2024 WORKSHOPS

Effective Investigations

DESCRIPTION

This workshop is recommended for new leaders or those wanting a refresher in the investigative process.

During this workshop, participants will learn why and when to investigate, and best practices on how to conduct interviews and review documents and evidence, to ensure that the investigation is fair, impartial, and legally defensible. Participants will receive tools and resources as takeaways.

WORKSHOP GOAL

Participants with leave with the necessary tools and knowledge to conduct comprehensive, timely, and fair investigations involving employees.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Articulate the key legislation, case law, and labour relations principles as they apply to conducting investigations.
  • Determine whether to investigate.
  • Determine when to bring in an external investigator.
  • Prepare and conduct interviews to effectively gather information.

Upon completion of the workshop, participants will receive a copy of the PSEA's Fact-finding and Investigation Toolkit — prepared in collaboration with Harris & Co.

Cohort #1

Format: In-Person

Date: TBD

Location: PSEA Office, 3rd floor, 2889 East 12th Ave, Vancouver

Time: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm PST

Lunch: Provided

Facilitator(s): TBD

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Twyla Hurley

Twyla is PSEA’s Executive Director of Training. She is currently responsible for creating and implementing learning and development opportunities services for our members. Twyla has over 25 years of leadership, labour relations and consulting experience in the public and private sectors. She has extensive experience in preparing bargaining strategies and acting as a spokesperson for the employer. Twyla holds a Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, a Bachelor of Education, and a Master of Business Administration.

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Chris Rawson

Chris is a senior labour relations and human resources professional with over 35 years of experience in both public and private sector settings providing strategic direction, achieving organizational objectives, and negotiating collective agreements. She has unique experience representing employers and unionized employees and acting as a negotiator on a sectoral basis for PSEA.

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Linda Heska

Linda is a consultant, human resources professional, and a labour relations specialist. Linda has over thirty years of H.R. experience with twenty-plus years of leadership experience, primarily in unionized environments within the public sector.

A particular area of Linda’s expertise is grievance management, collective bargaining and labour management relations.

Linda holds a Master of Arts in Leadership from Royal Roads University and a Management Certificate, maj. Human Resources, from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

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