Fact Checking: Best Practices for Hiring an External Investigator

Thinking about hiring an external investigator to conduct a workplace investigation? Let Elena Paraskevas-Thadani—Founder and President of EPT Legal, Association of Workplace Investigators Certificate Holder (AWI-CH), and licensed private investigator—guide you through the best practices in our newly released video, Workplace Investigations: Hiring an External Investigator.

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