From postmaster at langate.gsu.edu Fri Jan 5 15:52:31 2007 From: postmaster at langate.gsu.edu (GroupWise Postmaster) Date: Fri Jan 5 22:54:52 2007 Subject: [General-announce] AA/EEO Training for Supervisors and Managers Message-ID: <459E743F.B39F.009D.0@langate.gsu.edu> E-mail submitted by Annette D. Butler Please send replies to abutler@gsu.edu 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 "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these." --George Washington Carver From postmaster at langate.gsu.edu Mon Jan 22 17:14:39 2007 From: postmaster at langate.gsu.edu (GroupWise Postmaster) Date: Mon Jan 22 22:15:05 2007 Subject: [General-announce] Strategies to Avoid Discrimination Message-ID: <45B4F0FB.B39F.009D.0@langate.gsu.edu> E-mail submitted by Annette D. Butler Please send replies to abutler@gsu.edu Manager's Duty of Care Series Strategies to Avoid Discrimination Georgia State University February 20, 2007 9:00 a.m. - 12 noon Maintaining a positive environment that immunizes against liability, retaliation, and harassment is important. Harassment and discrimination can be based on such things as race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability (including obesity) or prior psychiatric treatment, marital status or political affiliation. This workshop will take a look at a wide range of behaviors that may constitute discrimination and harassment. The instructor is Gary E. Thomas, Esq. Mr. Thomas is a Partner in the Atlanta Office of Powell Goldstein, LLP. He is a member of the Firm’s National Labor, Employment and Immigration practice with extensive experience in employment litigation, arbitration, mediation, class actions and jury trials. Mr. Thomas is a trial attorney who is skilled in employment discrimination claims, having represented private and public sector employers in state and federal courts throughout the Southeast. In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Thomas advises employers in handling day-to-day personnel matters of all varieties and he works proactively with employers to train managers and supervisors. Mr. Thomas further assists employers by conducting workshops on best employment practices and litigation avoidance. Fee: Free CEUs: .3 Hrs. 3.0 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 "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these." --George Washington Carver From postmaster at langate.gsu.edu Mon Jan 22 17:15:50 2007 From: postmaster at langate.gsu.edu (GroupWise Postmaster) Date: Mon Jan 22 23:15:05 2007 Subject: [General-announce] The Internal Complaint Message-ID: <45B4F142.B39F.009D.0@langate.gsu.edu> E-mail submitted by Annette D. Butler Please send replies to abutler@gsu.edu Compliance Series The Internal Complaint Georgia State University February 21, 2007 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to identify behavior that is discriminatory, know the steps to follow as a complainant, and know what to do if they are the respondent. Course topics include The Law, Types of Complaints Processed by the Opportunity Development/Diversity Education Planning Office, I have a complaint...what should I do?, I am the accused...what are my rights? and The Georgia Open Records Act. This workshop includes a mock investigation. Fee: Free CEUs: .2 Hrs: 2.0 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 "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these." --George Washington Carver