Event: Quad A Hosts 12th Annual Compliance Conference November 17th

7:30 – 8:00 Registration

8:00 – 8:15 Welcoming Remarks
John A. Garza, President Quad A/AILG
JAG Specialties

8:15 – 8:45 EEOC Update
Rayford Irvin, Acting District Director
EEOC Phoenix District Office

EEOC and the Phoenix District Office are in transition. This is your opportunity to hear the latest information from trends in charge filing to learning more about EEOC’s new leadership and new direction.

8:45 – 9:15 OFCCP Update
Marvin R. Jordan, Director
OFCCP Phoenix Area Office

The Tiered Evaluation Process and Real World Evaluation “Hurdles” you can overcome to expedite your evaluation experience.

9:15 – 10:15 Implicit Bias
Krista Watson, Program Analyst
EEOC Phoenix District Office

HR professionals recognize that managers and employees are sometimes motivated unconsciously by impermissible or illegal factors. We will take a look at unconscious bias and solutions for making sure it does not happen in your workplace.

10:15 – 10:30 BREAK

10:30 – 11:30 You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
Cheryl Davis, Senior Compliance Officer
David Smith, Senior Compliance Officer
OFCCP Phoenix Area Office

Asking the right questions, finding the answers, and solving minor issues before they become major problems. Presentation will focus on real-world applications of 41 C.F.R. 60-2.17(A-D), the ‘Technical Requirements,’ and how to identify and eliminate potential discrimination.


11:30 – 12:00 Cutting Edge Issues
Mary Jo O’Neill, Regional Attorney

EEOC Phoenix District Office Are you scanning Facebook to find out more about your applicants? Are you using a background contractor to conduct backgrounds? Are your software programs automatically dropping anyone with a criminal history? These and other issues will be discussed.

12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH

1:15 – 2:15 Impact Ratio Analyses – A Case Study
Mary Sneed-Hill, Sr Compliance Officer
Gregory Smith, Compliance Officer
OFCCP Phoenix Area Office

Presentation will explore impact ratio analyses, the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, and theories of discrimination through the Ricci v. DeStefano Supreme Court case.

2:15 – 2:30 BREAK

2:30 – 3:15 Legal Update
Mary Jo O’Neill, Regional Attorney
EEOC Phoenix District Office

There have been many significant court decisions and new laws for EEOC to enforce such as Lilly Ledbetter, GINA and the amendments to the ADA.

3:15 – 3:45 Panel Discussion: OFCCP & EEOC

Mary Jo, O’Neill, EEOC
Krista Watson, EEOC
Marvin R. Jordan, OFCCP

3:45 Closing Remarks – John A. Garza

12th Annual Compliance Conference Registration Form
(One per attendee, please)
COST (Includes Lunch & All Materials):
Payments received by November 1, 2009: $100 Members $150 Nonmembers
Payments received after November 1, 2009: $125 Members $175 Nonmembers

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