The VM Blog
In our blog, you’ll read about everything from workplace misconduct, report writing, and investigating stale complaints to interviewing non-employee witnesses. We hope these articles help you better understand the investigative law process, where common misunderstandings and hold-ups happen, and best practices we can all employ.
Top Five Similarities and Differences Between Internal and External Investigators: Just the Same, but Different
At VM, we know workplace investigations. It’s what we do, every day. But we are always retained as external attorney investigators. Conducting an independent investigation as an external attorney investigator can be quite different from conducting an investigation as an internal human resources or compliance professional.
A Letter to All You Large Employers With An Internal Investigative Team:
Consider this. It is an ordinary Monday. You receive notice of a complaint of sexual harassment. Maybe it is by or against a valuable, high-performing executive. Maybe it is by or against a one-month employee you are just getting to know. Either way, yours is a fascinating and challenging job. Your policy says the complaint must be investigated. But by who? Should you direct this investigation to an in-house investigator, or go to a third-party investigator?