[General-announce] AA/EEO Training for Supervisors and Managers

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Manager's Duty of Care Series
Alphabet Soup: EEO/AA Training for Supervisors and Managers
Georgia State University

Day One:
January 22, 2007
EEO for Supervisors
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 

What are the Equal Employment Laws that a manager needs to know? What is a manager’s responsibility in reference to these laws? What is a manager’s role when conflict occurs?

Day Two:
January 23, 2007
Building Community Through Fair and Effective Performance Evaluations
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
 
This class will cover 
 
1.	Equal Employment Laws, Regulations, and Policies Related to Performance Evaluations
2.	Theories of Discrimination
3.	Reprisal Discrimination
4.	Discrimination in Performance Evaluations
                a.  What Will Cause A Complaint of Discrimination To Be Filed By Your Employees Regarding Their
                      Performance Evaluation
                b.  How To Avoid Complaints of Discrimination
                c.  Factors That Can Cause Discrimination in Appraisals
5.	The Performance Evaluation Process and Content
6.	Why Do Supervisors Procrastinate When Performance Evaluations Are Due?
7.	Improving Performance Appraisals
8.	Handling Unsatisfactory Performance
9.	Legal Questions on Performance Evaluations

The instructor is Professor Floyd Weatherspoon of Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio.  Professor Weatherspoon teaches Labor Law, Labor Arbitration, Employment Discrimination, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and a seminar on African-American Males and the Law.    He has published in the area of employment discrimination law, and is a frequent speaker at national conferences on this and related topics.  Professor Weatherspoon serves on a number of labor arbitration/mediation panels; he is also an External Administrative Judge for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  

Fee:  $100 per class per person (includes box lunch)  CEUs:  .6 per class   Hrs. 6.0 per class  
 
Register online at http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwafa/services/ 

Limited seating.

Sponsored by the GA State University Opportunity Development/Diversity Education Planning Office.




Annette D. Butler
Associate Director
Opportunity Development/Diversity Education Planning Office
Georgia State University
P. O. Box 3983
Atlanta, GA 30302-3983
(404) 651-2567
(404) 651-0875 Direct
(404) 651-1598 Fax

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