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Services
 Training & Workshops
EEO Management Solutions can customize workshops to meet your specific needs and state’s legal requirements. Workshops can be delivered in half-day or day-long formats.
Some of our most popular training topics include:
- Sexual and Discriminatory Harassment for Employees
This training program enables employees to recognize when their behavior is crossing the line. It covers definitions and examples of unlawful harassment, and also reviews employees' responsibilities pursuant to the organization's policies and procedures regarding harassment. In addition to sexual harassment, this course creates understanding and awareness regarding harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, and disability, as well as groups protected by state laws. It also covers harassment involving co-workers and third parties, and unlawful retaliation.
- Sexual and Discriminatory Harassment for Managers
In addition to the topics covered above, this class prepares managers to handle complaints and helps them to understand their responsibilities including: maintaining a work environment free of harassing behavior and working with Human Resources to prevent and address harassment. It also covers the issues of vicarious liability, confidentiality, and the effects of harassment on the victim, harasser and organization.
- Managers and the Law: The Basics of Managing Legally and Effectively
This interactive course covers all major EEO laws including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. It also reviews the application of these laws to the important management tasks of interviewing, managing performance, discipline and electronic communication. This program also helps managers understand their responsibilities to maintain a work environment free of discriminatory conduct, and is typically customized to include an organization's specific EEO policies and procedures. It can also cover other employment laws as requested and required by organizational needs.
- Equal Employment Opportunity Training for Employees
This course helps employees understand their workplace rights and responsibilities in regard to interactions with other employees. It explains all of the major EEO laws, types of behavior to avoid, and the organization’s processes for handling EEO problems.
- The Essentials of Investigating EEO and Harassment Complaints
This course, geared towards HR staff, trains participants in the steps required to investigate EEO complaints. It includes instruction on questioning witnesses (what to ask and what to tell), documentation, assessing credibility, preparing a report, etc. It also features specific concerns and issues that arise depending on the type of complaint alleged.
- Legal Hiring and Interviewing
This course focuses specifically on ensuring legal compliance in the context of the hiring process. It includes instruction on advertisements, employment applications, legal interviewing, and generally, how to ensure fair selections. It also covers special EEO considerations, such as ADA requirements, within the context of hiring.
- New Frontiers in EEO Law: Understanding and Addressing Family Responsibilities Discrimination
Since 2000, there has been a marked increase in the number of EEO cases filed involving discrimination on the basis of family responsibilities. (i.e. pregnancy, part-time work, caring for elderly parents, etc.) This groundbreaking course fosters awareness of the stereotypes of employees with family responsibilities, their legal rights, and steps employers can take to reduce their legal vulnerability. It also demonstrates how addressing the reality of ever present familial and personal obligations is essential to every organization’s health, efficiency and growth. This class is a must for HR professionals who want to stay on the cutting edge of legal developments.
*Also offered:
- Train-the-trainer workshops for the above courses
- Sessions for executive management
- One-on-one sensitivity training customized to address specific issues occurring in your workplace
All workshops:
- include whole group, small group, and individual interaction
- cover relevant laws, case studies, and practical applications
- are reasonably priced based on number of participants, number of classes requisitioned, location of client, and amount of customization required or requested
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