In episode 87, Coffey talks with John Hagan about best practices for employment investigations.
They discuss the criteria for determining when an investigation is necessary; the definition of a hostile work environment; managing confidentiality in complaints; investigation guidelines and considerations; remote interviews; recording interviews; determining credibility; the do’s and don’ts when writing the investigation report; and continuing communications with a complainant.
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John Hagan
John P. Hagan is an HR attorney who practices nationwide employment law from his office in Allen, Texas and is Board Certified in Texas Labor and Employment Law. He is ranked by his peers to be in the top 5% of all lawyers in Texas and is an award-winning author for the College of the State Bar.
Mr. Hagan has written on many employment law issues, including damages, discrimination, and wrongful termination.
Mr. Hagan has co-authored the Employment Law Handbook – Texas (Texas Association of Business and Chambers of Commerce) and Texas Employment Law for James Publishing.
Mr. Hagan and his firm represent a wide range of companies of all sizes and in all industries.
His specialty is counselling companies using best practices and preventative HR resulting in less litigation. He has served as President for both Dallas HR and Mid-Cities HRA. He served on committees for Collin County HR Association.
Mr. Hagan has been named consistently as a Texas SuperLawyer (©Thomson Reuters) for twelve years, from 2010 – 2022.
Absolutely amazing attorney. I really enjoyed this podcast!
This was a really good conversation, I really enjoyed the back and forth between Mike and John. I forwarded this to multiple people in our company to refresh them on investigation and just conversations with employees. Thanks!!
This was very informative. John had stated he would share templates for open ended investigation questions during interview. I would love to have. What is the best way to request?
We emailed your contact info to John! You should have it directly!
So much valuable information/insights from you and John. Is it possible to get those investigation questions emailed to me?
Thank you for a phenomenal conversation.
Sure! Check your email!
This is a very insightful and exciting episode! Would it be possible to receive John’s developed templates for open ended questions via email? Thanks for all you do.
Of course! We emailed your information to John.
Great episode Mike. You asked the questions that I was wondering about. I would love the templates John created.
Of course! We emailed your information to John.
Great podcast to refresh my knowledge of workplace investigations!
Awesome presentation. How can I get a copy of the templates that the speaker mentions?
Hello, Kim. We emailed your information to John!