AAAED Spring 2016 PDTI and Title IX Institute (March 21-26, 2016)

Monday, March 21, 2016 8:00 AM - Saturday, March 26, 2016 5:00 PM (Eastern Time) Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia

Register for the March 2016 AAAED Professional Development and Training Institute/Title IX Institute: https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1795043.

30% CAAP Discount Available for AAAED Members 10% CAAP Discount for Non-AAAED Members

Registrants may work towards the completion of the Certified Affirmative Action Professional (CAAP) credential by registering for the following courses:

March 21 - 22, 2016: Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Law (16 hrs.)

March 23 - 24, 2016: Developing and Implementing an Affirmative Action Program (16 hrs.)

March 25 - 26, 2016: Complaint Processing, Counseling and Resolution (16 hrs.)

Registrants may work towards the completion of the Title IX certificate by registering for the Title IX Institute: https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventId=1814739.

March 24, 2016: Title IX Institute (8 hrs.)

All courses are Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI) pre-approved.

EEOC To Give Employees Access to Employer Position Statements Upon Request

Squire Patton Boggs, Lexology

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently announced a change that will now provide discrimination claimants with their employers’ position statements.

Read the story here.

Related content:

• EEOC Will Now Allow Release of Position Statements to Charging Party (Locke Lord LLP)
• A One-Way Street: EEOC Unveils Nationwide Procedures for Releasing Employers’ Position Statements (Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC)
• EEOC Will Now Offer to Share Employer Position Statements With Charging Parties During Investigations (Phelps Dunbar LLP)
• EEOC Implements Nationwide Program to Disclose Employer Position Statements and Supporting Documents (Epstein Becker Green)
• EEOC to Release Employer Position Statements to All Claimants (Baker & McKenzie)
• EEOC Providing Employer Position Statements To Charging Parties (Holland & Hart LLP)

EEOC Proposes Regulations Describing Federal Government’s Obligation to Engage in Affirmative Action for People with Disabilities

Commission Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Rule Implementing Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) describing specific actions that federal agencies must take to comply with their obligation to engage in affirmative action in employment for individuals with disabilities. The NPRM is available in the Public Inspection portion of the Federal Register, and will be officially published February 24, 2016. Members of the public have 60 days from that date, April 25, 2016, to submit comments. EEOC has also published a question-and-answer document on the NPRM and a document providing background information and a summary of the NPRM.

Read the press release here.

Related content:

• EEOC Proposes Revised Affirmative Action Rules for Federal Agencies and their Obligations to Disabled Employees (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP)
• ‘Game-Changer’: Federal Agencies to Increase People with Disabilities in Workforce (DiversityInc)

Three States Seek to Bolster Fair Pay Laws

Epstein Becker Green, Lexology

Following on the tails of recent updates in New York and California’s equal pay laws, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and California all have bills pending in their state legislatures that would seek to eliminate pay differentials on the basis of sex and other protected categories.

Read the story here.

Quality Solutions, LLC to Pay $22,500 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

Company Violated Federal Law by Failing to Hire Pregnant Applicant, Federal Agency Charged

ATLANTA - Quality Solutions, LLC, a Dalton, Ga., staffing company, will pay $22,500 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

Read the press release here.