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Checklist: Teach Investigators to Avoid Defamation. All persons involved in conducting an internal investigation should be advised to follow these tips to avoid the risk of defamation liability...

Before making an employment decision based on off-duty misconduct, HR should consider the following guidelines:

Follow these tips to avoid the risk of defamation liability:

All persons involved in conducting an internal investigation should be advised to follow these tips to avoid the risk of defamation liability:

The decision has been made. An employee must be terminated. The legal review has been completed.

Employers may resort to workplace searches to combat problems of workplace security, drug or alcohol use on company grounds, or company theft.

Finalize the investigation by preparing, or insisting on, a preliminary investigative report, and obtain the approval of your legal counsel.

The question of whether employers should test employees and/or new hires for the AIDS virus is not an easy one. Some of the issues employers face include:

The decision has been made. An employee must be terminated. The legal review has been completed.

Potential employer liability in connection with an EAP might arise under the following types of situations:

Any employee with a confirmed positive drug test result, upon written request, has the right of access within seven working days to records relating to drug tes

Any civil action maintained by the employee must be commenced within one year of the actual or constructive discovery of the alleged violation (Sec. 181.965).

The question of whether employers should test employees and/or new hires for the AIDS virus is not an easy one. Some of the issues employers face include:

The decision has been made. An employee must be terminated. The legal review has been completed.