July 21, 2015
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Posted by: Lindsey Kruschel
By Parisa Nikfarjam, Associate Rubin Thomlinson LLP
The duty to investigate employee misconduct is now both legislatively and procedurally engraved in the workplace. Despite the inclusion of workplace investigation procedures their policies, a recent decision shows that although the investigation procedure exists in workplaces, employers are not always certain and/or willing to initiate the investigation; and their failure to seriously investigate a complaint when triggered has, over the past year, become a costly pitfall.
CPHR Manitoba is located on Treaty 1 territory, the home and traditional lands of the Annishinabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our clean drinking water comes from Shoal
Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty 3 territory.