Episode #100- Avoiding Investigation Pitfalls – Tina Rad

This is our 100th Episode and to celebrate we are bringing back our very first guest Tina Rad! Tina is a Partner and Attorney Investigator at Wagener Law, APC. Teresa and Tina discuss Avoiding Investigation Pitfalls.

Tina gives here common pitfalls that companies make when contemplating or conducting a workplace investigation:

PITFALL #1: Failing to Investigate (“Do we really need to do an investigation on this?”)PITFALL #2: Moving Too Slowly (“I meant to get to it, but we had a lot going on.”)PITFALL #3: Choosing the Wrong Investigator (“I’ve never done an investigation before, but how hard can it be?”)PITFALL #4: Not Being Thorough (“I talked to the accuser and got the whole story.”)PITFALL #5: Taking Sides (“I’m so sorry this happened to you.”)PITFALL #6: Promising Confidentiality (“What you tell me won’t leave this room.”)PITFALL #7: Using Bad Interview Tactics (“That’s not what Jane told me, and her story sounds more believable to me than yours.”)PITFALL #8: Failure to Properly Document (“I really thought I’d remember.”)PITFALL #9: Failure to Reach Conclusions (“It’s a ‘he said, she said’ case – there’s no way to tell what really happened.”)PITFALL #10: Bad Investigation Reports (“It was obvious to me what happened, so I didn’t spend too much time explaining.”)

To read more about the common pitfalls, read the article here

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