The course, Defining Discrimination defines the concepts of disparate treatment and harassment, and demonstrates how they apply to the federal equal employment opportunity process. It reviews the legal bases of discrimination and shows how regulations and case law affect the outcome of EEO complaints. This course equips practitioners to advise management on the best ways to prevent EEO complaints, and how to avoid agency liability when they do occur.

Course Components

Chapter 1: Basic Concepts of Employment Discrimination
Chapter 2: Disparate Treatment
Chapter 3: Harassment
Chapter 4: Agency Liability and No FEAR Act Obligations

Learning Outcomes

After completion of this course, you'll be able to:

• Explain the basic concepts of employment discrimination.
• Define disparate treatment.
• Identify disparate treatment in hiring and promotion, work assignment, training and other areas of federal employment.
• Define harassment, including tangible employment actions and the employee's right to a non-hostile work environment.
• Complete chapter assessments with 100% mastery and the final assessment with 80% mastery.

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