Workplace Investigations 101
Wendy Sellers
October 21,2025
1:00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Recorded Webinar
The course offers crucial insights into the legal priorities of workplace investigations, employee rights, and fostering a culture of respect and trust, which are essential for maintaining a healthy and lawful work environment. This course will help Business Owners, HR, and managers to conduct a proper workplace investigation when necessary. This is important because the investigation itself (or the actions taken resulting from the investigation) could become grounds for a discrimination, harassment, or retaliation claim if it is not handled with proper diligence and care.
Learning Objectives:-
- Participants will be able to explain why legal considerations are critical in workplace investigations and apply them to protect the organization from liability.
- Participants will be able to identify key employee rights and implement investigation practices that uphold respect and trust throughout the process.
- Participants will be able to recognize common employee complaints that warrant investigation and determine when to escalate concerns appropriately.
- Participants will be able to use prompt action and thorough documentation to mitigate legal risk and ensure investigations are handled with diligence and care.
Areas Covered in the Session:-
- Review why legal considerations must be a priority,
- Review employee rights as well as the general concept of respect and trust,
- Review common employee complaints that may warrant an investigation, and
- This module is designed to help protect your company legally by teaching you to conduct fair, thorough workplace investigations to minimize legal risks. How to help mitigate the legal risk through swift action and documentation.
Background:-
This module is designed to help protect your company legally by teaching you to conduct fair, thorough workplace investigations to minimize legal risks.
Why Should You Attend?
This course will give you step-by-step guidance on conducting fair, thorough workplace investigations to safeguard your organization and minimize legal risks.
Who Will Benefit?
- HR
- Managers
- Supervisors
- Business Owners
- Ops.
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Wendy Sellers, MHR, MHA, SHRM-SCP, SPHR has 25 years’ experience in HR, change management, operations, strategy, corporate culture and leadership development in all size business (local startup to global enterprise) in a wide variety of industries including healthcare, professional services, higher education, federal contractors, manufacturing, construction, engineering, public safety, non-profit and government agencies (to name a few).
When Wendy says “Suck It Up, Buttercup”, this means you are about to hear all the facts, proposed solutions and possible consequences of your actions or inaction. Yes, this information may be painful to hear but in order to do the right thing we must look at every angle together. There is never a hidden agenda. Her focus is your bottom line.
The needs of business today have changed. Wendy will be an involved business partner who understands your current culture and builds HR policy, employee training and management workshops around your unique environment and goals.
As your realistic, witty and energetic consultant, trainer or event speaker, Wendy is authentic and transparent - above all, she keeps it real. She is honest, loyal and direct - there is never any sugar coating! Wendy gets the point across to all audience members.
