An overview of workplace investigations webinar 2025

This webinar covers an overview of the practice of investigations in the U.S. and discusses applicability to South Africa.

Tokiso has performed workplace investigations throughout South Africa, and our investigators at Oppenheimer Investigations Group have performed numerous investigations and have trained hundreds of EEO investigators at organisations throughout California.

Join us for a webinar to learn more about workplace investigations

When?

16 July 2025, 16:00 to 19:00 SAST

Webinar outline

The webinar will cover:

• Introduction to workplace investigations
• What it means to be independent and reducing bias
• Determining the scope of an investigation:
  • What to investigate
  • When to investigate
• Nuts and bolts of the investigative process: interviewing, documenting the interviews, document collection
• Making findings
• Writing a report:
  • Guidelines on writing a report (best practice)
  • Discussion of South African investigation reports and the element of investigator recommendations

There will be time for Q&A after the presentation.

Presenters

Amy Oppenheimer is a leading expert in the field of workplace investigations. She has more than 40 years of experience in employment law, as an attorney, investigator, arbitrator, mediator and trainer. She has worked with and for a large range of employers and employees – public and private, large and small – throughout the country. She is also a retired administrative law judge.

Vida Thomas has practiced law for more than 25 years and has conducted more than 200 workplace investigations. She has considerable experience investigating matters within a union setting and is particularly adept at investigating complex matters involving high-profile employers and individuals. She frequently trains attorneys, human resources professionals and EEO officers on how to conduct legally effective workplace investigations.

Tanya Venter is Chief Executive Officer of Tokiso. She is an advocate of the High Court and an internationally-accredited commercial mediator with 25 years of experience in mediating and arbitrating employment and commercial disputes, and 15 years of experience at a director level in the ADR industry.

How much?

R1,485 per person.

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