About this Event
🔎 When a workplace complaint lands on your desk, do you know what to do next?
Join Snohomish SHRM and Miller Nash LLP on October 22nd for From Complaint to Resolution: The Essentials of Workplace Investigations.
Employers are increasingly at risk for not adequately responding to workplace complaints. One of the best defenses to a harassment or discrimination lawsuit is that the employer conducted a prompt and thorough investigation into an employee’s complaints. Responding carefully (and quickly) to complaints of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation is crucial for employers when trying to maintain a positive and productive workplace and avoid litigation.
Undertaking an investigation into those allegations can be a complicated process that can have serious ramifications if not addressed properly. This session will give employers the tools needed to conduct an effective workplace investigation, or work with a third-party investigator, in order to resolve internal complaints before they become more complicated and widespread. Topics include:
- When to conduct an investigation
- Purpose/goal of investigation
- Deciding between an in-house or third-party investigator
- Conducting a thorough and prompt investigation
- Interviewing witnesses and assessing credibility
- Making findings and conclusions
- Discipline, determination, and imposition
- How to ensure the investigation will satisfy “just cause”
🗓 Thursday, October 22, 2026
⏰ 8:00 AM PT
📍 City of Mukilteo Recreation Site | 304 Lincoln Avenue, Mukilteo, WA 98275
👥 In‑Person Meeting | Members $45 | Non‑Members $55
🎓 Earn 3 PDC Credits
We're pleased to welcome Celeste Mountain Monroe, Partner at Miller Nash LLP's Employment Law Team.
Celeste is a partner at Miller Nash and a member of the firm’s employment and education teams. She is a seasoned employment lawyer and provides the type of well-informed, timely, effective, hands-on, and practical legal guidance that clients require. Celeste advises human resource teams and company leaders in public and private entities on all aspects of the employment relationship, including hiring, discipline, and termination, as well as disability accommodation and wage and hour compliance. She drafts critical contracts and policies and develops training programs for clients of all sizes.
Celeste also has significant experience conducting independent investigations. Over the past decade, Celeste has handled hundreds of investigations of alleged misconduct, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation arising in workplaces and schools throughout Washington and Oregon. She is also a certified sexual assault investigator through the Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA).
🌟 HR professionals and business leaders, don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen your workplace investigation skills. Reserve your seat and join us in Mukilteo on October 22!
We hope to see you there!
Event venue & nearby stays
Rosehill Community Center, 304 Lincoln Avenue, Mukilteo, United States
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