Employment Law: Discrimination and Harassment
September 2008
Employment Law Update: Discrimination and Harassment
Program Highlights
Morning:
- Sexual orientation discrimination
- Transgender issues
- Increasing power of stereotyping claims
- Should employment practices adapt to new technologies?
- Relationship and association discrimination
Afternoon:
- Recent developments in harassment law
- Motions to compel production of attorney investigations
- Farragher⁄Ellerth affirmative defense
- Mediation of harassment cases
- Language and harassment
Agenda
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Registration
Discrimination:
9:00 – 9:45 a.m.
Sexual Orientation and Transgender Issues in the Workplace
Presented by Brett C. Painter
9:45 – 10:30 a.m.
The Increasing Power of Stereotyping Claims
Presented by Charlotte N. Sweeney
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 – 11:30 a.m.
Should Employment Practices Adapt to New Technologies?
Presented by Steven M. Gutierrez
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Discrimination Based on Relationships or Associations
Presented by Theresa L. Corrada
12:15 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch Break (on your own)
Harassment:
1:30 – 2:15 p.m.
Motions to Compel Production of Attorney Investigations of Harassment Complaints, and
Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege as a Result of Assertion of Faragher⁄Ellerth Affirmative
Defense
Presented by Honorable Kristen L. Mix
2:15 – 3:00 p.m.
Mediation of Harassment Cases
Presented by Kathryn E. Miller
3:00 – 3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15 – 4:00 p.m.
Recent Developments in Harassment Law
Presented by Joan M. Bechtold
4:00 – 4:45 p.m.
Language and Harassment, Including English-only, Company-owned Radios, and Safety
Policies that Require a Common Language
Presented by William C. (Bill) Berger
4:45 p.m.
Adjourn
Faculty
Joan M. Bechtold, Esq.
Sweeney & Bechtold LLC
Denver, Colorado
William C. (Bill) Berger, Esq.
Stettner Miller PC
Denver, Colorado
Theresa L. Corrada, Esq.
Isaacson Rosenbaum PC
Denver, Colorado
Steven M. Gutierrez, Esq.
Holland & Hart LLP
Denver, Colorado
Kathryn E. Miller, Esq.
Littleton Alternative Dispute Resolution Ltd.
Littleton, Colorado
Honorable Kristen L. Mix
United States Magistrate Judge
United States District Court for the District of Colorado
Denver, Colorado
Brett C. Painter, Esq.
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
Denver, Colorado
Charlotte N. Sweeney, Esq.
Sweeney & Bechtold LLC
Denver, Colorado
Location Information
CLECI Large Classroom
1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
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1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
Registration Fees
| $279.00 | |
| CBA | $239.00 |
| LABLAW | $209.00 |
| $189.00 | |
| $189.00 |
- General Credits: 7.00
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