Get to Know Your Federal EEO lays out the entire EEO process in nontechnical terms -- ensuring you understand its origins, laws that apply and how they’re enforced, as well as the ins and outs of settlement.

Experts Sam Vitaro and Jeffrey Goodfriend -- recognized authorities on federal EEO law and former Administrative Judges -- explain the eight steps involved in the typical EEO claim, putting the regulations into perspective and laying out the sequence of EEO complaint processing. Plus, you learn:

• Various theories of discrimination, with examples of how it’s proven, so you know how to analyze an EEO case
• What you need to keep in mind when processing potential mixed EEO and employee relations cases
• The standards for liability and determining the appropriate remedy
• Definitions for what constitutes disability, reprisal, age, race and other key EEO protections
• 55 ways to settle a case, and 14 techniques to get it done
• And more!