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

Event Code: I085925

Areas of Law: Labor & Employment

Earn up to 3.3 credits! (More Information)

Faculty

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:

  • 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

CLE Credits
NJ CLE:NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 3.3 hours of total CLE credit (Full Credits Available: NJ General: 3.3).
NY CLE (t&nt):NY Professional Practice Non-Transitional: 3.0
PA CLE:PA Substantive Credit: 2.5
New: No PACLE fee is required for this program. To earn PA CLE credits, a valid PA Bar ID number must be entered into the CLE form provided after attending the program.

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