Workplace Investigations: The Latest in 2025
Date: Apr 17, 2025 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Online
Member Price: $159.00
Non-Member Price: $199.00
Section Price: $149.00
Areas of Law: Labor & Employment
Earn up to 3.3 credits! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Elizabeth W. Gramigna, Esq.
- Tribu Partners LLC, Summit
Presenters
- Andrew Botwin, Esq.
- Strategy People Culture, LLC, Florham Park
- Justin D. Burns, Esq.
- McMoran O'Connor Bramley & Burns, Manasquan
- Yvette Gibbons, Esq.
- Past President, Essex County Bar Association
Employment Compliance Strategies, LLC, South Orange - Robert Kleeger
- Digital4nx Group, Inc., Marlboro
- Phillip Lipari, Esq.
- Nukk-Freeman & Cerra, P.C., Chatham
- Dina M. Mastellone, Esq.
- Principal, Jackson Lewis P.C., Berkeley Heights
- Steven F. Ritardi, Esq.
- Carmagnola & Ritardi LLC, Morristown
- Beth P. Zoller, Esq.
- KSBranigan Law P.C., Montclair
Workplace Investigations: Interview Techniques, Artificial Intelligence Integration, Legal Updates, and Trends for 2025
This year’s workplace investigations seminar explores issues front and center in today’s investigations. The program will provide a federal and state legal update and will discuss neurodiversity and trauma, concepts of AI integration, and other important trends in workplace investigations.
Topics include:
Legal Update:
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforcement statistics
EEOC guidance on workplace harassment and impact on investigations
Impact of Trump administration on EEOC, EEO and DEI
National Labor Relations Board general counsel memo on the harmonization of the National Labor Relations Act and EEO Laws
Case law update
Investigation confidentiality: Usachenok v. State of New Jersey Department of the Treasury et al & Stericycle
Neurodiversity and Trauma Impact on Investigations:
- Witness interviews
- Data collection
- Analysis
- Application of policy
- Legal Considerations such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, Health
- Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, privacy and evidential considerations
Technology in Investigations:
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Forensics in investigations
- What does this mean?
- Considerations to think about
- Differentiating between internal IT resources and forensics
- Deciding to use forensics and the implications -
AI
- What does this mean?
- Uses in assisting during investigations
- Pros/cons of using AI in investigations
- Open AI versus closed AI explanation
Litigation, Privilege and NJLAD v Title IX/State Investigations:
- Investigations during litigation
- Privilege
- Interplay between NJLAD with Title IX/State Investigations
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