Investigating Workplace Harassment: How to Be Fair, Thorough, and Legal

Investigating Workplace Harassment: How to Be Fair, Thorough, and Legal

ISBN-10:
1586440306
ISBN-13:
9781586440305
Pub. Date:
09/01/2002
Publisher:
Society For Human Resource Management
ISBN-10:
1586440306
ISBN-13:
9781586440305
Pub. Date:
09/01/2002
Publisher:
Society For Human Resource Management
Investigating Workplace Harassment: How to Be Fair, Thorough, and Legal

Investigating Workplace Harassment: How to Be Fair, Thorough, and Legal

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Overview

Detailing specific, experienced-based techniques for conducting investigations of harassment based on gender, race, religion, national origin, age, or disability, this tutorial provides advice on every step of an investigation—planning, documenting, interviewing, weighing evidence, making a decision, and taking remedial action. General principles are illustrated with examples drawn from specific situations or lawsuits. Appendices include such information as a model harassment policy and a sample memo initiating investigation.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781586440305
Publisher: Society For Human Resource Management
Publication date: 09/01/2002
Series: Practical HR Series
Pages: 216
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Amy Oppenheimer, JD, trains businesses on preventing harassment, investigates workplace harassment complaints, and testifies in court as an expert witness. Craig Pratt, SPHR, MSW, the founder of an Oakland, California, firm that provides consulting services in human resources management, has extensive experience as an investigator of sexual and racial harassment complaints.

Table of Contents

Examples/Figuresiii
Prefacev
Introduction1
Chapter 1Preparing for an Investigation of Workplace Harassment5
Chapter 2Harassment and the Law21
Chapter 3Investigations and the Law37
Chapter 4Investigations: When to Do Them, Who Should Do Them, and What to Investigate43
Chapter 5Planning the Investigation67
Chapter 6Documentation79
Chapter 7The Fact-Finding Process87
Chapter 8Weighing the Evidence and Making a Decision107
Chapter 9The Investigative Report125
Chapter 10Remedial Actions131
Chapter 11Post-Investigation Issues and Remedies141
Notes149
Appendix AAnswers to Self-Check Questions151
Appendix BMassachusetts Model Policy163
Appendix CSample Witness Statements167
Appendix DSample Introductions to Investigative Interviews171
Appendix ESample Interviews, Notes, and Statements173
Appendix FSample Investigative Report183
Appendix GSample Follow-up Letter187
Appendix HBibliography189
Index191
About the Authors203
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