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There’s lots of buzz about Generative AI (GenAI), artificial intelligence that uses machine learning models to analyze large amounts of data and learn patterns to generate new content. In this article, we examine how GenAI might appropriately support investigators and what concerns we should have about using GenAI in workplace investigations. GenAI’s primary benefit to …

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Despite ongoing shelter-in-place orders around our state, complaints still arise that require workplace investigations. However, as Covid-19 continues to change our world, the nature of complaints is shifting, and new methods of investigation may remain for the foreseeable future. We previously anticipated that with large numbers of employees working remotely and a shrinking economy, employees …

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We are a week into our new shared reality of sheltering in place, limiting our excursions outside to what is essential, and practicing social distancing, while banding together in community to face an unprecedented pandemic. Our primary concern, and yours, should be the health and wellbeing of loved ones and those in our community who …

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Late in 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) conferred an early Christmas gift on employers by overruling the NLRB’s precedent concerning investigative confidentiality. The NLRB’s new position on this issue should make it easier for employers and investigators to 1) unearth relevant facts while preserving the integrity of an investigation, 2) prevent employees from …

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