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Sands Anderson PC

Before Doing Your Own Workplace Investigation—a Cautionary Tale

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A few years ago, a friend of mine was part of an organization that received complaints about one of its leaders, which led to questions about whether the leader should be fired. The organization debated internally about what...more

Troutman Pepper

Water Cooler Talk: Investigation Lessons in 'Minority Report'

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“Minority Report,” a cinematic masterpiece that debuted over 20 years ago, continues to resonate with audiences today. Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, the movie takes place in the year 2054 where a...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Salina v. Investors Group: Employers Do Not Owe a Duty of Care to Employees in Connection with Workplace Investigations

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In Salina v. Investors Group Financial Services Inc., 2023 BCS41 C 86 (the “Decision”), the Supreme Court of British Columbia (the “Court”) considered the question of whether an employer owes its employee a duty of care in...more

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[Webinar] 10 Practical Ways To Enhance Your (Workplace, Compliance, and Fraud) Investigations In 2023 - January 31st, 10:00 am -...

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In this webinar, we will share some best practices on how to efficiently perform three most common types of internal investigations, namely: workplace, compliance, and fraud investigations. Here’s a quick glance at what we...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Event] Basic Compliance & Ethics Academy - February 27th - March 2nd, Scottsdale, AZ

Ideal for practitioners who have some compliance knowledge and are ready for a deeper dive, SCCE’s Basic Compliance & Ethics Academy provides comprehensive, classroom-style training in the essentials of managing a compliance...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Event] Basic Compliance & Ethics Academy - May 16th - 19th, Boston, MA

Are you looking to better… - Support, enhance, and manage a compliance and ethics program? - Mitigate risk within your organization? - Understand the components of effective program infrastructure? SCCE’s Basic...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Workplace Investigations in 2022: Ringing in the New Year on the Right Foot

According to a poll conducted during an Ogletree Deakins webinar in 2021, 70 percent of approximately 1,200 attendees had experienced an increase in internal workplace complaints. In addition, a recently published outlook for...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Event] Basic Compliance & Ethics Academy - April 11th - 14th, Washington, DC

Are you looking to better... - Support, enhance, and manage a compliance and ethics program? - Mitigate risk within your organization? - Understand the components of effective program infrastructure? SCCE’s Basic...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Event] Basic Compliance & Ethics Academy - March 7th - 10th, San Diego, CA

Are you looking to better… - Support, enhance, and manage a compliance and ethics program? - Mitigate risk within your organization? - Understand the components of effective program infrastructure? SCCE’s Basic...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

[Webinar] Internal Investigations & The Power Dynamics in the Healthcare Setting - October 4th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PST

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Employment relationships in the healthcare industry are notoriously complex. Due to the intense work environment, heightened stressors due to the COVID pandemic, and the racial injustice movement, employers in the healthcare...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

[Webinar] Adapting Workplace Investigations to Meet the Challenges of the Moment - April 27th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

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As the pandemic crisis and the social landscape continues to evolve, so too must the techniques that employers use to investigate workplace concerns. Employer missteps when conducting internal investigations can create...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] 9th Annual European Compliance & Ethics Institute - March 15th - 17th, 9:55 am - 6:00 pm CET

Though we are disappointed we will not be together in-person, we remain dedicated to providing a first-class learning experience while keeping the health and well being of everyone a top priority.  The ECEI will have the...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Recent Texas Court Decision Highlights the Risks of Defamation in Internal Misconduct Investigations

Employers understand they have an obligation to investigate complaints of workplace misconduct. However, communications made during internal investigations are not totally without risk....more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

NLRB Allows Employers to Instruct Employees to Keep Internal Investigations Confidential

Following its December 2019 decision holding that confidentiality mandates during the course of workplace investigations are presumptively lawful, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently held that employers can...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Employment Flash - February 2020

This edition of Employment Flash looks at recent NLRB activity, including its decision (overruling an Obama-era decision) regarding confidentiality rules for employees during ongoing workplace investigations. We also discuss...more

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense

NLRB Permits Confidentiality Restrictions During Internal Investigations

As reported in Proskauer’s Labor Relations Update blog, the NLRB issued an important opinion on December 17, 2019 relating to employer rules requiring confidentiality from employees during workplace investigations. Apogee...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

SuperVision - Labor and Employment Law Insights: Issue 4, 2019

Welcome to the fourth quarter edition of SuperVision, the e-newsletter from Spilman Thomas & Battle's Labor & Employment Law Group. Just as we were going to press, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") issued two...more

ArentFox Schiff

Employers Beware: Investigation Reports May Not Be Shielded by the Attorney-Client Privilege

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The Massachusetts Superior Court’s recent decision in Burke v. The General Hospital Corp. et. al., provides critical insight into the limitations of the attorney-client privilege as it applies to investigation reports...more

Hanzo

Real-World Social Media Investigations: Online Actions Have Consequences

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Social media—from Facebook and Twitter to Instagram, LinkedIn, Reddit, YouTube, and more—has become the place where people go to find their tribe. Whatever their shared passion, from the pedestrian to the offbeat to the...more

Littler

How to Conduct an International Internal Investigation

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Imagine an anonymous worker at a multinational’s Egypt factory contacts the global whistleblower hotline and accuses the Cairo plant manager of dumping chemicals into the Nile. Or imagine the manager of a bank’s Mexico City...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

EEOC Data Confirms #MeToo’s Impact: Six Keys for Employers in the Wake of This Powerful Cultural Moment

A 21st Century Social Movement - In this age of interconnectivity, compelling societal movements have a never-before-seen speed and reach. Traditional means of spreading information and generating social change have been...more

NAVEX

[Webinar] Master Class: Conducting & Closing Effective Workplace Investigations - May 10th, 8:30am PT

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Join this free educational event—brought to you by the NAVEX Global Ethics & Compliance Virtual Conference—for 2.5 hours of quality learning. Become an expert investigator in 1 day! In this Master Class, you will learn...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Circuit Court Rejects Attack On NLRB’s New Witness Rule

During the last several years, the NLRB has overturned a great deal of existing precedent. Among other changes, the Board has required bargaining over discipline in newly organized units, found graduate students to be...more

Fisher Phillips

Disclosure Danger: Employers Still Stuck With NLRB’s Witness Statement Disclosure Standard

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected the chance yesterday to revive long-held precedent which for many years had protected employer witness statements from disclosure to unions before an arbitration...more

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Avoid These Three Investigation Traps!

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Conducting workplace investigations is not easy. The process is filled with land mines that can trip up even the most experienced investigator. Although there are many mistakes I’ve seen investigators make, these are the...more

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