Meeting/Event Information

This is an in-person only event and will not be recorded. Attendees will meet at Piggy's Restaurant and Lounge (501 Front St S, La Crosse, WI). Parking is available behind the restaurant.

The importance of investigating employment issues has never been greater, as emphasized by the EEOC’s extensive 2024 Guidance on Harassment and cases assessing personal liability against supervisors and HR managers for improper investigations and documentation. The discipline process requires pre-disciplinary investigation of performance, harassment, work rule or other job violations. Employees who are disciplined have rights and often appeal or sue. How the investigation was performed often becomes the object of legal challenge and liability for the investigator, personally. 

During this meeting, the speaker will help us:

More about the Speakers: 

Bob Gregg, an attorney with Boardman Clark and has been involved in employment relations for more than 30 years. Bob’s practice has a special focus on documentation issues. He served as the Chief Investigator for the Wisconsin Personnel Commission. He is retained to conduct high level, sensitive investigations for both public and private sector organizations. Bob trains HR staff, security personnel and civil investigators in the concepts of properly investigating employment issues. Bob has conducted more than 3,000 seminars throughout the United States and authored numerous articles on practical employment issues. Bob is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management, the National Speakers Association, the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity and serves on the Board of Directors for the Department of Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute Foundation.

Storm Larson is an attorney with Boardman Clark. Storm’s practice is primarily devoted to labor and employment law. He regularly counsels and litigates on behalf of his clients on all aspects of employment law. In his employment counseling practice, he takes a practical approach to help guide employers through difficult scenarios to help them avoid costly litigation and to resolve problems before they escalate. However, when problems do escalate and litigation cannot be avoided, he is experienced in litigating before state and federal courts and agencies. Storm also routinely speaks and presents on employment law issues to help educate human resources audiences on employment law topics