The event will be held at the Hawai'i Convention Center theater (Room 320). The training will feature panel presentations and question and answer sessions with experts on equal employment opportunity, mediation of employment discrimination cases, and reasonable accommodation for disabilities in employment, with special guest moderator Bob LaClair, longtime host of "You and the Law in Hawai'i."

The training will run from 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m., with registration starting at 7:30 a.m. A registration fee of $30 per person is payable in advance. The fee will include handouts, coffee/beverage/snack, and a copy of the HCRC video "Pregnancy in the Workplace." Parking will be available on the day of the training for $5.

HCRC Executive Director, William Hoshijo said, "This year's public training offers something new and exciting. We are departing from the usual 'talking heads' lecture and slide show format and trying a more interactive format that allows more time for questions from the audience."

For the second year in a row, the seminar will feature an advance screening of a video produced by HCRC Commissioner Sara Banks. This year, the screening of "Abilities at Work" will be followed by a discussion of reasonable accommodations in the workplace. A DVD of the HCRC video previewed at last year's training, "Pregnancy in the Workplace," will be given to each person registered for the training. Covering the basics, as well as mediation of employment discrimination cases, and disability and reasonable accommodation, the training will be helpful to a broad audience, including small business owners, labor unions, human resource professionals, workers, EEO officers, attorneys, and anyone interested in civil rights and employment discrimination."