Promoting and enhancing the quality of impartial workplace investigations.™
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Total Credits: 1.0 CA MCLE, 1.0 HRCI Credits, 1.0 SHRM
Workplace investigations can often involve ‘third parties’ who are not employees or members of an institutional entity, such as contractors, suppliers, or members of the public. For example, an employee may complain about the conduct of a supplier or vendor. The third party may be an individual complainant, respondent, or witness, or possess or control critical evidence (e.g., video surveillance). In this presentation, AWI member Jessica Kearsey will address the role third parties may play in an investigation, who has the responsibility to investigate complaints by third parties, how (and whose) policies and procedures may apply, and how to ensure your investigation remains compliant and efficient in the process.
Participants will be able to:
All registrants will have acces to a recording of the webinar 48 hours after the live program.
Disclaimer:
The contents of this webinar and the positions taken are those of the presenter only, may be time-sensitive, and are not warranted, endorsed or otherwise recommended by AWI and are not intended to provide legal advice.
California MCLEs: 1.0
HR (General) Credits: 1.0
SHRM PDCs: 1.0
Jessica is a Partner in KPMG Law’s Workplace Law group and leads the Workplace Investigations team.
Jessica is a seasoned employment and labour lawyer. After her call to the Ontario Bar, Jessica acted as labour relations counsel for a municipal police union and then a large acute-care health system. She then moved to private management-side practice at Norton Rose Fulbright as Counsel. Following this, Jessica joined Deloitte Legal to build the Employment and Labour practice.
Jessica is an experienced workplace investigator and has been involved in a large number of workplace investigations. She is an AWI Certificate Holder (AWI-CH) and has certificates from RT Institute on conducting workplace assessments and sexual harassment and violence investigations. She has provided external training on various topics related to workplace investigations including reluctant witnesses, bias, procedural fairness, and general best practices.
Jessica has appeared in hundreds of labour arbitrations and administrative law proceedings. She taught labour law at Osgoode Hall from 2012 to 2016, and labour advocacy at the University of Ottawa Law School in 2022.
Jessica is licensed to practice law in British Columbia and Ontario.
Jessica has experience in conducting a broad range of workplace investigation and assessments for federally and provincially regulated employers and organizations including public sector and private sector clients.
Some examples of the sectors Jessica has experience conducting investigations for includes: provincial Crown corporations, provincial government agencies, education sector, sports organizations, federal Crown corporations, international manufacturing organization, and international data center organization.
Jessica has experience in conducting a wide range of workplace investigations, including into allegations of:
Jenna H. Leyton-Jones is an experienced employment law attorney and trusted business advisor. Her firm—Leyton Jones Law, APC—is based in San Diego and offers employment law advice and counsel, employee training, and independent workplace investigations.
Jenna has been awarded an "AV Preeminent" rating by Martindale Hubbell for achieving the highest level of professional excellence based on her legal knowledge, communication skills, and ethical standards. She has also been selected for inclusion on the Super Lawyers®, San Diego Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar,” and San Diego Magazine’s “Top Lawyers” lists.
Jenna is an AWI Certificate Holder, co-convener of the San Diego Local Circle, and member of AWI’s webinar committee.