Human Resources professionals are often tasked with investigating allegations of employee misconduct, discrimination, and others. Investigation training is traditionally presented from the position of an outsider looking in, such as a governmental agency, law firm, or private investigator. HR investigations require similar skills, but the environment and the approach are quite different. This session provides best practices for gathering and analyzing evidence and reporting the investigation results. Attendees will end the session with takeaways to immediately implement in future HR investigations. Three of three Episodes in the series.
Learning Objectives
- Learn methods of gathering evidence
- Learn to analyze evidence
- Learn to report the results of an investigation
Major Topics
- Documentary evidence gathering and analysis
- Site visits
- Surveillance
- Analysis by comparison and contrast
- Analysis by quantifying and connecting
- Analysis by identifying patterns
- Written reports
- Testifying
