CONDUCTING SEXUAL HARASSMENT WORKPLACE INVESTIGATIONS
Conducting Workplace Sexual Harassment Investigations
HR professionals must fully understand their legal obligations when handling sexual harassment and discrimination complaints. Getting it wrong can expose your organization to significant legal and financial risk.
What should you do once a complaint is received? This training provides step-by-step guidance on conducting legally compliant, thorough, and effective workplace investigations. You’ll learn how to interview complainants, witnesses, and the accused with confidence, evaluate documentary evidence, and assess credibility, especially in challenging “he said, she said” situations.
Develop practical, real-world skills to investigate complaints of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. A well-executed investigation not only ensures compliance with the law but also helps your organization avoid costly mistakes.
Register now to strengthen your investigative skills and reduce legal risk.
What You’ll Learn in This 60-Minute HR Webinar
- Key legal pitfalls to avoid in workplace investigations
- What “prompt, thorough, and impartial” truly means in practice
- Affirmative defenses that can help protect your organization from liability
- Best practices for conducting effective sexual harassment investigations
- Privacy considerations and the reasonable expectation of privacy
- How to gather and evaluate documentary evidence
- Techniques for interviewing complainants, witnesses, and the accused
- How to assess credibility in complex or conflicting accounts
- Lessons from real cases where flawed investigations led to costly outcomes
- How to prepare a clear, thorough investigative report
- Tips for presenting findings to upper management
- How to prepare for litigation, including testifying about your investigation
HR Learning Center's 60 minute on-line employment law training HR webinar includes the following:
- On-line training by an experienced employment attorney
- Power point presentation
- Hand Outs
- Certificate of Attendance Forms
- Question and Answer Session