Name: EEO Investigations Course (Self-Paced)
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This course includes

32 hours of project-based training from experts
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Access to class recordings (30 days)
Verified digital certificate of completion
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This course is self-paced. For live online or in-person instruction, take EEO Investigations Course.

Federal agencies must give every new EEO investigator at least 32 hours of training before that person conducts an investigation. This course meets that requirement.

Learn to develop an impartial and appropriate factual record under 29 C.F.R. Part 1614: planning the investigation, gathering and weighing evidence, interviewing witnesses under oath, making defensible credibility determinations, and assembling a complaint file and investigative summary a decision-maker can rely on. You work a single case from intake to finished file.

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This course includes

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Verified digital certificate of completion
Learn at an accredited institution

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EEO Investigations Course (Self-Paced) Curriculum

What You'll Learn at a Glance

Trace a complaint through the 29 C.F.R. Part 1614 process and identify the controlling time frame at each stage
Explain the investigator's role as a neutral fact finder who develops a record rather than reaching a finding
Apply the authority granted by 29 C.F.R. 1614.108(c), including administering oaths and compelling production from federal employees
Determine which statutes and theories of discrimination govern a set of allegations, and frame claims without fragmenting them
Build an investigative plan that develops both sides of every issue inside the 180-day deadline
Judge evidence against the material, relevant, and reliable standard rather than courtroom admissibility
Conduct sworn witness interviews and take affidavits that hold up on review
Make credibility determinations anchored in corroboration, consistency, and plausibility
Assemble a complaint file and write an investigative summary that cites the record

Course Syllabus

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Module 1: The 1614 Process and Its Time Frames

Trace a complaint from first EEO contact through final agency action and appeal
Identify the controlling time frame at each stage of the process
Explain when an EEO Counselor is barred from investigating a complaint
Describe what arrives on your desk when a complaint reaches investigation

Module 2: The Investigator's Role, Authority, and Independence

Explain why the investigator develops a record rather than reaching a finding
Apply the authority granted by 29 C.F.R. 1614.108(c), including administering oaths
Identify conflicts of interest and appearance problems that disqualify you from an assignment
Select the appropriate response when a party or witness will not cooperate

Module 3: The Governing Statutes

Identify the protected bases created by each governing statute
Determine which statute or statutes govern a given set of allegations
Explain coverage differences that change how an investigation is scoped

Module 4: Theories of Discrimination and Fragmentation

Distinguish disparate treatment, adverse impact, and reasonable accommodation
State what each theory requires the factual record to contain
Recognize fragmentation and separate the claim from the evidence supporting it
Convert a framed claim into an evidence plan

Module 5: Planning the Investigation and Case Management

Convert accepted claims into an investigative plan with named evidence targets
Choose among the fact-finding methods the regulation permits, and match them to claims
Sequence an investigation to close inside 180 days
Recognize when to seek an extension and how to document delay

Module 6: Evidence That Supports a Finding

Apply the material, relevant, and reliable standard to candidate evidence
Distinguish the administrative evidence standard from courtroom admissibility
Identify the types and sources of evidence available in a federal EEO investigation
Request, scope, and preserve documentary and electronic evidence defensibly

Module 7: Interviewing Witnesses and Taking Affidavits

Plan and conduct an interview that develops both sides of an issue
Select question types that produce usable testimony rather than conclusions
Administer an oath and take a compliant affidavit
Manage witness logistics, including official time, duty status, and representation

Module 8: Credibility Determinations

Apply the Commission's credibility factors to conflicting testimony
Explain why no single factor is determinative
Document a credibility observation without reaching a conclusion
Distinguish a credibility observation from a finding of discrimination

Module 9: Remedies and the Evidence That Supports Them

Identify the categories of relief available in a federal sector EEO case
Explain what a compensatory damages claim requires the record to contain
Develop evidence on attorney's fees and costs while the investigation is open
Recognize remedy evidence that cannot be reconstructed after the record closes

Module 10: The Complaint File and the Investigative Summary

Assemble a complaint file that meets the Chapter 6 requirements
Apply the redaction rules, including what must not be redacted
Write an investigative summary that delineates the evidence on both sides of each issue
Cite evidence and exhibits so a decision-maker can follow the record

Module 11: Capstone: Case File Assembly

Assemble a complete complaint file from a week's investigative work
Assess a record against the impartial and appropriate standard
Identify the gaps a decision-maker would send back

Module 12: Assessment and Close

Demonstrate the knowledge required by the six subject areas the directive names
State the continuing training obligation that applies from here

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