Join Flint Hills SHRM for our monthly chapter meeting and program.
Topic: The Art of the Inquiry: A Strategic Guide to HR Investigations
Speaker: Sara O'Keef, Foulston Siefkin LLP
This will be a strategic, step-by-step guide to conducting lawful and effective investigations of employee complaints, misconduct allegations, and policy violations. We will discuss the stages of the investigation process—from planning and interviewing to resolution and follow-up—while emphasizing confidentiality, neutrality, and legal considerations. Attendees will walk away with practical tools, real-world scenarios, and actionable tips to navigate HR investigations consistently and effectively.
Sara O’Keefe is an employment and labor attorney, practicing nearly exclusively in employment law her entire career. Sara takes a practical, business-first approach to working with clients, helping them find a way to reach their goals through all aspects of the employment relationship. In addition to providing day-to-day advice and counseling to executive leaders and HR professionals, she has extensive experience as an employment and labor specialist on corporate transactions, performing due diligence to identify potential liability, as well as negotiating employment-related terms in purchase agreements, deal-related executive employment and separation agreements, retention agreements, and transition services agreements.
Sara truly enjoys working with her HR clients, building relationships with them, learning about their workplaces, their unique challenges, and their day-to-day operations. You will eventually hear her start to talk about your employees as if they are her employees, too.
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