Conducting Workplace Investigations: Protect Your Company, Avoid Costly Mistakes
A 10-Step Blueprint for Conducting Fair, Compliant & Legally Defensible Internal Investigations
On-demand recording
90 minutes | INSTRUCTOR-LED TRAINING
In our interactive instructor-led 90-minute event, you will learn how to conduct thorough and legally compliant workplace investigations that protect your organization from risk while fostering a culture of fairness and accountability. With increasing employee awareness of rights and ever-evolving compliance regulations, HR professionals must master the art of internal investigations to safeguard their organization’s integrity and avoid costly legal missteps.
Join us, and you’ll discover:
- How to navigate the top challenges employers face in conducting workplace investigations
- The 10 essential steps of an effective and legally sound workplace investigation
- Keys to ensuring your investigations align with compliance standards and reduce risk exposure
- Ways to prepare clear, defensible investigative reports that stand up to legal scrutiny
Program Highlights
Navigating the Workplace Investigation Process: Fair & Compliant Investigations
- When a formal investigation is necessary and when an informal resolution is appropriate
- Top do’s and don’ts when conducting legally compliant investigations
- Ways inconsistent investigation practices can create liability, even for top-performing employees
- How Vicarious Liability can include all your supervisors and managers when investigating a workplace complaint
Avoiding Legal Pitfalls: Keys to Legally Effective Investigation Reports
- How to complete an investigation report to meet legal regulations
- Techniques for gathering and documenting critical evidence without bias
- Identifying potential legal violations – avoid fines, penalties, and lawsuits
- Aligning your investigation procedures with National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rules
Conducting Investigations: Strengthen Company Culture & Protect Leadership
- Learn how effective investigations are crucial to positive employee relations
- Keys to training managers and your investigation team to conduct investigations that withstand scrutiny
- Get practical tools to develop an investigation policy that ensures fairness and compliance across your organization
Live Question & Answer Session – have your specific questions answered!
About the speaker
Margie Faulk, HR Compliance Advisor and E-Learning Trainer, HR Compliance Solutions, LLC
Margie Faulk is a senior-level human resources professional with over 15 years of HR management and compliance experience. A current Compliance Advisor for HR Compliance Solutions, LLC, Margie, has worked as an HR Compliance advisor for major corporations and small businesses in the small, large, private, public and non-profit sectors. Margie has provided small to large businesses with risk management strategies that protect companies and reduces potential workplace fines and penalties for violation of employment regulations. Margie is bilingual (Spanish) fluent and Bi-cultural. Margie holds professional human resources certification (PHR) from the HR Certification Institution (HRCI) and SHRM-CP certification from the Society for Human Resources Management. Margie is a member of the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE).
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