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Regardless of where your organization may presently be on the path to making diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) a part of your culture, our attorneys will work alongside you to determine the most advantageous course of action in developing and implementing a program that will provide the greatest benefit to you and your employees. Any of the trainings that we conducted as part of our complimentary 6-session Diversity Webinar Series - Updating your Perspective on Inclusivity at Work can be personalized for your workforce. A synopsis of each session is below, including a link to the publicly recorded webinar:
The Ugly Truth about Appearance Discrimination – This session explores a variety of appearance-based issues that employers face every day, and discusses situations in which business culture and necessity clash with discrimination laws based on race, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and more.
Learning the Language of Inclusivity – An Overview of LGBTQIA Issues Confronting Employers in the Workplace – This presentation provides an overview of evolving LGBTQIA issues confronting employers in the workplace. Topics include Terminology 101, an update on federal law and state trends, positions taken by the EEOC and DOJ, and employer best practices.
Competing Rights – Creating Balance – There are competing rights all around us – from the right to refuse serve versus the right to service; the right to protest in support of Black Lives Matter versus the right to bear arms; and the right to have a comfort animal onboard a commercial flight or in the workplace with you versus someone else’s right to request for accommodation not to be subjected to such comfort animals. This webinar discusses how these competing rights are being addressed by employers to attempt to bring about a fair and balanced response to the rights of all.
Where are you on the Continuum? – Cultural Competence and Differences at Work – Have you considered the impact of individual culture in the workplace? This presentation provides an overview of the importance of cultural competence at work, including understanding and acknowledging the impact of race, identity, immigration, religiosity, and vernacular in the workplace.
Neurodivergence and Mental Health Diversity – Neurodiversity has been described as the viewpoint that neurological variations such as autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are not deficiencies, but instead are simply differences in how human brains operate. During this session, we discuss how employers can manage neurodivergence in the workplace, including on-boarding and off-boarding considerations, reasonable accommodation issues, and effective performance management.
Generational Bashing, is it Real? – We’ve all heard or seen the “OK, Boomer!” and “OK, Millennial!” banter in social media and elsewhere; but do such remarks rise to the level of inappropriate age-related slurs that may expose employers to actionable age discrimination claims? This webinar explores the legal and practical implications of trying to bring closure and understanding to the various generational gaps.