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It is a fact in today’s working world that various corporate personnel—including those in the human resources, compliance, legal, and security departments—are often asked to take on the role of a workplace Sherlock Holmes when investigating employee complaints of discrimination, harassment, or workplace misconduct. Unfortunately, many of these personnel don’t have the experience necessary to conduct comprehensive and appropriate investigations. As a result, corporate personnel may unwittingly increase their employers’ legal exposure by failing to conduct workplace investigations that are fair, consistent, and effective.

This course is grounded in the realization that the complexities and demands of conducting investigations in the real-world workplace do not lend themselves to hard and fast rules. Rather, the course explores a series of vital strategic questions to guide you through each step of the process. By empowering your investigators with a strategic overview and practical grounding, this course will enable them to conduct workplace investigations that will ensure that your employees’ concerns are appropriately addressed and will minimize the legal risks of a poorly conducted investigation.

The leader-led course is four hours. The webcast course is offered as a two-part series in two hour increments.

topics

• Determining what considerations make an investigation necessary or desirable
• Identifying the right person to conduct the investigation
• Preparing for interviews by reviewing relevant materials
• Deciding who should be interviewed, in what order, and how
• Documenting interviews and the investigation as a whole
• Determining when additional investigation is warranted
• Coming to a conclusion, taking remedial action, and following up

who should attend?

• Compliance, legal, security, or other corporate personnel who may be designated to conduct a workplace investigation
• Human resources professionals