What Do I Do if An Investigation Is Very Delayed Treaty Oak ELG Workplace Investigations Austin Texas Natalie Lynch
What do you do if your investigation is very delayed? You explain it. We always have a duty to create a prompt investigation. Here in Texas now, since 2021, we have a duty to do an “immediate” investigation. Point is, it should be done as soon as possible, but sometimes delays happen. I mean, sometimes […]
What Do I Do with Investigative Counts? Treaty Oak ELG Workplace Investigations Austin Texas Natalie Lynch
How do you use investigative counts to help with your investigation? Investigative counts are simply counts of opinions of people that you’ve interviewed. So, if the accusation is that Tom is mean to men, and I talked to 10 people, I’m going to ask all 10 people, including Tom, if Tom is mean to men. […]
What Do I Do About an Investigative Exception? Treaty Oak ELG Workplace Investigations Austin Texas Natalie Lynch
What do you do if you make an investigative exception? As investigators, the way that we can best avoid liability is by having consistent practices. And so, when we deviate from our consistent practice, we need to document why we did that. In all likelihood, any attention our deviation receives will be in several years, […]