COURSE PURPOSE

This program provides an in-depth look at employment discrimination actions under Title VII and the ADA. The speakers will offer nuts-and-bolts advice on litigating these issues, as well as a discussion on cutting-edge trends. Learn how to advise employers and employees on handling discrimination issues.

TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE:

• Title VII Actions
- What is a Title VII action and what is the basis for a claim?
- Defenses, including qualified immunity and 11th Amendment immunity
- Pleading essentials

• ADA Title I Actions
- What is a Title I action and what is the basis for a claim?
- Who can be sued?
- What is a disability?
- Reasonable accommodations
- Pleading essentials

• The ADA and Employers
- How to interview, hire, and train disabled employees
- Reasonable accommodations - practical issues

QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION

At the end of the program, you can push a number on your touch-tone phone and be placed in a queue for questions. When it's your turn, you enter the conference call in a mode that allows your question to be heard by the speakers and the rest of the telephone audience. The speakers will then discuss the question with you.