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C-suite Investigations: When allegations about senior leaders are made to the Board

In a previous blog, I wrote about the unique challenges of conducting “C-suite investigations” — in other words, investigations into a member or members of an organization’s senior leadership. It is not unusual that these types of investigations are prompted by a complaint made directly (and sometimes anonymously) to an organization’s Board of Directors.

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The Air Canada strike (appears) to be over — now the restorative work must begin

Air Canada and its employees have reached a tentative settlement agreement, bringing an end (for now) to the strike action. For the workplace, it is likely that this agreement deals primarily with issues such as terms of the return to work for employees and issues that triggered the strike, for example, wages and compensation.

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Investigating allegations against senior leaders

It is not out of the ordinary for our firm to conduct workplace investigations involving very senior leaders – presidents, CEOs, senior vice-presidents, partners (in the case of law and accounting firms, for example), school principals, and even board members. While complaints against these individuals may not be the norm, they certainly do exist.

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