Workplace investigations play an important role in maintaining a safe and healthy work environment, resolving conflicts, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations. How companies conduct workplace investigations can affect an organization’s reputation (and legal liability) as much as the alleged conduct being investigated. Even if you possess experience in conducting interviews and gathering information from employees, workplace investigations have different objectives and require distinct techniques. Effective investigations require a systematic approach and adherence to best practices to gather relevant information to ensure a fair and appropriate conclusion and minimize legal risks.
Join NAE as we delve into best practices for conducting prompt, thorough, and fair workplace investigations, including understanding the role of an investigator, planning the investigation and interviewing all relevant parties, documentation of the factual findings, and following up.
