This year, it is more important than ever for supervisors, reasonable accommodation coordinators, EEO specialists, LR/ER specialists, HR staff, attorneys, and union reps to understand the process for determining when an employee is legally entitled to a reasonable accommodation, whether the request is related to an individual’s disability, pregnancy-related medical condition, or religious beliefs. While […]

Title VII makes it illegal to discriminate against someone based on religion - and it has for decades. However, this is one of the least understood categories in discrimination complaints. What does "discrimination" based on religion actually mean, what counts as a religion, and where's the line between an offensive statement and a hostile work […]

This week of FELTG training focuses on conducting administrative investigations in the Federal workplace with an emphasis on employee misconduct, including workplace harassment. Workplace Investigations Week always includes the most up-to-date information on the skills, trends, and cases, including OPM’s regulations on investigative leave. Monday, August 11: Administrative Investigations: The Substantive Basis Why investigate? This […]

Whether you work for a Federal agency subject to President Trump's inauguration day Return to In-Person Work Memorandum, or you work for a state or local government or private sector company who has ordered employees back to work onsite, one thing is sure: you have received a number of exemption requests from individuals who are […]

Whether you’re representing your agency before the Merit Systems Protection Board or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, there is one ultimate goal: zealously advocate for your client to get the desired result. This interactive course will prepare you for these kinds of hearings whether you represent the agency side or the employee side. Wednesday, August […]

FELTG’s flagship course UnCivil Servant empowers Federal supervisors and advisers to confidently handle the challenges that come with supervising in the Federal workplace. It shatters misconceptions about performance and misconduct-based actions and gives you simple step-by-step guidance for taking swift, appropriate, and legally defensible actions. This course fulfills the 5 CFR 412.202(b) mandatory training requirements for new […]

Change happens in the world of Federal employee relations, and it often comes quickly. Those who succeed continuously sharpen their MSPB skills and refresh their knowledge. Those who don’t fall behind. FELTG’s MSPB Law Week provides an all-encompassing week of training that offers the most effective guidance and up-to-date information available, including OPM’s recent notice […]

Let’s face it: EEO is complex. Not only do you have several different laws and the growing caselaw to keep up with, but many areas, such as contractor complaints and mixed cases, are flat out confusing as heck. The increasing reasonable accommodation requests based on religion, disability, and pregnancy and the rise in harassment complaints […]

Whether you’re an HR professional, Employee Relations practitioner, EEO specialist, supervisor, or agency counsel, you have undoubtedly faced a leave-related challenge or two. And chances are, you may have struggled with some of the more complicated scenarios. Leave and medical issues create a complex and seemingly burdensome issue, one often laced with emotion and intersecting […]

Numerous pitfalls can derail an agency’s disciplinary action – whether that action is a suspension, demotion, or removal – and make a bad situation worse. Because anything can happen during a legal challenge to an adverse action, the most “effective and efficient” approach to employee misconduct isn’t always traditional discipline. This two-hour training will explain […]

A surprisingly large number of agency dismissals are overturned by the EEOC each year – and a remand years after the events in question can equal big problems when it comes to the investigation. This class covers all you need to know on when to accept, when to dismiss, and how to frame EEO claims. […]

Whether you work for a Federal agency subject to President Trump's inauguration day Return to In-Person Work Memorandum, or you work for a state or local government or private sector company who has ordered employees back to work onsite, one thing is sure: you have received a number of exemption requests from individuals who are […]