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(Podcast) California Employment News: Creating the Report for a Workplace Investigation – Part 4 (Featured)

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In this episode of California Employment News, Lizbeth (Beth) West and Meagan Bainbridge present part four of the Workplace Investigation Series, discussing best practices for effectively memorializing the investigation in a...more

Littler

Canada: Off-Duty Sexual Harassment May Still Trigger a Duty to Investigate

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In a significant decision for employers, the Ontario Court of Appeal in Metrolinx v. Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1587, upheld the Divisional Court’s ruling that quashed an arbitrator’s decision reinstating five employees...more

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California Employment News: Synthesizing Evidence in a Workplace Investigation – Part 3 (Featured)

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In this featured episode of California Employment News, Lizbeth (Beth) West and Meagan Bainbridge present part three of the Workplace Investigation Series, discussing how to make reasonable investigative findings once all...more

Weintraub Tobin

California Employment News: Synthesizing Evidence in a Workplace Investigation – Part 3 (Featured)

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In this featured episode of California Employment News, Lizbeth (Beth) West and Meagan Bainbridge present part three of the Workplace Investigation Series, discussing how to make reasonable investigative findings once all...more

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(Podcast) California Employment News: Gathering Information in a Workplace Investigation – Part 2 (Featured)

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In this featured episode of California Employment News, Lizbeth (Beth) West and Meagan Bainbridge present part two of the Workplace Investigation Series, discussing best practices for collecting information during a workplace...more

Weintraub Tobin

California Employment News: Gathering Information in a Workplace Investigation – Part 2 (Featured)

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In this featured episode of California Employment News, Lizbeth (Beth) West and Meagan Bainbridge present part two of the Workplace Investigation Series, discussing best practices for collecting information during a workplace...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Managing Cross-Border Sexual Harassment Investigations: Legal Insights and Practical Realities

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In today’s global workplace, managing sexual harassment complaints is no longer a matter confined to a single jurisdiction. As companies expand across borders, their legal obligations become increasingly complex....more

Maynard Nexsen

Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 44: Conducting Effective Workplace Investigations with Kimberly Hewitt...

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This week, hosts Tina and Bridget sit down with Kim Hewitt and Antwan Lofton of Duke University for a conversation on HR investigations. They share their approach to handling complaints and conducting investigations, and...more

Oppenheimer Investigations Group

The Investigative Interview: Best Practices When Interacting with Third Persons

An investigative interview is an opportunity for the investigator to gather relevant facts related to a concern in a workplace. The role of the investigator during an investigative interview is to hear the perspective of the...more

Oppenheimer Investigations Group

Guide for Participants in Workplace Investigations

A quick search on Reddit or Google will reveal that workplace investigations often seem shrouded in mystery. Every person involved—complainant, respondent, and witnesses alike—enter the process with questions: Why has my...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

NLRB Undercuts Work Rules and Policies for Unionized and Nonunionized Employers

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently issued a decision that undercuts union and nonunion employers’ ability to enforce longstanding work rules and policies. In general, this decision will lead to increased...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

NLRB Reinstates Rule Permitting Confidentiality During Workplace Investigations

In welcome news to employers, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision on December 19, 2019, holding that employer rules requiring employee confidentiality during the course of workplace investigations are...more

Fisher Phillips

Web Exclusive: The Top 14 Workplace Law Stories Of December 2019

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Epstein Becker & Green

#BigIdeas2020: NLRB’s Actions Impact Employers in 2020 - Employment Law This Week® - Trending News

A Trending News interview from Employment Law This Week®, featuring attorney Steve Swirsky, Member of the Firm: The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ended the year with a flurry of activity, including the relaxing of...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

The NLRB Permits Employers to Impose Confidentiality Requirements in Ongoing Workplace Investigations

On Dec. 17, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held that confidentiality mandates during the course of workplace investigations are presumptively lawful. ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Employers May Now Forbid Employees Using Co. Email for Protected Concerted Activities, Forbid Employees from Discussing On-Going...

The Trump National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) continues to reshape the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Act) with new decisions that reverse precedents and undo legal restrictions placed on employers during the Obama...more

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Top Tips for Concluding Workplace Investigatory Interviews

A truly effective workplace investigator knows how to best wrap-up an employee interview. Don’t leave loose ends or wiggle room that can later undermine the effectiveness of the overall investigation and the employer’s...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Sneaky Section 7 Traps for the Unwary Employer

With only about 6.5 percent of workers in the private sector being represented by unions, many private sector employers pay little, if any, attention to the requirements of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)....more

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