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Answer Bar: Handling Employee Investigations in Today's Workplace
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Answer Bar: Handling Employee Investigations in Today's Workplace
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Session 1: Navigating Sensitive Employment Complaints - The investigation of an employee's complaint may be an employer's only path to avoiding liability. The investigator will likely be a witness, and the notes may be evidence. Learn when to outsource and when/how to investigate and document the process.
Session 2: Handling and Responding to an Investigation (When Your Employees Are Remote) - As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies have transitioned important business functions from in-person to fully remote. Listen to a discussion about key practical issues for companies to consider when carrying out investigations in the remote working environment.
Session 3: Whistleblowers - A plaintiff-side and defense-side lawyer discuss protections and pitfalls for individuals and employers under state and federal whistleblower statutes.
Session 4: Fact Finder Chronicles: The Office Edition - What might you discover when you delve deeply into an office's investigation into a discrimination or harassment complaint? Ride along with plaintiff's counsel and an external investigator as they examine the forensics of the complaint process. Who is responsible for getting to the truth? What should be done with the truth? Come with us as we discuss what went right and what went wrong.
Session 5: Retaliation Red Flags and Tips to Reduce Risk - Why should I win, and how am I going to prove that?
Session 6: Mediation Strategies, Solutions and Lessons Learned - The success of mediation is influenced by the information exchanged in advance, the type of mediation (remote or in-person), the inclusion or exclusion of a joint opening session, and many other factors. This panel discusses best practices for opening lines of communication, getting past the impasse, and finding a resolution.
Session 7: Ethics: Can We Talk? - This session explores the limits on attorney communication with employees, former employees, and other potential witnesses in the context of employment litigation. Special attention will be given to the ethical considerations associated with joint representation of a party and a potential witness, including concerns surrounding the use of such representation to limit the ability of the other side to communicate with a potential witness.
Session 2: Handling and Responding to an Investigation (When Your Employees Are Remote) - As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies have transitioned important business functions from in-person to fully remote. Listen to a discussion about key practical issues for companies to consider when carrying out investigations in the remote working environment.
Session 3: Whistleblowers - A plaintiff-side and defense-side lawyer discuss protections and pitfalls for individuals and employers under state and federal whistleblower statutes.
Session 4: Fact Finder Chronicles: The Office Edition - What might you discover when you delve deeply into an office's investigation into a discrimination or harassment complaint? Ride along with plaintiff's counsel and an external investigator as they examine the forensics of the complaint process. Who is responsible for getting to the truth? What should be done with the truth? Come with us as we discuss what went right and what went wrong.
Session 5: Retaliation Red Flags and Tips to Reduce Risk - Why should I win, and how am I going to prove that?
Session 6: Mediation Strategies, Solutions and Lessons Learned - The success of mediation is influenced by the information exchanged in advance, the type of mediation (remote or in-person), the inclusion or exclusion of a joint opening session, and many other factors. This panel discusses best practices for opening lines of communication, getting past the impasse, and finding a resolution.
Session 7: Ethics: Can We Talk? - This session explores the limits on attorney communication with employees, former employees, and other potential witnesses in the context of employment litigation. Special attention will be given to the ethical considerations associated with joint representation of a party and a potential witness, including concerns surrounding the use of such representation to limit the ability of the other side to communicate with a potential witness.
Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 5.50 | 1.75 ethics
- Credit Info
- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 8/31/2026
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Navigating Sensitive Employment Complaints (Oct 2024)
DeDe Church
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Session 1 —59 mins 1.00
Navigating Sensitive Employment Complaints (Oct 2024)
The investigation of an employee's complaint may be an employer's only path to avoiding liability. The investigator will likely be a witness, and the notes may be evidence. Learn when to outsource and when/how to investigate and document the process.
Originally presented: Aug 2024 Essential Employment Law: A Practical Course in the Basics
DeDe Church,
DeDe Church & Associates, LLC - Austin, TX
2.
Handling and Responding to an Investigation (When Your Employees Are Remote) (Jun 2021)
Jeff Barnes, Alex Bourelly, Mark J. Oberti
0.75
0.25
0.00
0.75 | 0.25 ethics
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4 pgs
Session 2 —48 mins 0.75 | 0.25 ethics
Handling and Responding to an Investigation (When Your Employees Are Remote) (Jun 2021)
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies have transitioned important business functions from in-person to fully remote. Discuss key practical issues for companies to consider when carrying out investigations in the remote working environment.
Originally presented: Apr 2021 Corporate Counsel Institute
Jeff Barnes,
Rice University, Office of the General Counsel - Houston, TX
Alex Bourelly,
Baker Botts - Washington, DC
Mark J. Oberti,
Oberti Sullivan LLP - Houston, TX
3.
Whistleblowers (Jul 2023)
Drew L. Harris, Austin Kaplan
0.75
0.25
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0.75 | 0.25 ethics
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Session 3 —44 mins 0.75 | 0.25 ethics
Whistleblowers (Jul 2023)
A plaintiff-side and defense-side lawyer discuss protections and pitfalls for individuals and employers under state and federal whistleblower statutes.
Originally presented: Jun 2023 Labor and Employment Law Conference
Drew L. Harris,
Office of the Attorney General - Austin, TX
Austin Kaplan,
Kaplan Law Firm - Austin, TX
4.
Fact Finder Chronicles: The Office Edition (Jul 2025)
Natalie Lynch, Kalandra N. Wheeler
0.75
0.25
0.00
0.75 | 0.25 ethics
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2 pgs
Session 4 —46 mins 0.75 | 0.25 ethics
Fact Finder Chronicles: The Office Edition (Jul 2025)
What might you discover when you delve deeply into an office's investigation into a discrimination or harassment complaint? Ride along with plaintiff's counsel and an external investigator as they examine the forensics of the complaint process. Who is responsible for getting to the truth? What should be done with the truth? Come with us as we discuss what went right and what went wrong.
Originally presented: Jun 2025 Labor and Employment Law Conference
Natalie Lynch,
Treaty Oak Employers' Law Group - Austin, TX
Kalandra N. Wheeler,
Wiley Wheeler, P.C. - Houston, TX
5.
Retaliation Red Flags and Tips to Reduce Risk (Jul 2025)
Mickey L. Washington
0.50
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0.50
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Session 5 —28 mins 0.50
Retaliation Red Flags and Tips to Reduce Risk (Jul 2025)
Why should I win, and how am I going to prove that?
Originally presented: Jun 2025 Labor and Employment Law Conference
Mickey L. Washington,
Washington & Associates, PLLC - Houston, TX
6.
Mediation Strategies, Solutions and Lessons Learned (Jul 2023)
Vianei Lopez Braun, Hon. Elizabeth S. Chestney, Connor Throckmorton
0.75
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0.00
0.75
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Session 6 —46 mins 0.75
Mediation Strategies, Solutions and Lessons Learned (Jul 2023)
The success of mediation is influenced by the information exchanged in advance, the type of mediation (remote or in-person), the inclusion or exclusion of a joint opening session, and many other factors. This panel discusses best practices for opening lines of communication, getting past the impasse, and finding a resolution.
Originally presented: Jun 2023 Labor and Employment Law Conference
Vianei Lopez Braun,
Decker Jones, P.C. - Fort Worth, TX
Hon. Elizabeth S. Chestney,
U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas - San Antonio, TX
Connor Throckmorton,
Throckmorton Law Firm PLLC - Houston, TX
7.
Ethics: Can We Talk? (Jul 2023)
Jason Boulette
1.00
1.00
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1.00 | 1.00 ethics
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Session 7 —58 mins 1.00 | 1.00 ethics
Ethics: Can We Talk? (Jul 2023)
This session explores the limits on attorney communication with employees, former employees, and other potential witnesses in the context of employment litigation. Special attention will be given to the ethical considerations associated with joint representation of a party and a potential witness, including concerns surrounding the use of such representation to limit the ability of the other side to communicate with a potential witness.
Originally presented: Jun 2023 Labor and Employment Law Conference
Jason Boulette,
Boulette Golden & Marin L.L.P. - Austin, TX