Another area of concern regarding employee rights involves workplace investigations. A workplace investigation is not an effort to prove or disprove allegations, or to determine whether allegations are true.

A workplace investigation is designed to find facts and determine what happened or what is happening in a situation. An investigator for the organization has the responsibility to look beyond the simple incident or accusation to examine the situation as a whole. The U.S. Constitution protects public-sector employees in the areas of due process, search and seizure, and privacy at work, but private-sector employees are not protected.

Investigations serve as visible evidence that the organization takes employee concerns, policy, and procedure seriously. Moreover, investigations show that an organization will diligently research all evidence related to a claim to determine what has actually happened or what a situation currently is. This builds a confidence of fairness among those who are aware of the investigation, and beyond. An investigator who remains impartial, keeps an open mind, and respects the impact their work has on those employees involved as a profound impact on fieriness in the organization.

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