Legal Question in Sexual Harassment in California

Re: sexual harassment

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Re: sexual harassment

Very good question.

As an employer, you have an affirmative obligation to conduct investigation and issue formal findings and conclusions. If you find that the employee complained of in fact engaged in unlawful/harassing conduct, you should take some kind of action against him according to your policies - warning/transfer/suspension/reprimand, etc...depending upon the gravity of the conduct.

You should look into hiring an independent investigator to do that for you to assure that the investigation is conducted properly as employer are sometimes held liable for failure to conduct proper investigation as a separate claim.

Thanks,

Arkady Itkin

California Employment Lawyer

http://www.sanfranciscoemploymentlawfirm.com