Workplace Investigations - Witnesses Interviews
On Demand Webinar Duration 90 Minutes Credits HRCI 1.5 & SHRM 1.5 PDCs
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Speaker: Teri is the founder and President of Hindsight Human Resources Teri Morning, MBA, MS, specializes in solving company "people problems."
Overview
The assigned investigator in many workplaces is often an already overburdened employee to whom another time consuming project is now assigned, often to their dismay. This investigator may have had little to no training in how to perform investigations. Or they may have had training in the process of investigatory mechanics but never actually performed an investigation. In theory, investigatory interviewing sounds easy but in reality, it's often not.
Areas Covered
- When are employees entitled to representation during an investigation?
- How to prepare and what to do before an interview.
- Organizing your interview so you can ask good questions.
- Strategies for the reluctant witness.
- The angry "hothead". Dangerous or something else?
- What about tape-recording: Is it a good idea?
- Body language: Can you tell if a witness is giving false or skewed testimony? Developing behavioral baselines.
- Considering cultural diversity.
- The note taker and their role.
- Taking notes and pacing the interview.
- Starting and ending your interview.
- Educating all parties about retaliation.
- What about witnesses that are not your employee? Tips for customer complaints and joint employment interviews.
Who Will Benefit
- Anyone who has to do investigations, fact findings, or solve employee relations problems and disputes.
- Plant Managers
- Front Line Managers
- HR Managers
- Branch Managers
- Those with Employee Relations positions
Your Instructor
Teri is the founder and President of Hindsight Human Resources
Teri Morning, MBA, MS, specializes in solving company "people problems." She provides HR department expertise to small and mid sized companies.
Teri also sources HR software solutions for incident tracking, employee relations, safety (Incident Tracker), compensation (Compease) and performance management (Performance Pro).
Twenty+ years human resource and training experience in a variety of fields, including retail, distribution, architectural, engineering, consulting, manufacturing (union), public sector and both profit and non-profit companies.
Teri has enjoyed consulting with employers on their problems and trained managers and employees for over 20 years, meeting and working with employees from all types of businesses.
In addition to a MBA, Teri has a Master's degree in Human Resource Development with a specialization in Conflict Management.
Teri was certified by the State of Indiana in mediation skills, and Teri is currently certified in Project Management and IT Management and qualified as a Myers-Briggs practitioner. Teri has held the PHR, SPHR, SPHR-CA and SHRM-SCP certifications.