How to Conduct a Harassment Investigation & Avoid Future Liability
October 23, 2019 at 3:00pm
Fox Rothschild
Fox Rothschild LLP
101 Park Ave. 17th Floor
New York, NY 10178
Join Carolyn D. Richmond, chair of Fox’s Hospitality Practice, and Labor & Employment attorneys Alexander Bogdan, Matthew Berger and Bryn Goodman, for an overview of best practices for employers in conducting internal investigations into allegations of employee misconduct.
Topics
- The importance of updated employee handbooks and policies
- Training managers and supervisors to identify inappropriate conduct
- Taking proper steps once a problem is reported
- Focusing investigations on factual evidence only
- Conducting employee interviews
- Knowing when to retain counsel
- Taking proper steps once a problem is reported
- Navigating pitfalls in the process
- Keeping proper documentation and drawing conclusion
- Q&A