Investigations in the Modern Workplace: Tools, Techniques, and Real-World Scenarios

Overview

Learn how to conduct fair, timely, and well-documented workplace investigations. Jocelyn King of VirgilHR and Kimberly Prescott share practical tools, techniques, and real-world scenarios that help HR teams respond to complaints while reducing employee relations and compliance risk.

Why This Topic Matters

Poorly handled investigations can damage trust, weaken documentation, and increase legal exposure. HR teams need a clear process for intake, interviews, credibility assessments, confidentiality, retaliation prevention, and follow-up.

What You’ll Learn

  • How to structure a workplace investigation from intake to closure.
  • Best practices for interviews, documentation, and credibility reviews.
  • Common mistakes that create compliance and retaliation risk.

Who Should Watch

HR, compliance, legal, employee relations, people operations, business owners, managers, PEOs, ASOs, and multistate employers.

Key Compliance Insights

The session emphasizes neutrality, timely follow-up, strong documentation, retaliation prevention, and consistent investigation practices that support fair employment decisions.

Watch the webinar to improve your workplace investigation process and reduce employee relations risk.

Host & Speaker

Jocelyn King
CEO and Founder, VirgilHR. Jocelyn helps employers strengthen HR compliance with real-time, attorney-backed guidance.

Kimberly Prescott
Founder and President, Prescott HR. Kimberly supports employers with employee relations, workplace investigations, HR compliance, and leadership practices.