Navigating workplace investigations Part 2: More of your FAQs answered

On Thursday, November 2, 2023 Dentons Employment and labour team answered more of your most common questions about workplace investigations, from witness challenges to who should get a copy of the investigation report once the investigation is concluded.

Watch Part two of the session here.

View Part one of this session where our practioners discussed the most common questions about workplace investigations, from how to handle participation from a ‘support’ person, to whether you can start an investigation when the respondent is on a leave of absence.

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About Cristina Wendel

Cristina Wendel practices employment and labour law from Dentons’ Edmonton office. Cristina advises and represents employers in all aspects of occupational health and safety matters, including day-to-day compliance, incident response, investigations and defending employers charged with occupational health and safety offences. She also represents federally and provincially regulated, unionized and non-unionized employers in a variety of employment and labour law matters such as wrongful dismissal claims, employment standards disputes, human rights issues, labour arbitrations and labour relations board proceedings.

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About Taylor Holland

Taylor Holland (She/Her/Hers) is a senior associate in the Employment and Labour group at Dentons. Taylor provides strategic advice to employers in both unionized and non-unionized settings. Taylor has experience with wrongful and constructive dismissal actions, grievance arbitrations, unfair labour practice complaints, fiduciary and restrictive covenant disputes, determination applications, human rights complaints, employment standards complaints and appeals, Canada Labour Code complaints, defamation actions, and privacy complaints. She also assists employers with the preparation and drafting of workplace policies, procedures, and agreements.

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About Victoria Merritt

Victoria Merritt is an associate in the Employment and Labour group in the Dentons Vancouver office.

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