Workplace Investigations: $300,000 in Sanctions Highlights Risks of Using Employer’s Regular Counsel

Most employers and their regular counsel and HR managers are by now well aware of an employer’s legal duty to promptly, thoroughly and impartially investigate any complaint of perceived discrimination, harassment, or retaliation.  They also generally understand that an employer … Continue reading

Workplace Investigations – Why Your Rolodex Should Include a Professional Workplace Investigator

While fact-finding investigations have long been a feature of good employer decision-making and dispute resolution, the importance of conducting and documenting prompt, thorough and objective investigations has increased over the past decade. This change is due, in part, to two … Continue reading