Our panel of experienced investigation firm owners will offer their insights and practical tips for managing a successful practice as sole practitioner, small boutique firm and large investigations firm. The panel will also discuss strategies for developing business, what technologies firm owners should consider using, and how to attract and keep great staff.
During this webinar, Eve Fichtner will discuss self-education, interview preparation, and practical interviewing tips to elicit credible information from a child witness, while avoiding leading or tainting the witness testimony. Participants will gain awareness of general development stages and competency of a child witness.
This webinar will explore the factors Canadian adjudicators examine in determining whether a workplace investigation is covered by legal privilege and when an employer may want to assert or waive any potential privilege claim. Using real life examples, participants will also come away with an understanding of some of the procedural steps they must adhere to if they wish to have a workplace investigation withstand scrutiny by Canadian adjudicators.
Many of us have been asked to advise an employer that has just been presented with a revelation about serious interpersonal issues within its workplace – often involving a group of employees who raise serious issues about the behaviour of one or more colleagues. What is the appropriate, most ethical course of action? Join us as we explore these challenging aspects.
With some states removing the “severe and pervasive” standards from anti-discrimination laws, along with a trend of increased reporting at workplaces after BLM and #metoo movements, there is a growing demand to think about how to better address and repair harms caused in the workplace by discriminatory actions.
Judge Corkill will provide a view from the bench about workplace investigations. He will give some insight into the issues that may arise out of investigation processes and reports, and the steps that investigators may wish to take in order to address them.
Many companies employ workplace investigators. Those investigators face questions different from external investigators because of their role and relationships within the company.
