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Monday, July 28th
12:00 pm-5:00 pm Conference
Registration
Tuesday, July 29th
7:30 am-7:00 pm Conference
Registration
8:00 am-9:00 am Pre-Conference
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am-4:00 pm Pre-Conference
Workshops
1) Focused Analyses of Selection Practices
Joseph Lakis, Senior Counsel, Equal
Employment Advisory Council, and Dr. Michael Sinclair, EEAC Director
of Statistical Analyses (former Director of Statistical Analysis for
Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance
Programs)
How to Evaluate Your Selection Practices for
Potential Discrimination
A full day pre-conference workshop that will
capitalize on their expertise and provide instruction on the
statistical evaluations of hires (a primary focus area of OFCCP),
promotions and terminations.
2)
Constructing and Using Diversity Metrics: Basic and
Beyond
Valerie Hoffman, Founder and Chair,
Seyfarth Shaw LLP’S Affirmative Action and Diversity practice
Constructing and Using Diversity Metrics: Basic
and Beyond
A
two-part all-day pre-conference workshop presented by Valerie
Hoffman, Founder and Chair, Seyfarth Shaw LLP’S Affirmative Action
and Diversity practice, which has worked with corporations
nationwide to build measurement systems that will measure the
progress of diversity initiatives. The sessions will focus on
diversity metrics and answer some key questions, and will include
practical exercises on how to develop basic and more advanced
diversity metrics using concepts and analyses that can be
taken
back to their workplace.
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Pre-Conference
Lunch
10:00 am – 4:00 pm NILG Board
Meeting
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm ILG Chairpersons
Meeting & Networking
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Welcome Reception
and Exhibits
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Wednesday, July 30
6:00 am – 5:00 pm Conference
Registration
6:00 am – 8:00 am Breakfast and Exhibits
8:00 am – 10:15 am Opening General Session
8:00 am – 8:30 am Welcome Remarks
8:30 am – 9:20 am Charles E. James, Sr., Deputy Assistant Secretary,
U.S. Dept of Labor, OFCCP
9:25 am – 10:15 am Naomi C. Earp, Chair, EEOC
10:15 am – 10:45 am Break and Exhibits
10:45 am – 12:00 pm Concurrent Workshops
1)Internet Applicant/Veterans Trends
Mickey Silberman, Esq., Jackson Lewis, LLP
Strategic Applicant Tracking and Reducing Adverse Impact: Using the
Internet Applicant Rule to Reduce Your Recordkeeping Burden and Your
Company's Exposure to Claims of Discrimination
The Internet Applicant Rule is now more than two years old. While
most employers have implemented the Rule, many have not taken full
advantage of the strategic benefits it offers. And the consequences
are real: more OFCCP applicant discrimination claims and larger
back-pay settlements than ever before. In this session, learn about
the best practices that have evolved over the past few years to
substantially reduce your applicant tracking and record-keeping
burden and minimize your exposure to applicant discrimination claims
during OFCCP audits. Also, learn about the changed Veterans
reporting obligations and simple, practical ways to comply.
2) Alternative Dispute Resolution
George Chaffey, Esq., Littler Mendelson
P.C.
Katherine Cooper Franklin, Esq., Littler Mendelson, P.C.
J. Kevin Lilly, Esq., Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Alternative
dispute resolution (ADR), when used properly in appropriate
circumstances, can provide faster, less expensive, less
contentious, and more productive results in resolving conflict in
the workplace, including claims of discrimination, harassment,
retaliation and other employment related issues. The workshop will
provide effective techniques and tools for success at mediation and
give participants a chance to see a mock mediation session in
action.
3)"Ask the White Guy"
Luke Visconti, Partner and Co-founder DiversityInc Magazine
One of the most popular areas of DiversityInc magazine is “Ask the
White Guy,” a blog hosted by Luke Visconti. This popular blog is
dedicated to confidential answers to questions on diversity that
people are afraid to ask. This highly spirited session will address
and answer some of those questions.
4)OFCCP Workshop
Dr. Javaid Kaiser, PhD, Director of Statistical Analysis, OFCCP
OFCCP: An Overview of Statistical Applications
Statistical procedures can uncover underlying patterns and trends in
data that traditional investigative tools may not find or would
require prohibitive amounts of resources and time. The advancement
in technology has provided breakthroughs in analyzing data in the
most unbiased and cost effective manner. This session will provide a
discussion of a few statistical procedures that seem beneficial to
the business community for self-evaluation of employment data.
5)Aging & Workplace Flexibility
Dr. Marcie Pitt-Catsouophes, Co-Director of the Center for Aging &
Work at Boston College
The 21St Century Multi Generational Workforce
A Competitive
Advantage or Vulnerability?
What is the real story of the aging workforce and the implications?
Join a discussion of the imperatives corporations and society face
as we embark upon the inclusion of the millennials, knowledge
transfer, career development, flexibility, wellness, retention,
engagement, and other aspects of maintaining and building
competitive workforces.
6)Wage and Hour Class Action Update
John Fox, Esq., Manatt Phelps Phillips, LLP
Wage and Hour Claims – A Discussion of the Emerging Money Issues
Wage-Hour class actions have borrowed heavily from the law of class
actions originally built in the race and sex discrimination law
context. This workshop provides a discussion of the "money issues"
emerging in Wage and Hour claims currently sweeping the country.
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch
Keynote Speaker: Marlee Matlin, Academy Award winning actress
1:45 pm – 3:00 pm Concurrent Workshops-Repeated
7)Internet Applicant/Veterans Trends
Mickey Silberman, Esq., Jackson Lewis, LLP
Strategic Applicant Tracking and Reducing Adverse Impact: Using the
Internet Applicant Rule to Reduce Your Recordkeeping Burden and Your
Company's Exposure to Claims of Discrimination
The Internet Applicant Rule is now more than two years old. While
most employers have implemented the Rule, many have not taken full
advantage of the strategic benefits it offers. And the consequences
are real: more OFCCP applicant discrimination claims and larger
back-pay settlements than ever before. In this session, learn about
the best practices that have evolved over the past few years to
substantially reduce your applicant tracking and record-keeping
burden and minimize your exposure to applicant discrimination claims
during OFCCP audits. Also, learn about the changed Veterans
reporting obligations and simple, practical ways to comply.
8) Alternative Dispute Resolution
George Chaffey, Esq., Littler Mendelson
P.C.
Katherine Cooper Franklin, Esq., Littler Mendelson, P.C.
J. Kevin Lilly, Esq., Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Alternative
dispute resolution (ADR), when used properly in appropriate
circumstances, can provide faster, less expensive, less
contentious, and more productive results in resolving conflict in
the workplace, including claims of discrimination, harassment,
retaliation and other employment related issues. The workshop will
provide effective techniques and tools for success at mediation and
give participants a chance to see a mock mediation session in
action.
9)"Ask the White Guy"
Luke Visconti, Partner and Co-founder DiversityInc Magazine
One of the most popular areas of DiversityInc magazine is “Ask the
White Guy,” a blog hosted by Luke Visconti. This popular blog is
dedicated to confidential answers to questions on diversity that
people are afraid to ask. This highly spirited session will address
and answer some of those questions.
10)OFCCP Workshop
Dr. Javaid Kaiser,
PhD, Director of Statistical Analysis, OFCCP
OFCCP: An Overview of Statistical
Applications
Statistical procedures can uncover underlying patterns and trends in
data that traditional investigative tools may not find or would
require prohibitive amounts of resources and time. The advancement
in technology has provided breakthroughs in analyzing data in the
most unbiased and cost effective manner. This session will provide a
discussion of a few statistical procedures that seem beneficial to
the business community for self-evaluation of employment
11)Aging & Workplace Flexibility
Dr. Marcie Pitt-Catsouophes, Co-Director of the Center for Aging &
Work at Boston College
The 21St Century Multi Generational Workforce
A Competitive
Advantage or Vulnerability?
What is the real story of the aging workforce and the implications?
Join a discussion of the imperatives corporations and society face
as we embark upon the inclusion of the millennials, knowledge
transfer, career development, flexibility, wellness, retention,
engagement, and other aspects of maintaining and building
competitive workforces.
12)Wage and Hour Class Action Update
John Fox, Esq., Manatt Phelps Phillips, LLP
Wage and Hour Claims – A Discussion of the Emerging Money Issues
Wage-Hour class actions have borrowed heavily from the law of class
actions originally built in the race and sex discrimination law
context. This workshop provides a discussion of the "money issues"
emerging in Wage and Hour claims currently sweeping the country.
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Break and Exhibits
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm General Session
Education Panel
“Is Diversity Changing the Paradigm? The Capacity of U.S.
Educational Systems to Build the Nation’s Future Citizenry and
Workforce.”
Moderator:
Dr. Bernard Anderson, Practice Professor of Management,
The Wharton School, and former Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Employment Standards, U.S. Department of Labor.
Panelists:
Dr. Alexander Gonzalez, President, Sacramento State University; Dr.
William B. Harvey, VP and Chief Officer for Diversity & Equity,
University of Virginia; Dr. Alvin Poussaint, Professor of
Psychiatry, Faculty Associate Dean for Student Affairs,
Director of the Office of Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs,
Harvard University; and Domenika Lynch, Executive Director Mexican
American Alumni Programs, University of Southern California.
A panel of respected and
noted leaders in the education community will delve into some
converging and thought-provoking paradigms for 21st century
corporations in discussing the intersection of ideas about the
future of affirmative action and diversity in the workplace,
building a competitive workforce that allows companies to compete in
a global marketplace, and the role of U.S. educational systems in
developing talent pipelines.
6:30 pm – 10:00 pm Lucky Strike- Dinner and Activities
An evening of networking and fun activities. Dress is casual and
comfortable.
Transportation will begin at 6:30 pm and round robin throughout the
evening to and from the hotel.
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Thursday, July 31
6:00 am – 5:00 pm Conference Registration
6:30 am – 8:00 am Breakfast and Exhibits
7:00 am – 8:00 am
NILG Board and OFCCP Regional Directors
Meeting
8:00 am – 10:00 am General Session
Keynote
Welcome: Victoria A. Lipnic, Assistant Secretary, Employment
Standards Administration, U.S. Dept. of Labor
Senior Executive Panel
Moderator:
Cari Dominquez, Immediate Past Chair, U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission
Panelists:
Joyce Rowland, Senior Vice President, Human Resources,
Sempra Energy; Sherry Nolan, Vice President, Diversity & Workplace
Development, Pepsi Bottling Group; Deborah Soon, Vice President,
Marketing & Executive Leadership Initiatives, Catalyst; and Wes Bush,
President & Chief Operating Officer, Northrop Grumman Corporation
(invited).
A panel of prestigious senior executives from
industry and government will discuss their view of diversity from
the executive suite. They will share how diversity is valued in the
company, integrated into the management system, and tied to the
business bottom line. They will discuss the ongoing glass ceiling
issues and what companies are doing to address talent acquisition
succession and leadership to ensure the nation’s competitiveness in
today’s global diverse markets.
10:00 am – 10:30 am Break and Exhibits
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Concurrent Workshops
1)Family Caregiver Discrimination
Kathleen
Mulligan, Administrative Law Judge, Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, Los Angeles District Office
Managing
Converging Issues in the 21st Century Workplace
What circumstances constitute unlawful and disparate treatment under
Title VII and/or the Americans with Disabilities Act against a
worker with care giving responsibilities? The discussion will focus
on a number of issues such as sex based stereotypes, disparate
treatment of pregnant workers, women of color with care giving
responsibilities, workers providing care to individuals with
disabilities and much more.
2)Transgender Inclusion
Margaret Stumpp, Chief Investment Officer, Quantitative Investment Management Associates
Understanding Transgender Inclusion – An Emerging Dimension in
Workplace Diversity
Transsexual people increasingly are attempting to openly transition
from male to female or female to male and remain in the same job.
This has spurred employer interest in understanding and addressing
transgender issues to effectively support this emerging dimension in
workplace diversity. A personal story will be shared to help gain
more insight and perspective.
3)OFCCP Workshop
Dr. Richard Fischer, Government’s
Psychometric Expert OFCCP
OFCCP: Tests and Their Impact on Selection
The “testing portion” of a compliance evaluation looks at
contractors’ high-stakes tests and selection practices.
“High-stakes” means that examinees failing the test won’t get
something they want - like a job or a credential - and so OFCCP’s
review of contractor tests is an important part of the compliance
evaluation. If a test has adverse impact, the case goes to OFCCP
testing expert, Richard Fischer.
Join Dr. Fischer for a look at the testing part of a compliance
evaluation, including non-technical review of concepts like validity
and, why a test is discriminatory; test-related information OFCCP is
looking for during the review; and why a test without acceptable
validation is not really identifying the best candidates – legal
issues aside.
4)OFCCP Workshop
Regional Directors Round Table
“Let’s Talk”
Don’t miss
this annual forum that will gather the OFCCP Regional Directors for
an informative dialogue on hot topics and questions of emerging
interest to the contractor community.
Moderator: Tanya C. Lewis, Director Compliance Management, Raytheon
Regional Directors: Joan Ford, Southwest & Rocky Mountain (Acting);
Lorenzo Harrison, Northeast Region and Mid-Atlantic Region (Acting);
William Smitherman, Pacific Region; Evelyn Teague, Southeast Region;
and Sandra S. Zeigler, Midwest Region
5)Disabled Veterans
Mike Jones, Human Resources Director, Northrop Grumman
Disabled Veterans – One Organization's Innovative Approach to their
Human Capital Management
Learn about an innovative program that provides transition support
to service members severely injured in the Global War on Terrorism
and helps them identify career opportunities within Northrop
Grumman. The company was recognized with the U.S. Secretary of
Labor's sixth annual New Freedom Initiative award for its program,
“Operation IMPACT” (Injured Military Pursuing Assisted Career
Transition) program.
6)The Next Generation of New Leaders
Bruce Tulgan, Founder & Chairman, RainmakerThinking, Inc.™
New Leaders: Developing the Next Generation
The latest business dilemma facing organizations across the country
is the leadership crisis. On the one hand, aging workers will be
retiring in large numbers over the next ten years, leaving behind a
growing number of leadership vacancies. On the other hand, fewer
talented young workers are willing to follow the old-fashioned
career paths that guaranteed leadership succession in the workplace
of the past. This presentation will help you address and solve the
leadership crisis in your organization. It offers business leaders,
human resource professionals, and emerging leaders themselves new
ways to think about leadership and new ways to prepare the next
generation for leadership roles.
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch
Keynote Speaker: The Honorable
Neil Romano, Assistant Secretary, Office of Disability Employment
Policy, U.S. Dept. of Labor
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm Concurrent Workshops-Repeated
7) Family Caregiver Discrimination
Kathleen
Mulligan, Administrative Law Judge, Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, Los Angeles District Office
Managing
Converging Issues in the 21st Century Workplace
What circumstances constitute unlawful and disparate treatment under
Title VII and/or the Americans with Disabilities Act against a
worker with care giving responsibilities? The discussion will focus
on a number of issues such as sex based stereotypes, disparate
treatment of pregnant workers, women of color with care giving
responsibilities, workers providing care to individuals with
disabilities and much more.
8)Transgender Inclusion
Margaret Stumpp, Chief Investment Officer, Quantitative Investment Management Associates
Understanding Transgender Inclusion – An Emerging Dimension in
Workplace Diversity
Transsexual people increasingly are attempting to openly transition
from male to female or female to male and remain in the same job.
This has spurred employer interest in understanding and addressing
transgender issues to effectively support this emerging dimension in
workplace diversity. A personal story will be shared to help gain
more insight and perspective.
9)OFCCP Workshop
Dr. Richard Fischer, Government’s Psychometric Expert OFCCP
OFCCP: Tests and Their Impact on Selection
The “testing portion” of a compliance evaluation looks at
contractors’ high-stakes tests and selection practices.
“High-stakes” means that examinees failing the test won’t get
something they want - like a job or a credential - and so OFCCP’s
review of contractor tests is an important part of the compliance
evaluation. If a test has adverse impact, the case goes to OFCCP
testing expert, Richard Fischer.
Join Dr. Fischer for a look at the testing part of a compliance
evaluation, including non-technical review of concepts like validity
and, why a test is discriminatory; test-related information OFCCP is
looking for during the review; and why a test without acceptable
validation is not really identifying the best candidates – legal
issues aside.
10)OFCCP Workshop
Sandra S. Zeigler, OFCCP Midwest Regional Director
OFCCP: Understanding
Defenses from the Perspective of OFCCP (Afternoon Only)
OFCCP: Understanding Defenses
from the Perspective of OFCCP (Afternoon Only)
Are you paying big money for defenses that just don't work? We can't
be discriminators; we are utilized above availability. Your findings
aren't practically significant because if you shift the identity of
two affected class hires to two favored group hires, our standard
deviations drop below two. Your shortfall brings the standard
deviations to zero so it can't be right. Etc. etc. etc.
Learn about the ten often raised, but unpersuasive, arguments you
should avoid in defending systemic discrimination findings. Know
when to tell your advisors Don't Go There!
11)Disabled Veterans
Mike Jones, Human Resources Director, Northrop Grumman
Disabled Veterans – One Organization's Innovative Approach to their
Human Capital Management
Learn about an innovative program that provides transition support
to service members severely injured in the Global War on Terrorism
and helps them identify career opportunities within Northrop
Grumman. The company was recognized with the U.S. Secretary of
Labor's sixth annual New Freedom Initiative award for its program,
“Operation IMPACT” (Injured Military Pursuing Assisted Career
Transition) program.
12)The Next Generation of New Leaders
Bruce Tulgan, Founder & Chairman, RainmakerThinking, Inc.™
New Leaders: Developing the Next Generation
The latest business dilemma facing organizations across the country
is the leadership crisis. On the one hand, aging workers will be
retiring in large numbers over the next ten years, leaving behind a
growing number of leadership vacancies. On the other hand, fewer
talented young workers are willing to follow the old-fashioned
career paths that guaranteed leadership succession in the workplace
of the past. This presentation will help you address and solve the
leadership crisis in your organization. It offers business leaders,
human resource professionals, and emerging leaders themselves new
ways to think about leadership and new ways to prepare the next
generation for leadership roles.
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm Break and Exhibits
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm General Session
Keynote Speaker: Grace Odums, Author of “Diversity Principles:
Strategic Integration”
Diversity Principles: Strategic Integration
The population, here and abroad, has never been more diverse than it
is today! And as the population continues to diversify, so too does
the marketplace and the workplace. Companies that employ diversity
as a business strategy for both the top and bottom lines, realize
higher productivity, operational efficiencies, and overall
profitability. The New Zealand Herald reports “...organizations with
a diverse employee base yield a shareholder return that is 12.4%
higher than their counterparts.”
This power-packed presentation examines world class organizations
and the process each journeys through when integrating diversity as
a business strategy. In this high energy session – tactics for
measuring outcomes aligned with the diversity strategy, leading
organizational change, building a high performance diversity
council, and creating a retention infrastructure which retains only
employees who provide customer solutions – are a few of the
immediate take-aways to implement today!
6:30 pm – 11:00 pm House of Blues Evening
Dinner, Dancing & Great Music. Dress is
casual and comfortable.
Transportation will begin at 6:30 pm and round robin throughout the
evening to and from the hotel.
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Friday, August 1
6:00 am – 8:00 am Breakfast and Exhibits
8:00 am – 10:00 am General Session
Presenters: Anthony Paul Curry & Carrie Gibson –
Had To Be Productions
The Play, “Not Just Ramps,” is about physical, emotional and societal
access issues for a diverse group of people with disabilities
including blindness, spinal cord injury, deafness and hearing loss, A.L.S. (Lou Gerhig’s Disease), cerebral palsy, breathing and vocal
impairment, dyslexia, mental illness, and developmental
disabilities. Taken from actual interviews, the playwright/actors
portray characters who confront these issues in their workplaces and
in their lives. The participants will gain a deeper understanding of
dignity through the humor and pathos of real people’s experiences.
10:00 am – 10:30 am Break and Exhibits
10:30 am – 11:30 am General Session
Keynote Speaker: Tavis Smiley, noted Author, Journalist, Political
Commentator and Talk Show Host.
11:30 am – 11:45 am 2008 ILG Closing Remarks
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