First of all, we need to check our bias. Some languages are not as straightforward as English and not as straightforward as American English. And so, particularly if we have someone where English or the US culture is not their native culture, we need to check that they are not
In the summer of 2021, Texas lawmakers passed new legislation regarding sexual harassment. This law, which is currently in effect, accomplished three primary goals: 1. The law expanded the definition of sexual harassment. The current law defines it as any act that “has the purpose or effect of creating an
What do I do if somebody connects with me after completing an investigation? So sometimes, the reporting party, in particular, will reach out to me. I do counsel my clients to circle back around with the reporting party when the investigation is done. Still, they don’t always do that well
First of all, we need to check our bias. Some languages are not as straightforward as English and not as straightforward as American English. And so, particularly if we have someone where English or the US culture is not their native culture, we need to check that they are not
Expanding Protections for Pregnant and Nursing Workers On December 22, 2022, Congress passed an omnibus spending bill that included two measures to expand protections for pregnant and nursing mothers in the workplace. These measures include the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers
What do you do when someone is lying to you or you think someone is lying to you? First and foremost, you are there to be a neutral person whose primary role is to collect facts. And so I think you tell the person that you have concerns about the
What do you do if somebody wants to argue with you during your investigation? Sometimes a person being argumentative is a component of the allegation you’re there to investigate, right? Being incredibly antagonistic could be an element of a bullying allegation or, say a hostile work environment allegation. That being
What can we do to ensure the quality of our investigations? So particularly when you’re in-house, and I suppose I’m speaking to somebody in a leadership role, but if you’ve got a team of investigators, who are making sure that your investigators are doing a good job? Even if those
What do you do if your investigation involves the use of different pronouns? I’m recording this video in July of 2021 and hoping that this is the video that ages the worst because we make so much societal progress here. As an investigator, I think the first thing you do
What do you do when the complaining party is not an employee? The same thing that you do anyway. So, you investigate those complaints because it doesn’t matter who makes the complaint. You as an employer are now on notice that you have a harasser, discriminator, or bad actor in
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