Lisa Guerin - The Essential Guide to Workplace Investigations: A Step-By-Step Guide to Handling Employee Complaints & Problems

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6th Edition

The Essential Guide to

Workplace Investigations

A Step-By-Step Guide to Handling Employee Complaints & Problems

Lisa Guerin, J.D.

Names: Guerin, Lisa, 1964- author.

Title: The essential guide to workplace investigations : a step-by-step guide to handling employee complaints & problems / Lisa Guerin, J.D.

Description: 6th edition. | El Segundo : Nolo, [2022] | Includes index. Identifiers: LCCN 2022003247 (print) | LCCN 2022003248 (ebook) | ISBN 9781413329612 (paperback) | ISBN 9781413329629 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Employee crimes--Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Labor discipline--Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Violence in the workplace--Investigation--Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Discrimination in employment--Investigation--Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Sexual harassment--Investigation--Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Investigations--Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Labor laws and legislation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Classification: LCC HF5549.5.E43 G836 2022 (print) | LCC HF5549.5.E43 (ebook) | DDC 658.3/14--dc23/eng/20220126

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022003247

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022003248

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For my parents, whose five children gave them plenty to investigate.In loving memory.

Many thanks to:

Amy DelPo, for her encouragement and suggestions.

Rich Stim, for his excellent editing and his sharp eye for the noir detail.

Sachi Barreiro and Amy Loftsgordon, for their great ideas and strong editing.

Laura Lawson, Dan Cafaro, Allen Smith, and Chris Anzalone, of the Society for Human Resource Management, for their insightful comments on the manuscript and their assistance in making this project a reality.

Jathan Janove, of Bullard Smith Jernstedt Wilson, for his helpful advice on the manuscript on behalf of SHRM.

Kelly Perri and Sigrid Metson, for their tireless marketing efforts and their help in shaping the tone and structure of the book.

Drew Wheaton, Stephen Stine, and Julia Burdette, for their research assistance.

Susan Putney, for her wonderful cover design.

Lisa Guerin, J.D.

Lisa Guerin is the author or coauthor of several Nolo books, including The Managers Legal Handbook, Dealing With Problem Employees, Create Your Own Employee Handbook, and Smart Policies for Workplace Technologies. Ms. Guerin has practiced employment law in government, public interest, and private practice where she represented clients at all levels of state and federal courts and in agency proceedings. She is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley School of Law.