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Key Highlights

Reveal Advanced Skills for Effective Workplace Investigations

Continuing Education approved courses for Multiple Qualifications

On-Demand Courses

Individual Certificates for each Module

Courses authored by Subject Matter Experts

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What You’ll learn

Curious about mastering workplace investigations? This course is your gateway to essential skills, from preliminary assessments to conducting ethical interviews. Tailored for HR professionals and investigators, it covers everything from handling complaints and virtual interviews to avoiding bias and crafting effective reports. Elevate your investigative prowess with a comprehensive, practical approach.

Get Deeper Understanding of:

  • Crafting thorough investigation plans from preliminary assessments to actionable work plans.

  • Upholding ethical standards and procedural justice throughout the investigative process.

  • Mastering both traditional and virtual interview techniques while overcoming related challenges.

  • Identifying and mitigating bias and retaliation in workplace investigations.

Recommended For:

  • CPAs, CIAs, and CMAs seeking advanced skills in workplace investigations to go beyond beginner-level training and master comprehensive investigative techniques.

  • Professionals in HR, compliance, and legal roles looking to enhance their expertise in conducting thorough, ethical workplace investigations and handling complex employee concerns.

  • Individuals aiming to develop a robust understanding of investigative practices, including handling bias, ethics, and effective reporting, to advance their career in organizational management and compliance.

Why take the Certified Expertise in Workplace Investigations with myCPE?

Resources included
  • Handout PDFs for every Module
  • Glossary/Key Terms for every Module
  • Q&A directly with instructors.
Career Opportunities
  • Workplace Investigator
  • Compliance Officer
  • HR Specialist
  • Risk Management Consultant
Value Addition to your skills
  • Effective Investigation Techniques
  • Ethical Decision-Making
  • Bias Mitigation
  • Comprehensive Reporting
  • Legal Compliance Awareness
  • Remote Interview Strategies

Modules

Module Name

Duration

Understanding Workplace Investigations: Preliminary Assessment Essentials

1 Hour

  • Understand the necessity of a preliminary assessment in investigations.
  • Analyze how to identify investigative issues from the complaint and proceed from intake to allegation.
  • Explore how to frame an allegation and identify elements of an effective investigation work plan.
Instructor
Meric Bloch
Meric Bloch

Principal , Winter Compliance LLC

Professional Reporting in Workplace Investigations: Strategies for Success

1 Hour

  • Explain how a good investigation report benefits the organization in multiple ways.
  • Discuss the qualities of a good investigation report and analyze common mistakes that lead to poor reports.
  • Inspect the basic structure of an investigation report and identify drafting errors and ways to avoid or correct them.
Instructor
Meric Bloch
Meric Bloch

Principal , Winter Compliance LLC

Navigating Investigations: Unveiling the Truth Behind Employee Concerns

1 Hour

  • Analyze the complaint’s limited role in a workplace investigation and explain how to gather additional information.
  • Discuss effective listening techniques and additional topics to fully understand the complainant's concerns.
  • Identify and analyze common errors investigators make when gathering information from the complainant.
Instructor
Meric Bloch
Meric Bloch

Principal , Winter Compliance LLC

Navigating Employee Concerns: An Introduction to Workplace Investigations

1 Hour

  • Identify the principles underlying an organization’s process for handling accusations of employee misconduct.
  • Understand how procedural justice applies to workplace investigations and the rights and obligations of involved employees.
  • Explore the employer’s duty of care in the context of workplace investigations.
Instructor
Meric Bloch
Meric Bloch

Principal , Winter Compliance LLC

Professional Standards for a Workplace Investigation

1 Hour

  • Discuss the essential personal qualities of a workplace investigator and their ethical obligations.
  • Identify the four key factors that comprise an investigator’s integrity and principles of procedural justice.
  • Explain the factors that contribute to making a workplace organization ethical.
Instructor
Meric Bloch
Meric Bloch

Principal , Winter Compliance LLC

Effective Investigations: Addressing Whistleblower Retaliation

1 Hour

  • Discuss how retaliation occurs in the workplace.
  • Identify the elements of a retaliation violation the investigator must prove.
  • Explain how to show whether the employee’s harm was retaliatory and not the result of appropriate employer conduct.
Instructor
Meric Bloch
Meric Bloch

Principal , Winter Compliance LLC

Exploring Workplace Investigations: Understanding Implicit Bias

1 Hour

  • Identify the types of bias that occur in an investigation.
  • Know how to reduce the risk of bias.
  • Explain why bias affects an investigation.
Instructor
Meric Bloch
Meric Bloch

Principal , Winter Compliance LLC

From Blind Dates to Boardrooms: Investigating Workplace Interviews

1 Hour

  • Explain how preparation is essential to the success of an investigation interview.
  • Discuss the techniques needed to address problems, challenges, and other unexpected events that may threaten the success of the interview.
  • Know how this interview will factor into the larger investigation process.
Instructor
Meric Bloch
Meric Bloch

Principal , Winter Compliance LLC

Mastering Remote Interviews: Techniques and Investigation Strategies

1 Hour

  • Explain the importance of preparation for a successful virtual interview.
  • Identify logistics and technology needs specific to virtual interviews.
  • Analyze which interview techniques need adaptation for virtual settings and discuss their role in workplace investigations.
Instructor
Meric Bloch
Meric Bloch

Principal , Winter Compliance LLC

How to Conduct an Ethical Workplace Investigation

1 Hour

  • Discuss the ethical components and elements of procedural justice in an investigation.
  • Identify the duties of an investigator during a workplace investigation.
  • Review the entitlements and responsibilities of both the employee under investigation and the complainant.
Instructor
Meric Bloch
Meric Bloch

Principal , Winter Compliance LLC

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Frequently Asked Questions

This certification covers a comprehensive range of topics crucial for effective workplace investigations. You'll learn about the preliminary assessment process, identifying investigative issues, and framing allegations. The course delves into the principles of handling employee misconduct, procedural justice, and the rights and obligations of participants. You'll also explore preparation techniques for both in-person and virtual interviews, ethical components of investigations, and how to handle retaliation and bias. Additionally, the certification addresses crafting thorough investigation reports and effective communication with complainants.

This certification will significantly enhance your skills and knowledge in conducting thorough and ethical workplace investigations. You’ll learn how to identify and analyze investigative issues, apply procedural justice, and understand the duties and rights of all participants. The course equips you with techniques for successful interviews, both in-person and virtual, and helps you manage bias and retaliation. By mastering the preparation of detailed investigation reports, you’ll be able to contribute to your organization’s integrity and compliance, making you an asset in any professional setting.

Certificate course is created by a qualified and experienced instructor(s). myCPE Certificate Courses includes Self-study Courses. Most of the courses are in the form of On-demand Videos. The Self-study Video courses in Certificate courses may be Live recorded presentations converted into Self Study (On-Demand Videos).

You can take your time and attend the course at your own pace. You can take exam unlimited time. So, don’t worry, if you are not able to pass an exam. You will be getting a chance to attend the exam again.

After completion of each course of this Certification Programs, you will be able to download a certificate with the course title and number of hours. Certificates, as well as your study records, are stored for life and you can access them anytime. Certificates are valid proof for your continuing education credits and you can also add it as an additional designation.

Once you register you will have complete access to all the courses of this Certification Programs. The self-study format allows you to access the material online 24x7 and study at your own pace.

As per NASBA guidelines, you have one year from date of purchase of your certificate to complete each program. After completion of each course, you can attend final exam any time and get CPE Credit instantly. You can retake the exam multiple times without any additional charges.

Course have minimum passing score of 70% in the final exam and you can take multiple attempts of the said exam.

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