May 17 seminar to feature equal opportunity judge

The Springfield Area Human Resources Association will present a seminar featuring Judge Tatjana V. Schwendinger of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission May 17 at the Clarion Hotel, 3333 S. Glenstone.

Judge Schwendinger, an administrative judge with the EEOC since 1983, has also been supervisory administrative judge since 1995. She is a 1972 graduate of the Law School of Washington University in St. Louis.

According to Beth Ipock, SAHRA communications chair, Judge Schwendinger has "a lively presentation style."

During her tenure with the commission, the judge has presented numerous training sessions on such topics as how to process an EEOC complaint; how to defend against an EEOC complaint; the Americans with Disabilities Act and how it relates to workers' compensation and the Family and Medial Leave Act; and sexual harassment.

The seminar, titled "The Seven Deadly Sins of Management or How to Avoid Meeting an EEOC Judge," will be held 7:30-11:30 a.m. Tickets are $35 and include breakfast

Reservations are required no later than 5 p.m. May 11, and can be made by calling 417-875-6225 or e-mailing pesphr@msn.com. Reservation requests should include the attending company's name as well as the names of all in the party attending.

SAHRA, with a membership of about 140, is a chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management headquartered in Alexandria, Va.

The local organization meets monthly and provides educational, strategic and other information to human resource professionals.