Neutral workplace investigations for the studios, production companies, technology firms, corporate headquarters, and health care employers of Glendale and Burbank.
Leading Burbank employers include Warner Bros. Discovery, The Walt Disney Company, Hollywood Burbank Airport, Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, Nickelodeon, and Netflix. Glendale is home to Walt Disney Imagineering, DreamWorks Animation, Public Storage, LegalZoom, and ServiceTitan. Kathie Allen brings an outside, neutral perspective to complaints in these fast paced, high profile workplaces.
Studio and production work brings its own challenges: short term crews, freelancers and loan out workers, union and guild rules, long and irregular hours, and work on location. An investigation must first establish who employed whom and which policies applied.
Illustrative example, not a specific client matter. A production company receives a complaint that a senior producer made sexual comments to a freelance assistant during a shoot and that the assistant was not rehired for the next season. An outside investigator confirms how the assistant was engaged and which policies applied, interviews crew members who worked the shoot, reviews call sheets and messages, and reports findings on the conduct allegation and on the rehiring decision.
Employment disputes from this area may later be reviewed at the Burbank Courthouse or the Glendale Courthouse, by the California Civil Rights Department (Los Angeles office, 320 West 4th Street), or by the EEOC Los Angeles District Office in the Roybal Federal Building. A neutral, well documented investigation prepares the employer for that review.
Crew members often work different schedules and locations, so interviews are frequently conducted by secure video. In person interviews in Glendale and Burbank are available, with travel from our Irvine office quoted in advance.
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Yes. The investigation identifies the working relationship first, then gathers evidence from employees and from nonemployees who agree to participate.
Interviews are scheduled discreetly, witnesses are asked to keep the matter confidential to the extent the law allows, and access to the report is limited to the people the employer designates.
Most investigations take two to six weeks, depending on the number of allegations, the number of witnesses, and how quickly documents are available.
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