Competency: Organizational Change and Development | Inclusion, Diversity and Human Connections | Learning, Development and Succession Planning
CPD: 7 hours per day or 21 hours total (Upon confirmation of attendance CPD hours will be directly applied to your CPD log in your member portal)
About the Event
CPHR Alberta event in partnership with Veritas Solutions.
The Workplace Investigations Certificate is a three-day program, with a focus on three training topics. The courses may be taken as a full three-day program, or as a stand-alone. A certificate will be awarded upon completion. Pre-requisite is not required.
This training deals with sensitive subject matter related to harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and abuse in the workplace. Real case studies are utilized with real language from them. This content might be disturbing, and participants are encouraged to self-select and manage or advise the instructor if necessary.
Registration closes: Thursday, Nov 13th or once workshop reaches capacity
Format
Live Online: Zoom Meeting (Join details and materials will be emailed three days prior to the workshop date)
Login: 8:30 am (MDT) | Workshop: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm | Lunch: 12:00 – 12:45 pm | Breaks throughout
Day 1 – Tuesday, Nov 18th, 2025
Workplace Investigations Training - The Fundamentals
This workshop provides the participant with the basic skills required to conduct a successful workplace investigation. Topics and modules include:
- Fundamental principles of successful investigations
- Investigator skills, emotional intelligence, and bias recognition
- Investigation planning
- Evidence identification, collection, and preservation
- Basic interviewing techniques (theory)
- Evidence analysis
- Findings
- Note taking
- Report writing
Day 2 – Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2025
Workplace Investigations Training - Harassment, Sexual Harassment and Psycho-Social Violence
This workshop provides the participant with an understanding of the introductory skills required to conduct a successful investigation into allegations of psycho-social violence in the workplace. Topics include:
- Fundamentals of psychological health and safety
- Legal implications - Occupational Health and Safety Act, Human Rights Act, Employment and Labour law and standards
- Definitions and Differences: Harassment, Discrimination, Bullying, Violence, Threat Assessments, Sexual violence, cyber-bullying
- Identifying the elements of the psycho-social misconduct
- Identifying the test to come to a finding on a psycho-social misconduct allegation
- Identifying the difficulties and landmines specific to investigations psycho-social misconduct (he said/she said)
- Case Studies and analysis
Day 3 – Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025
Workplace Investigations Training – Advanced
This workshop is designed for practitioners who have taken Day One and Day Two, or who have substantial experience and training in workplace investigations. Topics include:
- Investigating Dark Triad and High Conflict personalities
- Trauma informed interviewing
- Case Study and Interviewing role play
- Conducting Credibility Assessments (critical on a he said/she said)
- Coming to a finding on a they said / they said
- Identifying Aggravating and Mitigating factors in an investigation
To learn more about our speaker Bob Stenhouse and Veritas Solutions team please copy paste this URL into your browser: https://veritassolutions.net/ceo/
