Independent workplace and Title IX investigations for the research institutions, health care systems, colleges, schools, nonprofits, and professional firms of Pasadena.
Major Pasadena employers include the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the California Institute of Technology, Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena City College, the Pasadena Unified School District, ArtCenter College of Design, and the area’s hospitals. These institutions have formal policies, shared governance, and reporting obligations, so an investigation must follow the organization’s own procedures as closely as it follows the law.
Academic and research employers often have their own complaint procedures, shared governance rules, or grant related reporting duties. The investigation plan is built around those procedures from the start.
Illustrative example, not a specific client matter. A research employer receives a complaint from a postdoctoral scholar that a lab director made demeaning comments about her gender and removed her name from a publication after she raised concerns. An outside investigator reviews lab communications and authorship records, interviews lab members and collaborators, and reports separate findings on the harassment, discrimination, and retaliation allegations under the employer’s policies.
Employment disputes from this area may later be reviewed at the Pasadena 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.
For Pasadena matters, interviews are often conducted by secure video, with in person interviews scheduled when a witness or the matter calls for it. Travel from our Irvine office is quoted in advance.
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Yes. The investigation is planned around your written procedures, including notice, timelines, and the role of the decision maker, and the report notes how each step was followed.
Yes. Ms. Allen is a Certified Title IX Investigator and conducts investigations involving students, faculty, and staff.
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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