It’s a balancing act.
So says Jonquille Pak, founder of JPAK Employment Lawyers, in describing how employers should handle confidentiality or anonymity during workplace investigations.
“It’s about balancing the privacy rights of the individuals involved — who came forward believing that this is going to be confidential — versus the right of the employee in question, who’s being accused of wrongdoing, [so] that person’s right to essentially review and respond… to the allegations.”
