EEOC Announces 2013 Federal Training Courses

Programs Include OPM Joint Training, 'EEO and HR for Managers & Supervisors'

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the online posting of its 2013 Federal Training Course schedule, available at www.eeotraining.eeoc.gov.

The EEOC offers a variety of training programs geared specifically for federal employees. The interactive training is ideal for federal supervisors and workers, EEO counselors and investigators, agency representatives and attorneys, as well as anyone else interested in EEO issues and practices affecting the federal workplace.

Course offerings meet training requirements for EEO counselors and investigators outlined in Management Directive (MD)-110. Other courses are tailored to meet the needs of federal managers, those responsible for conducting MD-715 barrier analyses, drafters of final agency decisions and those who draft letters of acceptance and dismissal.

"The EEOC believes that proactive prevention is the best medicine to stop discrimination before it starts," said Carlton Hadden, director of the EEOC's Office of Federal Operations. "Education and training on EEO laws, rules and regulations are vital to the creation of a model federal workplace and are effective, efficient and modest investments in preventing workplace disputes."

The 2013 course schedule includes:

EEO and HR for Managers & Supervisors (Joint EEOC/OPM program)
Barrier Analysis
Basics of MD-715
Disability Program Management (basic and advanced)
Drafting Final Agency Decisions
EEO Laws Refresher
Counselor and Investigator Refresher
New Counselor and New Investigator

The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination in the public and private sectors. Further information is available on EEOC's website at www.eeoc.gov.