Internal Investigations: Fairness Is Key To Success
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- Affirmative Action
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Overview: Every manager or HR professional will face a situation that requires investigation before any employment action can be taken. Typically, the investigation will be necessary to respond to complaints or suspicions of workplace misconduct, rule or policy violations, or even criminal acts. Many HR professionals, however, feel unprepared to perform these investigations because they do not have a process for conducting investigations and for making decisions based on the results. The components that should be taken care of while investing are a written policy, a trained and objective investigator,. timely process, careful fact finding, documented results. The employees, outside observers and even the courts tend to value the fairness of your dealings more highly than your being technically or legally "right" Therefore, one always need to show that your investigation process was followed in good faith to reach a fair decision based on what was known at the time.
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Format: HTML | Size: 56KB | Date: Jan 2003 | Pages: 1
