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Fair Lending, Inclusion, and Employment Responsibilities Specialization

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Fair Lending, Inclusion, and Employment Responsibilities Specialization

Fair Lending, Inclusion, and Employment Responsibilities.

Practical training for teams who need to make compliant and consistent workplace decisions.

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Kriti Kamra

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Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Understand core fair lending and employment responsibilities

  • Recognize and respond to common compliance risks at work

  • Apply inclusive and non-discriminatory decision-making

  • Use practical frameworks to support managers and teams

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May 2026

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Specialization - 8 course series

Employment Law for Managers

Employment Law for Managers

Course 1, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Describe key employment laws affecting managers, including ADA, FMLA, and Workers’ Compensation

  • Identify and apply appropriate actions to support employee accommodation and leave requests in compliance with legal and organizational requirements

  • Demonstrate empathetic and legally compliant handling of sensitive employee disclosures, and recognize when to escalate to HR or legal team

  • Apply best practices to navigate complex employee situations with legal, ethical, and organizational awareness

Skills you'll gain

Category: Legal Risk
Category: Law, Regulation, and Compliance
Category: Management Training And Development
Category: Business Ethics
Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA)

Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA)

Course 2, 3 hours

What you'll learn

  • Evaluate lending practices for compliance with ECOA’s anti-discrimination standards and regulatory requirements.

  • Implement compliant procedures for collecting applicant information and Government Monitoring Information (GMI).

  • Design and deliver adverse action notices that meet ECOA timing and content requirements.

  • Develop recordkeeping and compliance management practices that support ongoing ECOA adherence.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Compliance Management
Category: Regulatory Compliance
Category: Record Keeping
Category: Finance
Category: Bank Regulations
Category: Risking
Category: Commercial Lending
Category: Financial Regulation
Category: Loans
Category: Compliance Auditing
Category: Lending and Underwriting
Category: Financial Regulations
Category: Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA)
Category: General Lending
Category: Regulatory Requirements
Category: Credit Risk
Category: Consumer Lending
Category: Compliance Reporting
Category: Data Collection

What you'll learn

  • Identify covered servicemembers, dependents, and applicable products by applying core definitions and protections under SCRA and MLA

  • Interpret financial and asset protections such as interest rate limits, foreclosure restrictions, and MAPR calculations in lending scenarios

  • Execute verification, disclosure, and recordkeeping procedures to maintain SCRA and MLA compliance and respond appropriately to protection requests

  • Demonstrate overall compliance awareness to support servicemembers’ rights and reduce organizational risk

Skills you'll gain

Category: Insurance
Category: Asset Protection
Category: Compliance Management
Category: Law, Regulation, and Compliance
Category: Financial Regulation
Category: Financial Services
Category: Consumer Lending
Category: Military Standards And Specifications
Category: Regulatory Compliance
Category: Compliance Training
Category: Legal Risk
Category: Mortgage Loans
Category: Verification And Validation
Category: Financial Regulations
Category: Bank Regulations
Category: Loan Documentation
Category: Civil Law
Category: Accountability
Category: General Lending
Category: Record Keeping

What you'll learn

  • Evaluate business practices to identify potential unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts

  • Implement preventive measures across marketing, sales, and servicing activities

  • Identify high-risk UDAAP areas in marketing, lending, servicing, and digital channels

  • Apply legal definitions and regulatory tests to assess compliance across financial service activities

Skills you'll gain

Category: Risk Control
Category: Financial Industry Regulatory Authorities
Category: Regulatory Requirements
Category: Compliance Reporting
Category: Financial Services
Category: Risk Management
Category: Legal Risk
Category: Compliance Management
Category: Ethical Standards And Conduct
Category: Operational Risk
Category: Law, Regulation, and Compliance
Category: Case Studies
Category: Regulatory Compliance
Category: Business Risk Management
Category: Risk Management Framework
Category: Financial Regulations
Category: Consumer Lending
Category: Lending and Underwriting
Category: Business Ethics
Safeguarding Against Financial Elder Abuse

Safeguarding Against Financial Elder Abuse

Course 5, 3 hours

What you'll learn

  • Identify warning signs and behaviors associated with financial elder abuse and fraud

  • Evaluate relationships and situations to recognize financial manipulation or risk

  • Differentiate legitimate requests from scams targeting older adults and demonstrate how to report suspected financial abuse and seek help

  • Apply practical strategies to safeguard financial assets and personal information

Skills you'll gain

Category: Asset Protection
Category: Fraud detection
Category: Financial Planning
Category: Financial Acumen
Category: Communication
Category: Loss Prevention
Category: Financial Controls
Category: Personal Development
Category: Emotional Intelligence
Category: Finance
Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)

Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)

Course 6, 3 hours

What you'll learn

  • Explain the purpose of the TCPA and its role in protecting consumers from unwanted communications

  • Identify communication methods and scenarios where TCPA requirements apply

  • Apply compliant calling and messaging practices across customer service, sales, and marketing interactions

  • Evaluate communication scenarios against TCPA requirements, including consent, timing, and contact method

Skills you'll gain

Category: Regulatory Requirements
Category: Regulatory Compliance
Category: Telephone Skills
Category: Customer Communications Management
Category: Compliance Training
Category: Direct Marketing
Category: Record Keeping
Category: Call Center Experience
Category: Informed Consent
Category: Outbound Calls
Category: Telecommunications
Category: Legal Risk
Category: Lead Generation
Category: Compliance Reporting
Category: Risk Analysis
Category: Phone Sales
Category: Law, Regulation, and Compliance
Category: Telemarketing
Category: General Sales Practices
Category: Compliance Management
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Awareness

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Awareness

Course 7, 4 hours

What you'll learn

  • Recognize who is protected by the ADA and what “qualified individual with a disability” means in practical terms.

  • Identify common examples of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation prohibited by the ADA in the workplace.

  • Explain your role in the reasonable accommodation and interactive process, including how to route requests and keep information private.

  • Apply ADA principles in everyday situations through realistic scenarios and knowledge checks.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Compliance Training
Category: Workplace inclusivity
Category: Disabilities
Category: Interactive Learning
Category: Labor Compliance
Category: Regulatory Compliance
Category: Law, Regulation, and Compliance
Category: Verbal Communication Skills
Category: Regulation and Legal Compliance
Category: Diversity and Inclusion
Category: Labor Law
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)

Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)

Course 8, 3 hours

What you'll learn

  • Explain the purpose, history, and core requirements of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)

  • Describe how banks are evaluated under CRA, including assessment areas, performance tests, rating levels, and examination standards

  • Identify lending, service, and investment activities that contribute to positive CRA performance and support community development goals

  • Apply foundational CRA compliance principles to real-world banking scenarios for supporting fair lending and regulatory compliance

Skills you'll gain

Category: Performance Testing
Category: Bank Regulations
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Regulatory Requirements
Category: Compliance Training
Category: Compliance Auditing
Category: Needs Assessment
Category: Consumer Lending
Category: Community Development
Category: Public Policies
Category: Banking Services
Category: Financial Regulation
Category: Regulatory Compliance
Category: Compliance Management
Category: Interactive Learning
Category: Risk Management
Category: Banking
Category: Lending and Underwriting
Category: Compliance Reporting

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