CAOWI

CAOWI Changes Name to AWI

By Debra Reilly on October 31, 2011

California Association of Workplace Investigators (CAOWI) members have just voted to change CAOWI’s name to the Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI).

AWI will now begin working to expand its membership to workplace investigators in any geographic location in the country–or world, for that matter. We greatly look forward to new associations with out-of-state investigators.

CAOWI Annual Conference November 13-15, 2011

By Debra Reilly on October 13, 2011

Posted in Articles, Investigation Tips

Readers may already know that I am on the Board of the California Association of Workplace Investigators ("CAOWI"). I wanted to tell you about our Second Annual Conference that is coming up this November 2011, and let you know about an optional pre-conference session. It’s called "Examining the Investigation: A Demonstration of Trial Testimony …

Throughout her 30-year legal career, Debra L. Reilly has conducted over 900 internal workplace investigations for various counties, municipalities (including police departments and fire departments), water districts, sanitation districts, transportation authorities, public and private elementary schools (K-12), private and public colleges and universities, the United States Postal Service (holding a “sensitive” security clearance by the Postal Inspector’s Office), and a multitude of private sector employers . Debra has conducted employment investigations throughout the United States and California. She has testified in depositions, arbitrations, and trial concerning the findings of her investigations. Given her legal training and litigation experience representing both management and employees, Ms. Reilly’s investigations are impartial, objective, and thorough. Ms. Reilly has also testified as an expert witness in Human Resources standard practices in conducting harassment and discrimination investigations, as well as Human Resources standard practices in conducting reasonable accommodation assessments of disabled employees and engaging in the interactive process.