HR Investigations Workshop:
A Guide to Legal & Effective Inquiries
Conducting workplace investigations is one of the most critical and challenging responsibilities for HR professionals. How you handle complaints of harassment, misconduct or insubordination can have significant legal and practical consequences for your organization.
This webinar provides practical tips and proven strategies to help you navigate investigations with confidence and accuracy. Whether you’re addressing minor disputes or serious misconduct, you’ll learn how to conduct, document and manage HR investigations quickly and legally.
Don’t risk the reputation of your company or your career. Join us on Wednesday, November 6, as employment lawyer and expert trainer Kathy Perkins shares the essential do’s and don’ts of effective workplace investigations. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to ask your own investigation-related questions to ensure you’re fully prepared to protect both your company’s reputation and your career.
Webinar Agenda
- Key elements of an effective investigation. Understand the core components of a thorough investigation and when it’s necessary to launch one.
- Triggering events. Learn which types of employee complaints and situations require immediate investigation, and which can be resolved through other means.
- Legal obligations. Discover which employment laws mandate investigations and how to stay compliant.
- 10-step investigation process. Get a step-by-step guide to keep your inquiry on track from start to finish.
- Flowchart and documentation tools. Learn how to use an investigation model flow chart, templates and sample forms to streamline your process.
- Interviewing techniques. Plan and strategize each interview, implement a checklist and document findings accurately to build a solid investigation report.
In this attorney-led session, you’ll come away with:
- Actionable investigation tips. Gain expert advice on documenting, interviewing and concluding investigations with an airtight legal approach.
- HR investigator skills. Develop the essential skills to conduct professional, legally sound investigations and tackle common investigation challenges.
- Ready-to-use templates. Access practical templates, sample forms and processes to help you manage every stage of the investigation effectively.
Get answers to YOUR questions from presenter…
Kathy Perkins is an employment lawyer and former litigator who focuses on workplace compliance for employers, providing proactive solutions to prevent litigation through counseling, investigating, training and mediating. Kathy earned her law degree at Harvard and has a B.S. in civil engineering from Kansas State. She began her law career in Boise, then opened her own law practice in Lawrence, Kansas, in 2008. She is a frequent speaker on employment law-related topics.
Registration bonuses included:
Everyone who signs up will receive a copy of Conducting Workplace Investigations: A Step-by-Step Guide. The 26-page booklet provides the how-to on each step of the investigation process, from strategy to conducting interviews to determining credibility to following up.
You'll also receive one month of exclusive access to The HR Weekly – our comprehensive service with all the HR advice and compliance tools to simplify your job … and to keep your organization out of court. So that you continue to benefit from The HR Weekly, we will continue your subscription after that for the then current rate, unless you tell us "no, thanks" – your choice.
We promise you'll be satisfied.
If HR Investigations Workshop: A Guide to Legal & Effective Inquiries fails to meet your needs in any way, we will refund 100% of your tuition – every penny you paid – but your course materials and registration bonuses will be yours to keep. No hassles, no questions asked.
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