Conducting Effective Workplace Investigations

Schedule Friday, June 28, 2024 || 10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT
Duration 60 Mins
Level Basic & Advanced
Webinar ID IQW24F0626

  • Common workplace investigations
  • Laws and regulations
  • Investigation process
  • Confidentiality
  • Policies and procedures
  • Conflict of interest
  • Writing up the investigation

Overview of the webinar

When the time comes to handle a touchy employee issue how do you handle it? Are they properly trained? Do they understand the laws and regulations?

This course is designed to train managers and supervisors the legal and proper techniques in conducting an internal workplace investigation. Without learning investigation techniques and how to handle conflict in the workplace effectively, employees may feel their complaints are not taken seriously.

Who should attend?

  • HR Managers
  • Small Business Owners
  • Union Reps
  • Academics
  • Accounting
  • Administrators

Why should you attend?

  • Learn the basics of how to gather a statement of complaint, identify witnesses, gather evidence, conduct witness interviews, fact-finding, document, report writing and communication follow-up
  • Common types of internal investigations
  • Legal obligations related to internal investigations
  • Information gathering and physical evidence prior to witness interviewing
  • Question prep for witness interviews and select appropriate interviewing locations
  • Standard format and procedures for documenting investigative findings
  • Disciplinary action best practices

Faculty - Mr.Matthew W Burr

Matthew Burr has over 16 years of experience working in the human resources field, starting his career as an Industrial Relations Intern at Kennedy Valve Manufacturing to most recently founding and managing a human resource consulting company; Burr Consulting, LLC, Talentscape, LLC and Co-Owner of Labor Love, a Labor, and Employment Law poster printing company. Prior to founding the consulting firm, the majority of his career was in heavy industry manufacturing and healthcare. He specializes in compliance auditing, training labor and employment law, conflict resolution, performance management, labor, and employment relations. Matthew has a generalist background in HR and operations while providing strategic HR and operational solutions to his clients, focusing on small and medium-sized organizations. He works as an Adjunct at Alfred State University, Tompkins Cortland Community College, and The College of St. Rose. He successfully designed an HR Concentration in the business management major that aligned with both SHRM and HRCI certifications, providing opportunities for students to sit for both the SHRM-CP and aPHR certifications upon completion of the degree, concentration, and internship hours as an Assistant Professor of Management at Elmira College (Retired January 2022). Matthew is also the SHRM Certification Exam Instructor, with a current pass rate of 92% on the SHRM-SCP and 83% pass rate on the SHRM-CP, and a combined 88% on both exams over a 7-year period of instructing the course (Elmira College, Collin College & The College of St. Rose). Matthew works as a trainer at Tompkins Cortland Community College, Corning Community College, and Broome Community College, and HR Instructor for Certification Preparation for the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). He also acts as an On-Call Mediator and Factfinder through the Public Employment Relations Board in New York State, working with public sector employers and labor unions.

Credits

ComplianceIQ is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM. This program is valid for [1] PDCs for the SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit www.shrmcertification.org.

HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®). Please make note of the activity ID number on your recertification application form. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org

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