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In the past few months, the EEOC issued the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act final regulations and several important case decisions under Title VII of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Attend this live virtual training with attorney Debra D’Agostino to find out what you need to know and do to comply with these two laws and their regulations, as well as the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act.

You’ll explore reasonable accommodation as it applies to pregnant employees and get examples of potential accommodations the EEOC considers to be simple. You’ll also learn the scope of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and how it applies today, including regarding fertility treatment, miscarriage, and abortion.

Guide your agency to avoid compliance missteps by learning how to:

• Determine when a pregnant employee is entitled to reasonable accommodation under the PWFA through proper use of the interactive process
• Identify and properly address pregnancy and childbirth-based harassment
• Evaluate whether agency policies related to lactating employees comply with the PUMP Act and other relevant laws
• Help your agency avoid successful claims of pregnancy and birth-related discrimination by knowing where other agencies erred
• And more

The training includes interactive Q&A, so you can get Ms. D’Agostino’s expert guidance on the new situations and unfamiliar mandates you face under these laws.

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Meet Your Trainer

Debra D’Agostino, a Founding Partner of the Federal Practice Group and leader of the firm’s federal employment law team, focuses on providing representation to federal employees worldwide in a wide range of matters against federal agencies, including EEO complaints and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) hearings, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) appeals, U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) complaints, and replying to proposed adverse actions or disciplinary actions. She has more than 20 years of experience in this complicated area of the law and has obtained successful outcomes for her clients, including findings of liability in discrimination claims and reversals of adverse actions such as removals. Additionally, Ms. D’Agostino has represented clients in appellate matters before the EEOC’s Office of Federal Operations, the MSPB, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal, Fourth, and D.C. Circuits.

Ms. D’Agostino is a popular presenter of webinars including the recent Pregnant and Nursing Employees: Meeting Agencies’ New Accommodation and Anti-Discrimination Requirements and Religious Accommodation in the Federal Workplace: Answering Your Agency’s Tough Questions, both available on-demand from LRP Federal Webinars. She is also a frequent speaker at LRP’s annual FDR Training attended by federal government employees from agencies nationwide.

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Who Should Attend

• EEO program officials
• EEO counselors and investigators
• EEO specialists
• HR professionals
• Attorneys
• Agency representatives
• ER practitioners and specialists

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Registration Information Main Site (required for Additional Site registrations): $295 per connection
Additional Site for Teleworker: $115 per connection
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For the first time in 25 years, the EEOC released definitive "Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace." It’s lengthy and complicated, covering changes in the law and controversial emerging issues. With 41+ years of experience at the EEOC, Debra Finney will deliver a commonsense breakdown of what you need to know about the Guidance plus outline immediate steps to take so your agency stays compliant and promotes a harassment-free workplace.

You’ll also learn how the Supreme Court’s 2020 decision in Bostock v. Clayton County regarding discrimination based on sexual orientation extends to the new Enforcement Guidance, and what "proportionality" means in the context of an agency taking corrective action to address harassment.

You’ll leave equipped to address and prevent workplace harassment by learning strategies to:

• Properly process “cross-bases issues” consistent with the EEOC’s Enforcement Guidance
• Interpret the broad protections for LGBTQ+ workers and apply them to agency policies and practices
• Determine if religious discussion should be allowed or if it creates a hostile work environment
• Identify conduct in the virtual environment that can create a claim of workplace harassment
• Use the EEOC's resources to assist in reviewing and updating agency policies for compliance

And, Q&A time will give you the opportunity to get reliable answers based on Ms. Finney’s insider’s perspective of the EEOC.

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Meet Your Trainer

Debra Finney is a seasoned EEO professional with over 41 years of experience at the EEOC. Throughout her career, she served as an Investigator, Outreach and Education Manager, and Office of Federal Operations (OFO) collateral duty Trainer. Her expertise led her to become a speaker at national conferences like EXCEL, NILG, and LRP’s FDR Training. Retired from federal service since 2022, Ms. Finney remains active as a contract trainer for OFO, designing curriculum for clients, and conducting federal EEO investigations. Her wealth of knowledge and dedication continues to positively impact the field of EEO.

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Who Should Attend

• EEO program officials
• EEO counselors and investigators
• EEO specialists
• HR professionals
• Attorneys
• Agency representatives
• ER practitioners and specialists

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Registration Information Main Site (required for Additional Site registrations): $295 per connection
Additional Site for Teleworker: $115 per connection
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Recent MSPB cases highlight the importance of the deciding official’s role in making — or breaking — an agency’s adverse action on appeal. In this live virtual training, renowned federal expert Robert Erbe will review the MSPB’s latest cases involving decision letters, alerting you to mistakes made by deciding officials and providing best practices your agency can use to avoid those errors.

You’ll learn the importance of the precise wording of decision letters and why certain terms should and should not be used, so your agency can avoid language that raises instant red flags. You’ll also discover why and how to work with the deciding official to ensure that all Douglas factors are properly considered.

Take a more proactive approach in preventing mistakes in decision letters and hearings by gaining
Mr. Erbe’s best practices to:

• Apply the MSPB’s most current rulings on penalty determinations to minimize risks of reversal
• Incorporate your theory and theme of the case into the decision letter to support the reasonableness of the agency’s decision
• Use the letter to “sell” the agency’s penalty decision, which can also be part of a compelling defense on appeal
• Prepare the deciding official to be an effective witness during direct and cross examination at hearing and to avoid common “traps”
• And more

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Meet Your Trainer

Attorney Robert Erbe has been practicing federal sector labor and employment law for more than 20 years. Currently, he is in private practice primarily representing the National Border Patrol Council. During his federal service, he handled more than 100 MSPB appeals for numerous agencies. He is considered an expert on the Douglas factors as well as MSPB practice and procedure. He also writes the “Discipline Advisor” column for cyberFEDS^®. He is an Advisory Board member and regular presenter at the annual FDR Training and is an attendee-favorite presenter of LRP’s Federal Webinars.

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Who Should Attend

• Employee relations specialists
• Labor relations specialists
• HR specialists
• Agency attorneys
• Deciding officials
• Union/employee representatives

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Registration Information Main Site (required for Additional Site registrations): $295 per connection
Additional Site for Teleworker: $115 per connection
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