This seminar is designed to educate Municipal Leaders and Supervisors on how to Question and Interview Public Employees suspected of misconduct in a Municipal work environment. The seminar will include detailed guidelines on how to meet the necessary legal requirements, while ensuring compliance with standardized procedures for both union and non-union employees. Participants will receive example forms and directives on how to direct employees to appear at the investigative interview along with standardized employee right form.
Subject Matters Discussed:
- Designing and Delivering the proper Notice to Appear
- Designing and Delivering the proper Notice of the Allegations
- Witnesses Not entitled to Union Representation in most cases
- What role does the Union Representative play during the interview?
- Who can act as a Union Representative?
- When are employees entitled to an Outside Attorney?
- Recording Interviews is a ‘Work Rule’ and does not need to be bargained over in most cases
- Setting the Ground Rules
- Advisement of Rights (Administrative & Criminal)
- Weingarten Rights
- Complying with Policy Requirements
- Planning the interview
- Questioning Employees
- Recording Employees Interviews
- Interview Techniques
- Dealing with evasive employee responses , ‘I do not recall’ ‘No, Not that I recall, ‘to the best of my memory’, ‘I am not sure’
- Truthfulness Issues
Parts of an Effective Employee Interview Process:
- Introduction and Greeting
- Setting the Ground Rules
- Uninterrupted initial version of event under investigation
- Clarification
- Confront and/or Collaborate
- Closing the Interview
- MUCH MORE
This course is for Municipal Supervisors and Management Personnel and is meant to provide the tools necessary to conduct an effective and efficient employee Interview or interrogation.