This course is designed to explain how the basic legal concepts of employment discrimination, are applied in the areas of disparate treatment and harassment on the bases of age and religion. The regulations and case law affecting these areas are reviewed. This course equips practitioners to advise management on the best ways to prevent complaints of discrimination because of religion and age, and how to avoid agency liability when they do occur.

Course Components

Chapter 1: Disparate Treatment Because of Age
Chapter 2: Harassment Because of Age
Chapter 3: Reasonable Accommodation of Religious Beliefs
Chapter 4: Religious-based Disparate Treatment and Harassment

Learning Outcomes

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

• Explain how the ADEA protects workers over 40, and how disparate treatment principles are applied when both workers are over 40.
• Advise management on how to avoid age discrimination in hiring, promotion, training and assignment decisions.
• Show how specific behaviors by managers make it more likely a complaint of age discrimination will be successful.
• Define "religious beliefs sincerely held" under EEO law.
• Advise management on how to avoid disparate treatment and harassment on the basis of religion.
• Describe the obligation to reasonably accommodate religious beliefs and practices.
• Explain the extent to which religious speech, display and dress are protected at the workplace.
• Complete chapter assessments with 100% mastery and the final assessment with 80% mastery.

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