January 30, 2008, 12 - 1:30 p.m. ET:
The Clock’s Ticking … Avoiding Needless Investigation of Untimely EEO Complaints
Gary Gilbert, Federal Employment Law Attorney, Author, Former EEOC Chief AJ
Ernest Hadley, Federal Employment Law Attorney, Author

The EEOC has continued to interpret and apply the Morgan decision to a variety of circumstances that clarify its approach to timeliness issues. In addition, the Ledbetter case changes the way timeliness issues in pattern and practice complaints are being viewed. With all of these important case law decisions, you need to have a firm grasp on how they affect the EEOC’s timeliness doctrines — and your agency!

In just 90 minutes, federal employment law attorneys Gary Gilbert and Ernest Hadley will discuss the critical issue of EEO timeliness, including case law and EEOC guidance. You’ll learn what you need to know to make accurate timeliness determinations and to eliminate untimely complaints at the earliest opportunity — saving you from wasting time and agency resources on needless investigations.

You’ll also learn:

      • The doctrines of waiver, tolling and estoppel

      • The reasonable suspicion standard

      • How to deal with a complaint when the initial counselor contact occurs outside the 45-day time limit

      • How to handle timeliness issues in all types of cases, including discrete personnel actions, hostile          environment claims, pattern and practice complaints, and reasonable accommodation claims

      • And much more!

Gary M. Gilbert is an attorney, consultant and mediator specializing in the area of employment discrimination law. He has lectured and written extensively on various aspects of employment law, and is a former chief administrative judge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Mr. Gilbert is the author of the recent text book Compensatory Damages and Other Remedies in Federal Sector Employment Discrimination Cases and a soon-to-be released desk book on disability law.

Ernest C. Hadley is a private practice attorney who specializes in the area of federal employment discrimination representation. He is the author of several critical texts in the field, including A Guide to Federal Sector Equal Employment Law and Practice and Representing Agencies and Complainants before the EEOC.

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