The Not-So-Wild West: Practical Tips for California Investigations

It is important that employers across the country conduct proper investigations into workplace complaints.  But these investigations are especially critical in California for a couple of reasons.  First, employees can bring claims in California courts resulting from a botched investigation.  An employee can sue for failure to prevent harassment, discrimination, and/or retaliation if the employee makes a protected complaint, and the employer either fails to conduct a prompt and thorough investigation, or does not take the appropriate remedial actions after the investigation.  Second, many plaintiffs’ attorneys in California retain HR experts to opine on all of the things the employer should have done to investigate, but didn’t, or all of the ways the employer botched the investigation.

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