11: Managing Post-pandemic Reasonable Accommodation Requests and Medical Documentation

Before a Federal district judge in Texas issued an injunction on the vaccine requirement for many (but not all) Federal employees, many of you were dealing with multiple requests for exemptions. And with the injunction set to be lifted May 31, those requests – plus any new ones that are filed – will once again require processing. And even more new accommodation challenges await you, along with potential minefields that if not avoided could lead to ADA/Rehabilitation Action violations. In this 60-minute webinar, FELTG Instructor Ann Boehm will provide answers to numerous questions, including:

• How do you accommodate someone with ‘long COVID’?
• What do you do with the results of an employee’s COVID-19 test or vaccine documentation?
• If an employee successfully performed remotely, must you grant his accommodation request for permanent telework?
• Should you review all of the reasonable accommodations offered before employees return to the workplace?
• What should agencies be doing with all those requests for vaccine exemptions?

May 18: Managing Return-to-the-Workplace Conduct Challenges

Many Federal employees are eager to return to the physical workplace. However, it’s important to remember that there are just as many employees, if not more, who are comfortable in their current remote work situation, and do not look forward to a return. There are likely numerous other employees who continue to carry a chip on their shoulder about how the pandemic was handled. In this 60-minute webinar, FELTG President Deborah Hopkins will address how to handle some of the conduct challenges you’re likely to face. She’ll provide answers to numerous questions, including:

• Is failure to comply with a COVID-19 screening test or mask requirement a performance or conduct issue?
• Where do things stand with the vaccine requirement?
• What actions can you take against employees who refuse to return to the workplace?
• If an employee is AWOL, what options does your agency have?
• Can you discipline someone for publicly sharing their personal opinions about COVID restrictions?

This series meets the President’s mandate to provide training on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the Federal workplace.

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $290 per site, per session (payment made by April 25).
• Standard Tuition: $320 per site, per session (payment made April 26 or later).
• Register for all three webinars by April 25 and pay only $830.

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $50 per webinar per teleworker, on a space-available basis.

Cancellation and No-show Policy for Registered Participants: Cancellations made after the cancel date on the registration form will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses. Pre-paid training using the “Pay Now” option will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses. No-shows will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses.

Download Registration Form

Instructor

Bob Woods

Course Description

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When the vaccine mandate, which is now on hold for many agencies, was first being enforced, vaccine-hesitant employees filed reasonable accommodation requests to be exempt from the vaccine for religious reasons. It’s probably the most religious accommodation requests agencies have received in years.

Yet, unfortunately, there is still much confusion about the law. It’s different than the law for disability accommodation, and it’s important you know the distinctions. Join FELTG for the final session in the five-part Reasonable Accommodation in the Federal Workplace webinar series.

After a review of the relevant law and regulations law that pertain to religious accommodation, FELTG Instructor Bob Woods will discuss:

• What religions qualify for accommodation
• The definition of “undue hardship” and case examples
• The most common accommodations for religion
• Issues related to dress code and grooming
• What to do when employees request to be excused from performing certain job tasks because of religious reasons

Whether you’re an attorney, EEO program specialist, HR specialist or manager, you’ll want to be sure to join us for this important session.

Price

• Early Bird Tuition: $250 per site, per session (payment made by July 11).
• Standard Tuition: $280 per site, per session (payment made July 12 or later).
• Register for all five webinars in the series by July 11 and pay only $1195!

Teleworkers may be added to a main site registration for $50 per teleworker, per webinar, on a space-available basis.

Cancellation and No-show Policy for Registered Participants: Cancellations made after the cancel date on the registration form will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses. Pre-paid training using the “Pay Now” option will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses. No-shows will not be refunded or given credit toward future courses.