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2018 Annual Conference & Exposition
You will learn how to limit your organization's potential legal exposure by properly conducting internal investigations.
 

Conducting workplace investigations is a necessary but challenging process. There is no one size fits all response to an employee complaint and investigation tactics must be tailored to fit the nature and severity of the allegations. However, when properly conducted, investigations can significantly decrease your exposure to liability.  Proper investigations can also positively impact employee morale by ensuring that employees have a respectful and safe work environment.  You will learn:

  • How to effectively manage employee complaints.
  • The proper steps for conducting an internal investigation.
  • The right and wrong way of dealing with he said/she said scenarios and innuendos.
  • How to use investigation techniques to keep potential discrimination and retaliation claims at bay.
 
Date(s) & Time(s): 
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - 11:30am to 12:45pm
Presenter: 
Shayna Helene Balch
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Fisher & Phillips, LLP
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Shayna Balch is a partner in both the Phoenix and Los Angeles offices. She represents employers in employment and labor litigation matters before federal and state courts as well as before administrative agencies. She handles matters across all facets of labor and employment law including employment discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, restrictive covenants, preventive counseling, employee training, personnel policies, and employment agreements. Shayna has represented clients before trial and appellate courts, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Arizona Civil Rights Division, and United States Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel (OSC).

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Pavneet Singh Uppal
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Fisher & Phillips, LLP
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Pavneet Singh Uppal is a partner in the Firm’s Phoenix office and has litigated in state and federal courts in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Illinois. He regularly represents national, regional, and local clients in a variety of complex civil litigation matters. As lead trial counsel, Pavneet has litigated employment cases, including class actions, in federal and state trial and appellate courts, at arbitration and before administrative agencies. He focuses his practice on labor and employment disputes with an emphasis on unfair competition, trade secrets, wrongful discharge and equal employment opportunity litigation and arbitration.

SESSIONS:
Location: 
S105
Amount of Credit: 
1.25
Credit Type: 
•SHRM PDCs
Session Type: 
Concurrent Session
Competency: 
HR Expertise
Critical Evaluation
Intended Audience: 
Mid-Level
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