Finding the Facts - Disciplinary and Harassment Investigation

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S AMPLE N OTICE OF C OMPLETION OF I NVESTIGATION TO E MPLOYEE C OMPLAINANT

C ONFIDENTIAL M EMORANDUM

DATE:

TO:

Complaining Party

FROM:

Department Head

RE:

NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF INVESTIGATION

(PLEASE NOTE: District may have specific requirements in its rules and regulations/CBAs, or other controlling documents specifying what must be communicated to the complaining employee. Ensure compliance with the same.) On [date], you made allegations that another [Name of District] employee [summarize general nature of allegations]. [Name of District] arranged for an [outside] investigator, [Name of Investigator] to conduct an investigation into those allegations. [Name of Investigator] interviewed you and [number] other individuals and reviewed relevant documents. [Name of Investigator] has concluded the investigation.

The Investigator made the following findings with respect to the allegations:

The following allegations are not sustained : [Identify allegations that are not sustained]

The following allegations are sustained :

[Identify allegations that are sustained]

[If appropriate: The Investigator did not sustain any allegations.

[If appropriate: While the [Name of District] did not find that the conduct, based on the sustained finding(s) above, violated the [Name of District] policy against [identify] or any other [Name of District] policy, the [Name of District] found that the [identify conduct] was improper, in poor judgment and does not meet the expectations that [identify expectation]. [If appropriate: The [Name of District] found that the conduct, based on the sustained finding(s) above, violated the [Name of District] policy(ies) against [identify relevant rules/policies re conduct] and the [Name of District].

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