Are you fluent in body language?
He lied. Did you see it? He moved his eyes side-to-side. What a shifty liar. Oh look, she’s lying too; she’s fidgeting like crazy. I don’t know what they’re lying about because I wasn’t paying […]
Investigations and the New Normal: Assessing Credibility and Reliability in Pandemic Investigations
Workplace investigations can be stressful for all involved. When they happen in the midst of a pandemic (ie. COVID-19), the stress is inevitably amplified. It is crucial for investigators and employers to manage the general […]
Welcome back Larissa Donovan!
I am pleased to welcome Larissa Donovan back as an articling student. Larissa will be working with me on workplace investigations, mediations, and a variety of other legal services. Since she last summered with me, […]
Workplace Investigations During a Pandemic: Three Things We Have Learned
Most of our work is with municipalities and various types of professional offices, so Zoom video conferences usually work well. But what happens when the complainants, respondents, and witnesses are public works staff or other […]
Duty to Investigate – “A Ticking Time Bomb”
Recently, I was retained to conduct two workplace harassment investigations related to employee complaints against senior management. Both investigations were initiated by complaints that were made to the Ministry of Labour well after the employee left […]
Mediation as a Solution in Harassment Cases
You’ll often find lists of tips for dealing with harassment at work. One that I recently came across advised that we take a “work stress inventory to identify” sources of stress and write a “joy […]