Event | Workplace misconduct today: Investigations, digital evidence and regulatory risk

When concerns about employee conduct arise, employers face difficult decisions from the outset: what needs investigating, who should lead the response, and how to establish the facts while protecting the organisation and treating those involved fairly.

Allegations involving harassment, fraud, conflicts of interest or misuse of confidential information can also raise questions about AI tools, personal messaging platforms and hybrid or remote working arrangements.

Join Withers and Alvarez & Marsal for a practical panel discussion on managing workplace misconduct and conducting effective investigations in today’s digital environment. Bringing together legal, forensic and investigative perspectives, our speakers will explore real-world scenarios, common pitfalls and the steps organisations can take to reach defensible conclusions and manage legal, regulatory and reputational risk.

Key discussion points:

• Misconduct today: Addressing harassment, fraud, conflicts of interest, data misuse and the boundaries between personal and professional conduct.
• AI and employee conduct: Responding to unauthorised AI use, disclosure of confidential information and potentially fabricated or manipulated evidence.
• Getting the investigation right from the outset: Assessing allegations, setting the scope and coordinating legal, HR, compliance and forensic teams.
• Following the digital evidence: Preserving and assessing emails, messaging apps, personal-device records and AI-generated material, including where AI can assist investigators and where human judgement remains essential.
• Managing sensitive investigations: Protecting confidentiality and legal privilege, navigating privacy and cross-border data issues, and interviewing employees fairly.
• Acting on the findings: Making disciplinary decisions, managing whistleblowing and retaliation concerns, and addressing underlying control failures.

This session is designed for in-house counsel, compliance professionals, HR leaders and other advisers responsible for managing workplace misconduct, investigations and organisational risk.

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