The outcome of a workplace investigation typically depends on information gleaned through witness interviews. That information can, in turn, lead investigators to explore new or different avenues toward uncovering the truth. Witness cooperation can be critically...
As anyone who has been paying attention to national news over the past couple of years knows, it is impossible to avoid news about the ongoing U.S. Special Counsel’s Office investigation of the Trump administration, led by Robert Mueller.As the Mueller investigation...
There is no question that the #MeToo movement has impacted workplaces in the U.S. Sexual misconduct victims who may have been hesitant to bring their stories forward in the past now feel more emboldened to do so. Businesses large and small across the country have...
Allegations of sexual harassment or other workplace misconduct must be taken seriously in any business. For broker-dealers and other businesses regulated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) or the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), thorough...
Noted astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City and star of Cosmos, is the latest celebrity accused of workplace sexual harassment. In a public statement posted on Facebook on Saturday, December 1 titled “On...
Employee activism at Google led to the corporate giant announcing on 11/8 that it is changing its mandatory arbitration policy for employees who report sexual harassment claims. And, one day later, Facebook made a similar announcement ending forced...
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