Agenda
WORKSHOP AGENDA
Program time: 5 hours
Session 1: Quick-look guide to employment law
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978
Equal Pay Act of 1963; Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act of 2009
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1992; ADA Amendments Act of 2008
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2008
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
Session 2: Understanding the laws related to protected classes
Title VII protected classes
Anti-discrimination enforced by the EEOC
Additional protected classes
Session 3: Sexual harassment: definitions and considerations
Three definitions of sexual harassment
Standard of liability
Two elements of affirmative defense
Anti-harassment policy and complaint procedure
Measures to stop harassment
Session 4: Diving deeper on specific discrimination laws
1866 Civil Rights Act
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA)
Session 5: Consumer and employee protection
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Weingarten Rights
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Equal Pay Act (EPA)
Session 6: FMLA, ADA and WARN requirements
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as Amended by the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA)
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1989 (WARN)
Session 7: Laws regarding workplace health and safety
Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
Workers’ compensation
Comments
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