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| Date | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 11/04/2024 | The Role of the Expert Witness in Workplace Investigation Cases | Details |
| 10/08/2024 | Navigating Workplace Investigations in Healthcare Settings | Details |
| 09/26/2024 | Navigating Legal Challenges and Corporate Commitment | Details |
| 07/15/2024 | Navigating the Aftermath of a Workplace Investigation: Post-Investigation Strategies to Help Improve Work Culture | Details |
| 06/10/2024 | The Landscape of Federal and State Equal Pay Laws | Details |
| 06/05/2024 | Considerations in Rebranding DEI | Details |
| 05/17/2024 | What Hotel Owners Need to Know About California’s Workplace Investigations Law | Details |
| 05/06/2024 | SB 553 and Workplace Investigations | Details |
| 03/01/2024 | When Is Unequal Pay Not OK? Comparing Federal and State Equal Pay Laws | Details |
| 10/03/2023 | Mixed-Motive Cases: A Review of Three Competing Standards | Details |
| 09/08/2023 | Lessons From Guantanamo Bay: Rapport Building in Workplace Investigations | Details |
| 08/22/2023 | Title IX: What the Boermeester v. Carry Decision Means for Private Universities | Details |
| 08/14/2023 | Who Are We? | Details |
| 07/24/2023 | Is a Law Office Led by Women Different From One Led by Men? | Details |
| 07/06/2023 | Gendered Slurs on the Schoolyard: Unlawful Harassment or “Simple Teasing”? | Details |
| 03/23/2023 | Fallout From Supreme Court ‘Dobbs’ Investigation: How an Outside Investigation Could Have Helped | Details |
| 02/09/2023 | Spotlight on Bad Bosses: Investigating Allegations of Abusive Conduct in the Workplace | Details |
| 01/17/2023 | The Heart of the Matter: The Investigator as Witness | Details |
| 01/11/2023 | Toxic Environment: When Workplace Behavior Is Problematic But Not Illegal | Details |
| 11/09/2022 | The Potential Benefits of Scope Creep: The Yates Report | Details |
| 10/07/2022 | Not a Slam-Dunk Case | Details |
| 09/12/2022 | Attorneys Conducting Impartial Workplace Investigations: Reclaiming the Independent Lawyer Role | Details |
| 08/05/2022 | Navigate the Aftermath of a Workplace Investigation | Details |
| 07/22/2022 | Managing Multigenerational Workforces | Details |
| 07/21/2022 | How to Manage a Multigenerational Workforce | Details |
| 05/17/2022 | Do’s and Don’ts When Interviewing in a Second Language | Details |
| 04/20/2022 | Lessons from Ted Lasso | Details |
| 12/17/2021 | Amy Oppenheimer Executive Profile in San Francisco Business Times | Details |
| 12/01/2021 | Unintentional Misconduct is Still Misconduct: Tips for investigating unconscious bias | Details |
| 11/22/2021 | The Place Where it Happened: Reflections on a Visit to George Floyd Square | Details |
| 11/08/2021 | Microaggression Versus Dog Whistle | Details |
| 11/01/2021 | Preventing and Responding to Workplace Bullying | Details |
| 10/21/2021 | How to Reign in Workplace Harassment Before Employees Quit | Details |
| 10/08/2021 | Lessons From the Tesla Racial Harassment Case | Details |
| 08/26/2021 | Five lessons we can learn from the Cuomo debacle – and one reminder | Details |
| 08/03/2021 | Intersectionality in Investigations | Details |
| 07/02/2021 | The Pros and Cons of Handling Harassment Accusations in the Media | Details |
| 06/25/2021 | Why Investigate Behavior That Is Not Illegal? | Details |
| 06/09/2021 | Mediation: An Alternative Approach to Workplace Conflict | Details |
| 04/23/2021 | Ken Hawkins — “How we approach conflict” | Details |
| 02/25/2021 | Black and White: To Capitalize or Not to Capitalize | Details |
| 11/02/2020 | Investigating Employee Complaints: Managing Expectations | Details |
| 01/20/2014 | A Biased Investigation Is Worse Than No Investigation At All! | Details |
| 10/08/2013 | Preventing Unintentional Discrimination | Details |
| 01/30/2013 | California Court Finds Good Faith Investigation Prevents Liability for Terminating Employee | Details |
| 11/05/2012 | Racial, Ethnic and Religious Harassment at Work in 2012 | Details |
| 01/29/2012 | Investigative Report can be Disclosed to the Public | Details |
| 03/15/2011 | Supreme Court Gives Employers Another Reason to Do Thorough Investigations | Details |
| 12/29/2002 | Book – Investigating Workplace Harassment: How to be Fair, Thorough, and Legal | Details |
