Finding the Facts - Disciplinary and Harassment Investigation

Sample Lybarger Admonition.......................................................................................................................49 4. Interview Strategies................................................................................................................................54 5. Conclusion .............................................................................................................................................57 E. Administrative Searches................................................................................................................................57 1. Balancing Employee Privacy Interests...................................................................................................57 2. Guidelines for Conducting Workplace Searches:...................................................................................61 3. Searching an Employee’s Person or Personal Possessions ....................................................................62 4. Employee Monitoring ............................................................................................................................62 F. Polygraphs.....................................................................................................................................................66 G. Access to and Use of Criminal Records ........................................................................................................66 1. Arrest Records........................................................................................................................................66 2. Employment Decisions Based upon Criminal Records..........................................................................67 H. Concluding the Investigation.........................................................................................................................67 S ECTION 7 Evaluating the Facts.....................................................................................................................................................68 A. Review Your Investigation Binder ................................................................................................................68 B. Make Factual Findings ..................................................................................................................................68 1. Basic Factual Findings ...........................................................................................................................68 2. Burden of Proof......................................................................................................................................68 3. Credibility Determinations ........................................................................................................................69 C. Make Conclusions of Policy only– If Directed to Do So ..............................................................................71 S ECTION 8 Writing the Report .......................................................................................................................................................72 A. Contents of the Report...................................................................................................................................72 B. Attachments to the Report .............................................................................................................................72 C. Confidentiality of Investigation Report: How Much Can or Should Be Disclosed to the Complainant or the Accused? .......................................................................................................................................................73 1. How Much Do You Tell the Complainant? ...........................................................................................73 2. How Much to Tell the Accused..............................................................................................................74 3. Discoverability of the Report .................................................................................................................76 S ECTION 9 Taking Corrective Action ............................................................................................................................................77 A. Prompt and Effective Remedial Action.........................................................................................................78 B. Type of Corrective Action.............................................................................................................................78

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