The investigation is complete, so what now?
Taking steps to restore relationships and the workplace is necessary to diffuse interpersonal tension and conflict so that a psychologically safe and healthy work environment can be restored.
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Ensuring fairness and thoroughness in workplace investigations
In continuation from Part 1 of our blog series on how best to approach harassment complaints, we will now focus on stage 2 of the process as we examine how best to conduct a fair and thorough investigation, following a workplace complaint.
You’ve got a harassment complaint, so what now?
These days, allegations of “harassment” or “bullying” can make people tense up very quickly. Understandably so as reputations are at stake and missteps can be costly – like, in the landmark case of Boucher v. Walmart Canada Corp where the retailer was ordered to pay damages totalling $410,000 plus 20 weeks’ salary for conducting a shoddy in-house investigation following allegations of workplace bullying and harassment.
