About the Progressive Skills Series
As society and workplaces evolve, so too do the challenges faced in workplace investigations. The Progressive Skills Series is an annual advanced workshop for experienced investigators who have completed our Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course and are looking to build deeper, more specialized investigative skills.
Each year, the series focuses on a distinct, real-world investigative challenge that reflects the complexity of modern workplace investigations. The goal is to strengthen practical investigative skills, sharpen judgment, and support more confident, defensible decision-making in practice.
2026 Workshop:
This year's focus is Navigating Evidentiary Challenges, a practical exploration of some of the complex evidentiary issues workplace investigators encounter.
Evidence isn't always clear, complete, or reliable. Your findings are still expected to be.
Picture yourself conducting an investigation that appears straightforward—until questions arise about the evidence. A key document is no longer available. A party claims a photograph has been manipulated. A critical witness refuses to provide information. How do you ensure a fair and thorough investigation when the evidence is incomplete, inaccessible, or in dispute? How far does an investigator need to go to obtain evidence, and how can sound findings be made when important pieces of the evidentiary puzzle are missing?
This advanced workshop equips experienced investigators with practical strategies for navigating these increasingly common challenges, enabling them to make fair, well-reasoned, and defensible findings when the evidence is anything but straightforward.
What You’ll Experience:
-
Interactive, Scenario-Based Learning
Engage in realistic investigative scenarios that reflect the challenges faced in practice. Apply investigative reasoning in real time as you work through complex situations. -
Hands-On Interviewing with Professional Actors
The opportunity to take part in structured interview exercises with professional actors in carefully designed scenarios. This allows you to develop your interviewing skills in a safe yet realistic environment. -
Guidance from an Experienced Facilitator
Learn directly from our experienced and knowledgeable facilitator with decades of investigative experience, who will share practical strategies and insights that will help you to tackle complex issues with confidence.
Key Learning Outcomes:
-
Responding to Allegations of Fabricated or Manipulated Evidence
As AI becomes increasingly integrated into the digital technologies we use every day, altering photos, videos, audio, and documents, has never been easier. Investigators must be prepared to assess claims that evidence has been manipulated. Learn how to identify when verification is necessary, evaluate authenticity concerns, and determine the appropriate steps when the reliability of evidence is called into question. -
Managing Inaccessible, Withheld, or Deleted Evidence
A party no longer has access to important evidence. A witness refuses to provide relevant documents. A critical video recording has been deleted. Explore practical strategies for responding to these challenges and understand an investigator's responsibilities when evidence cannot be readily obtained. -
Obtaining Evidence from Third Parties
Obtaining evidence from an organization's vendors or contractors is one thing. Obtaining it from an unrelated third party with no obligation to cooperate is quite another. Learn how to assess your options, navigate these situations, and maximize the likelihood of obtaining critical evidence from reluctant or independent sources. -
Making Sound Factual Findings Despite Gaps in the Evidence
Despite your best efforts, there will be occasions when important evidence is unavailable. Declining to make a finding is not the answer. Explore how to assess the remaining evidence, and how to make well-reasoned, defensible findings even when the evidentiary picture is incomplete.
Course details
COURSE FEE
$1,250 (before tax)
*A 10% discount is offered if you register 5 or more participants from the same organization at the same time.
BUNDLE & SAVE
Explore our Advanced Investigation Techniques Certificate and learn how you can bundle multiple courses.
DURATION
This is a one-day course, running from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST/EDT).
PREREQUISITES
Participants must have completed the Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course to attend this session.
Why Attend This Workshop?
This workshop goes beyond theory to focus on practical, applied investigative skills. You’ll gain practical strategies for working with incomplete or contested evidence and strengthen your ability to reach fair, defensible findings in difficult situations.
Accreditation
Pending.
Previous Sessions
2025 Workshop - Whistleblower Complaints:
In last year's session, we explored how to effectively manage a whistleblower complaint that raises a non-human rights issue.
This workshop is no longer offered publicly, but we're happy to deliver it in-house. If you're interested, contact us at training@rtworkplace.com to discuss bringing this workshop to your organization.
About our facilitator
Christine Thomlinson is the President of RT Workplace Training & Consulting Inc. ("RTW"). After more than 30 years conducting workplace and institutional investigations, she now focuses primarily on the work she finds most meaningful: training and consulting. Christine leads the development of RTW's curriculum, ensuring it remains practical, nuanced, and grounded in real-world investigation experience. She is the co-author of Human Resources Guide to Workplace Investigations, now in its second edition and a foundational text for HR professionals and investigators across the country. In March 2026, Christine received the Ontario Bar Association's Randall Echlin Award for Excellence in Labour and Employment Law.
Learn more about Christine here.
Join us for this exclusive opportunity to further develop your investigative skills in navigating evidentiary challenges and making defensible findings. Spaces are limited, register today to secure your seat!
About the Progressive Skills Series
As society and workplaces evolve, so too do the challenges faced in workplace investigations. The Progressive Skills Series is an annual advanced workshop for experienced investigators who have completed our Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course and are looking to build deeper, more specialized investigative skills.
Each year, the series focuses on a distinct, real-world investigative challenge that reflects the complexity of modern workplace investigations. The goal is to strengthen practical investigative skills, sharpen judgment, and support more confident, defensible decision-making in practice.
2026 Workshop:
This year's focus is Navigating Evidentiary Challenges, a practical exploration of some of the complex evidentiary issues workplace investigators encounter.
Evidence isn't always clear, complete, or reliable. Your findings are still expected to be.
Picture yourself conducting an investigation that appears straightforward—until questions arise about the evidence. A key document is no longer available. A party claims a photograph has been manipulated. A critical witness refuses to provide information. How do you ensure a fair and thorough investigation when the evidence is incomplete, inaccessible, or in dispute? How far does an investigator need to go to obtain evidence, and how can sound findings be made when important pieces of the evidentiary puzzle are missing?
This advanced workshop equips experienced investigators with practical strategies for navigating these increasingly common challenges, enabling them to make fair, well-reasoned, and defensible findings when the evidence is anything but straightforward.
What You’ll Experience:
-
Interactive, Scenario-Based Learning
Engage in realistic investigative scenarios that reflect the challenges faced in practice. Apply investigative reasoning in real time as you work through complex situations. -
Hands-On Interviewing with Professional Actors
The opportunity to take part in structured interview exercises with professional actors in carefully designed scenarios. This allows you to develop your interviewing skills in a safe yet realistic environment. -
Guidance from an Experienced Facilitator
Learn directly from our experienced and knowledgeable facilitator with decades of investigative experience, who will share practical strategies and insights that will help you to tackle complex issues with confidence.
Key Learning Outcomes:
-
Responding to Allegations of Fabricated or Manipulated Evidence
As AI becomes increasingly integrated into the digital technologies we use every day, altering photos, videos, audio, and documents, has never been easier. Investigators must be prepared to assess claims that evidence has been manipulated. Learn how to identify when verification is necessary, evaluate authenticity concerns, and determine the appropriate steps when the reliability of evidence is called into question. -
Managing Inaccessible, Withheld, or Deleted Evidence
A party no longer has access to important evidence. A witness refuses to provide relevant documents. A critical video recording has been deleted. Explore practical strategies for responding to these challenges and understand an investigator's responsibilities when evidence cannot be readily obtained. -
Obtaining Evidence from Third Parties
Obtaining evidence from an organization's vendors or contractors is one thing. Obtaining it from an unrelated third party with no obligation to cooperate is quite another. Learn how to assess your options, navigate these situations, and maximize the likelihood of obtaining critical evidence from reluctant or independent sources. -
Making Sound Factual Findings Despite Gaps in the Evidence
Despite your best efforts, there will be occasions when important evidence is unavailable. Declining to make a finding is not the answer. Explore how to assess the remaining evidence, and how to make well-reasoned, defensible findings even when the evidentiary picture is incomplete.
Course details
COURSE FEE
$1,250 (before tax)
*A 10% discount is offered if you register 5 or more participants from the same organization at the same time.
BUNDLE & SAVE
Explore our Advanced Investigation Techniques Certificate and learn how you can bundle multiple courses.
DURATION
This is a one-day course, running from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST/EDT).
PREREQUISITES
Participants must have completed the Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course to attend this session.
Why Attend This Workshop?
This workshop goes beyond theory to focus on practical, applied investigative skills. You’ll gain practical strategies for working with incomplete or contested evidence and strengthen your ability to reach fair, defensible findings in difficult situations.
Accreditation
Pending.
Previous Sessions
2025 Workshop - Whistleblower Complaints:
In last year's session, we explored how to effectively manage a whistleblower complaint that raises a non-human rights issue.
This workshop is no longer offered publicly, but we're happy to deliver it in-house. If you're interested, contact us at training@rtworkplace.com to discuss bringing this workshop to your organization.
About our facilitator
Christine Thomlinson is the President of RT Workplace Training & Consulting Inc. ("RTW"). After more than 30 years conducting workplace and institutional investigations, she now focuses primarily on the work she finds most meaningful: training and consulting. Christine leads the development of RTW's curriculum, ensuring it remains practical, nuanced, and grounded in real-world investigation experience. She is the co-author of Human Resources Guide to Workplace Investigations, now in its second edition and a foundational text for HR professionals and investigators across the country. In March 2026, Christine received the Ontario Bar Association's Randall Echlin Award for Excellence in Labour and Employment Law.
Learn more about Christine here.
Join us for this exclusive opportunity to further develop your investigative skills in navigating evidentiary challenges and making defensible findings. Spaces are limited, register today to secure your seat!
About the Progressive Skills Series
As society and workplaces evolve, so too do the challenges faced in workplace investigations. The Progressive Skills Series is an annual advanced workshop for experienced investigators who have completed our Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course and are looking to build deeper, more specialized investigative skills.
Each year, the series focuses on a distinct, real-world investigative challenge that reflects the complexity of modern workplace investigations. The goal is to strengthen practical investigative skills, sharpen judgment, and support more confident, defensible decision-making in practice.
2026 Workshop:
This year's focus is Navigating Evidentiary Challenges, a practical exploration of some of the complex evidentiary issues workplace investigators encounter.
Evidence isn't always clear, complete, or reliable. Your findings are still expected to be.
Picture yourself conducting an investigation that appears straightforward—until questions arise about the evidence. A key document is no longer available. A party claims a photograph has been manipulated. A critical witness refuses to provide information. How do you ensure a fair and thorough investigation when the evidence is incomplete, inaccessible, or in dispute? How far does an investigator need to go to obtain evidence, and how can sound findings be made when important pieces of the evidentiary puzzle are missing?
This advanced workshop equips experienced investigators with practical strategies for navigating these increasingly common challenges, enabling them to make fair, well-reasoned, and defensible findings when the evidence is anything but straightforward.
What You’ll Experience:
-
Interactive, Scenario-Based Learning
Engage in realistic investigative scenarios that reflect the challenges faced in practice. Apply investigative reasoning in real time as you work through complex situations. -
Hands-On Interviewing with Professional Actors
The opportunity to take part in structured interview exercises with professional actors in carefully designed scenarios. This allows you to develop your interviewing skills in a safe yet realistic environment. -
Guidance from an Experienced Facilitator
Learn directly from our experienced and knowledgeable facilitator with decades of investigative experience, who will share practical strategies and insights that will help you to tackle complex issues with confidence.
Key Learning Outcomes:
-
Responding to Allegations of Fabricated or Manipulated Evidence
As AI becomes increasingly integrated into the digital technologies we use every day, altering photos, videos, audio, and documents, has never been easier. Investigators must be prepared to assess claims that evidence has been manipulated. Learn how to identify when verification is necessary, evaluate authenticity concerns, and determine the appropriate steps when the reliability of evidence is called into question. -
Managing Inaccessible, Withheld, or Deleted Evidence
A party no longer has access to important evidence. A witness refuses to provide relevant documents. A critical video recording has been deleted. Explore practical strategies for responding to these challenges and understand an investigator's responsibilities when evidence cannot be readily obtained. -
Obtaining Evidence from Third Parties
Obtaining evidence from an organization's vendors or contractors is one thing. Obtaining it from an unrelated third party with no obligation to cooperate is quite another. Learn how to assess your options, navigate these situations, and maximize the likelihood of obtaining critical evidence from reluctant or independent sources. -
Making Sound Factual Findings Despite Gaps in the Evidence
Despite your best efforts, there will be occasions when important evidence is unavailable. Declining to make a finding is not the answer. Explore how to assess the remaining evidence, and how to make well-reasoned, defensible findings even when the evidentiary picture is incomplete.
Course details
COURSE FEE
$1,250 (before tax)
*A 10% discount is offered if you register 5 or more participants from the same organization at the same time.
BUNDLE & SAVE
Explore our Advanced Investigation Techniques Certificate and learn how you can bundle multiple courses.
DURATION
This is a one-day course, running from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST/EDT).
PREREQUISITES
Participants must have completed the Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course to attend this session.
Why Attend This Workshop?
This workshop goes beyond theory to focus on practical, applied investigative skills. You’ll gain practical strategies for working with incomplete or contested evidence and strengthen your ability to reach fair, defensible findings in difficult situations.
Accreditation
Pending.
Previous Sessions
2025 Workshop - Whistleblower Complaints:
In last year's session, we explored how to effectively manage a whistleblower complaint that raises a non-human rights issue.
This workshop is no longer offered publicly, but we're happy to deliver it in-house. If you're interested, contact us at training@rtworkplace.com to discuss bringing this workshop to your organization.
About our facilitator
Christine Thomlinson is the President of RT Workplace Training & Consulting Inc. ("RTW"). After more than 30 years conducting workplace and institutional investigations, she now focuses primarily on the work she finds most meaningful: training and consulting. Christine leads the development of RTW's curriculum, ensuring it remains practical, nuanced, and grounded in real-world investigation experience. She is the co-author of Human Resources Guide to Workplace Investigations, now in its second edition and a foundational text for HR professionals and investigators across the country. In March 2026, Christine received the Ontario Bar Association's Randall Echlin Award for Excellence in Labour and Employment Law.
Learn more about Christine here.
Join us for this exclusive opportunity to further develop your investigative skills in navigating evidentiary challenges and making defensible findings. Spaces are limited, register today to secure your seat!
About the Progressive Skills Series
As society and workplaces evolve, so too do the challenges faced in workplace investigations. The Progressive Skills Series is an annual advanced workshop for experienced investigators who have completed our Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course and are looking to build deeper, more specialized investigative skills.
Each year, the series focuses on a distinct, real-world investigative challenge that reflects the complexity of modern workplace investigations. The goal is to strengthen practical investigative skills, sharpen judgment, and support more confident, defensible decision-making in practice.
2026 Workshop:
This year's focus is Navigating Evidentiary Challenges, a practical exploration of some of the complex evidentiary issues workplace investigators encounter.
Evidence isn't always clear, complete, or reliable. Your findings are still expected to be.
Picture yourself conducting an investigation that appears straightforward—until questions arise about the evidence. A key document is no longer available. A party claims a photograph has been manipulated. A critical witness refuses to provide information. How do you ensure a fair and thorough investigation when the evidence is incomplete, inaccessible, or in dispute? How far does an investigator need to go to obtain evidence, and how can sound findings be made when important pieces of the evidentiary puzzle are missing?
This advanced workshop equips experienced investigators with practical strategies for navigating these increasingly common challenges, enabling them to make fair, well-reasoned, and defensible findings when the evidence is anything but straightforward.
What You’ll Experience:
-
Interactive, Scenario-Based Learning
Engage in realistic investigative scenarios that reflect the challenges faced in practice. Apply investigative reasoning in real time as you work through complex situations. -
Hands-On Interviewing with Professional Actors
The opportunity to take part in structured interview exercises with professional actors in carefully designed scenarios. This allows you to develop your interviewing skills in a safe yet realistic environment. -
Guidance from an Experienced Facilitator
Learn directly from our experienced and knowledgeable facilitator with decades of investigative experience, who will share practical strategies and insights that will help you to tackle complex issues with confidence.
Key Learning Outcomes:
-
Responding to Allegations of Fabricated or Manipulated Evidence
As AI becomes increasingly integrated into the digital technologies we use every day, altering photos, videos, audio, and documents, has never been easier. Investigators must be prepared to assess claims that evidence has been manipulated. Learn how to identify when verification is necessary, evaluate authenticity concerns, and determine the appropriate steps when the reliability of evidence is called into question. -
Managing Inaccessible, Withheld, or Deleted Evidence
A party no longer has access to important evidence. A witness refuses to provide relevant documents. A critical video recording has been deleted. Explore practical strategies for responding to these challenges and understand an investigator's responsibilities when evidence cannot be readily obtained. -
Obtaining Evidence from Third Parties
Obtaining evidence from an organization's vendors or contractors is one thing. Obtaining it from an unrelated third party with no obligation to cooperate is quite another. Learn how to assess your options, navigate these situations, and maximize the likelihood of obtaining critical evidence from reluctant or independent sources. -
Making Sound Factual Findings Despite Gaps in the Evidence
Despite your best efforts, there will be occasions when important evidence is unavailable. Declining to make a finding is not the answer. Explore how to assess the remaining evidence, and how to make well-reasoned, defensible findings even when the evidentiary picture is incomplete.
Course details
COURSE FEE
$1,250 (before tax)
*A 10% discount is offered if you register 5 or more participants from the same organization at the same time.
BUNDLE & SAVE
Explore our Advanced Investigation Techniques Certificate and learn how you can bundle multiple courses.
DURATION
This is a one-day course, running from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST/EDT).
PREREQUISITES
Participants must have completed the Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course to attend this session.
Why Attend This Workshop?
This workshop goes beyond theory to focus on practical, applied investigative skills. You’ll gain practical strategies for working with incomplete or contested evidence and strengthen your ability to reach fair, defensible findings in difficult situations.
Accreditation
Pending.
Previous Sessions
2025 Workshop - Whistleblower Complaints:
In last year's session, we explored how to effectively manage a whistleblower complaint that raises a non-human rights issue.
This workshop is no longer offered publicly, but we're happy to deliver it in-house. If you're interested, contact us at training@rtworkplace.com to discuss bringing this workshop to your organization.
About our facilitator
Christine Thomlinson is the President of RT Workplace Training & Consulting Inc. ("RTW"). After more than 30 years conducting workplace and institutional investigations, she now focuses primarily on the work she finds most meaningful: training and consulting. Christine leads the development of RTW's curriculum, ensuring it remains practical, nuanced, and grounded in real-world investigation experience. She is the co-author of Human Resources Guide to Workplace Investigations, now in its second edition and a foundational text for HR professionals and investigators across the country. In March 2026, Christine received the Ontario Bar Association's Randall Echlin Award for Excellence in Labour and Employment Law.
Learn more about Christine here.
Join us for this exclusive opportunity to further develop your investigative skills in navigating evidentiary challenges and making defensible findings. Spaces are limited, register today to secure your seat!
About the Progressive Skills Series
As society and workplaces evolve, so too do the challenges faced in workplace investigations. The Progressive Skills Series is an annual advanced workshop for experienced investigators who have completed our Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course and are looking to build deeper, more specialized investigative skills.
Each year, the series focuses on a distinct, real-world investigative challenge that reflects the complexity of modern workplace investigations. The goal is to strengthen practical investigative skills, sharpen judgment, and support more confident, defensible decision-making in practice.
2026 Workshop:
This year's focus is Navigating Evidentiary Challenges, a practical exploration of some of the complex evidentiary issues workplace investigators encounter.
Evidence isn't always clear, complete, or reliable. Your findings are still expected to be.
Picture yourself conducting an investigation that appears straightforward—until questions arise about the evidence. A key document is no longer available. A party claims a photograph has been manipulated. A critical witness refuses to provide information. How do you ensure a fair and thorough investigation when the evidence is incomplete, inaccessible, or in dispute? How far does an investigator need to go to obtain evidence, and how can sound findings be made when important pieces of the evidentiary puzzle are missing?
This advanced workshop equips experienced investigators with practical strategies for navigating these increasingly common challenges, enabling them to make fair, well-reasoned, and defensible findings when the evidence is anything but straightforward.
What You’ll Experience:
-
Interactive, Scenario-Based Learning
Engage in realistic investigative scenarios that reflect the challenges faced in practice. Apply investigative reasoning in real time as you work through complex situations. -
Hands-On Interviewing with Professional Actors
The opportunity to take part in structured interview exercises with professional actors in carefully designed scenarios. This allows you to develop your interviewing skills in a safe yet realistic environment. -
Guidance from an Experienced Facilitator
Learn directly from our experienced and knowledgeable facilitator with decades of investigative experience, who will share practical strategies and insights that will help you to tackle complex issues with confidence.
Key Learning Outcomes:
-
Responding to Allegations of Fabricated or Manipulated Evidence
As AI becomes increasingly integrated into the digital technologies we use every day, altering photos, videos, audio, and documents, has never been easier. Investigators must be prepared to assess claims that evidence has been manipulated. Learn how to identify when verification is necessary, evaluate authenticity concerns, and determine the appropriate steps when the reliability of evidence is called into question. -
Managing Inaccessible, Withheld, or Deleted Evidence
A party no longer has access to important evidence. A witness refuses to provide relevant documents. A critical video recording has been deleted. Explore practical strategies for responding to these challenges and understand an investigator's responsibilities when evidence cannot be readily obtained. -
Obtaining Evidence from Third Parties
Obtaining evidence from an organization's vendors or contractors is one thing. Obtaining it from an unrelated third party with no obligation to cooperate is quite another. Learn how to assess your options, navigate these situations, and maximize the likelihood of obtaining critical evidence from reluctant or independent sources. -
Making Sound Factual Findings Despite Gaps in the Evidence
Despite your best efforts, there will be occasions when important evidence is unavailable. Declining to make a finding is not the answer. Explore how to assess the remaining evidence, and how to make well-reasoned, defensible findings even when the evidentiary picture is incomplete.
Course details
COURSE FEE
$1,250 (before tax)
*A 10% discount is offered if you register 5 or more participants from the same organization at the same time.
BUNDLE & SAVE
Explore our Advanced Investigation Techniques Certificate and learn how you can bundle multiple courses.
DURATION
This is a one-day course, running from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST/EDT).
PREREQUISITES
Participants must have completed the Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course to attend this session.
Why Attend This Workshop?
This workshop goes beyond theory to focus on practical, applied investigative skills. You’ll gain practical strategies for working with incomplete or contested evidence and strengthen your ability to reach fair, defensible findings in difficult situations.
Accreditation
Pending.
Previous Sessions
2025 Workshop - Whistleblower Complaints:
In last year's session, we explored how to effectively manage a whistleblower complaint that raises a non-human rights issue.
This workshop is no longer offered publicly, but we're happy to deliver it in-house. If you're interested, contact us at training@rtworkplace.com to discuss bringing this workshop to your organization.
About our facilitator
Christine Thomlinson is the President of RT Workplace Training & Consulting Inc. ("RTW"). After more than 30 years conducting workplace and institutional investigations, she now focuses primarily on the work she finds most meaningful: training and consulting. Christine leads the development of RTW's curriculum, ensuring it remains practical, nuanced, and grounded in real-world investigation experience. She is the co-author of Human Resources Guide to Workplace Investigations, now in its second edition and a foundational text for HR professionals and investigators across the country. In March 2026, Christine received the Ontario Bar Association's Randall Echlin Award for Excellence in Labour and Employment Law.
Learn more about Christine here.
Join us for this exclusive opportunity to further develop your investigative skills in navigating evidentiary challenges and making defensible findings. Spaces are limited, register today to secure your seat!
About the Progressive Skills Series
As society and workplaces evolve, so too do the challenges faced in workplace investigations. The Progressive Skills Series is an annual advanced workshop for experienced investigators who have completed our Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course and are looking to build deeper, more specialized investigative skills.
Each year, the series focuses on a distinct, real-world investigative challenge that reflects the complexity of modern workplace investigations. The goal is to strengthen practical investigative skills, sharpen judgment, and support more confident, defensible decision-making in practice.
2026 Workshop:
This year's focus is Navigating Evidentiary Challenges, a practical exploration of some of the complex evidentiary issues workplace investigators encounter.
Evidence isn't always clear, complete, or reliable. Your findings are still expected to be.
Picture yourself conducting an investigation that appears straightforward—until questions arise about the evidence. A key document is no longer available. A party claims a photograph has been manipulated. A critical witness refuses to provide information. How do you ensure a fair and thorough investigation when the evidence is incomplete, inaccessible, or in dispute? How far does an investigator need to go to obtain evidence, and how can sound findings be made when important pieces of the evidentiary puzzle are missing?
This advanced workshop equips experienced investigators with practical strategies for navigating these increasingly common challenges, enabling them to make fair, well-reasoned, and defensible findings when the evidence is anything but straightforward.
What You’ll Experience:
-
Interactive, Scenario-Based Learning
Engage in realistic investigative scenarios that reflect the challenges faced in practice. Apply investigative reasoning in real time as you work through complex situations. -
Hands-On Interviewing with Professional Actors
The opportunity to take part in structured interview exercises with professional actors in carefully designed scenarios. This allows you to develop your interviewing skills in a safe yet realistic environment. -
Guidance from an Experienced Facilitator
Learn directly from our experienced and knowledgeable facilitator with decades of investigative experience, who will share practical strategies and insights that will help you to tackle complex issues with confidence.
Key Learning Outcomes:
-
Responding to Allegations of Fabricated or Manipulated Evidence
As AI becomes increasingly integrated into the digital technologies we use every day, altering photos, videos, audio, and documents, has never been easier. Investigators must be prepared to assess claims that evidence has been manipulated. Learn how to identify when verification is necessary, evaluate authenticity concerns, and determine the appropriate steps when the reliability of evidence is called into question. -
Managing Inaccessible, Withheld, or Deleted Evidence
A party no longer has access to important evidence. A witness refuses to provide relevant documents. A critical video recording has been deleted. Explore practical strategies for responding to these challenges and understand an investigator's responsibilities when evidence cannot be readily obtained. -
Obtaining Evidence from Third Parties
Obtaining evidence from an organization's vendors or contractors is one thing. Obtaining it from an unrelated third party with no obligation to cooperate is quite another. Learn how to assess your options, navigate these situations, and maximize the likelihood of obtaining critical evidence from reluctant or independent sources. -
Making Sound Factual Findings Despite Gaps in the Evidence
Despite your best efforts, there will be occasions when important evidence is unavailable. Declining to make a finding is not the answer. Explore how to assess the remaining evidence, and how to make well-reasoned, defensible findings even when the evidentiary picture is incomplete.
Course details
COURSE FEE
$1,250 (before tax)
*A 10% discount is offered if you register 5 or more participants from the same organization at the same time.
BUNDLE & SAVE
Explore our Advanced Investigation Techniques Certificate and learn how you can bundle multiple courses.
DURATION
This is a one-day course, running from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST/EDT).
PREREQUISITES
Participants must have completed the Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course to attend this session.
Why Attend This Workshop?
This workshop goes beyond theory to focus on practical, applied investigative skills. You’ll gain practical strategies for working with incomplete or contested evidence and strengthen your ability to reach fair, defensible findings in difficult situations.
Accreditation
Pending.
Previous Sessions
2025 Workshop - Whistleblower Complaints:
In last year's session, we explored how to effectively manage a whistleblower complaint that raises a non-human rights issue.
This workshop is no longer offered publicly, but we're happy to deliver it in-house. If you're interested, contact us at training@rtworkplace.com to discuss bringing this workshop to your organization.
About our facilitator
Christine Thomlinson is the President of RT Workplace Training & Consulting Inc. ("RTW"). After more than 30 years conducting workplace and institutional investigations, she now focuses primarily on the work she finds most meaningful: training and consulting. Christine leads the development of RTW's curriculum, ensuring it remains practical, nuanced, and grounded in real-world investigation experience. She is the co-author of Human Resources Guide to Workplace Investigations, now in its second edition and a foundational text for HR professionals and investigators across the country. In March 2026, Christine received the Ontario Bar Association's Randall Echlin Award for Excellence in Labour and Employment Law.
Learn more about Christine here.
Join us for this exclusive opportunity to further develop your investigative skills in navigating evidentiary challenges and making defensible findings. Spaces are limited, register today to secure your seat!
About the Progressive Skills Series
As society and workplaces evolve, so too do the challenges faced in workplace investigations. The Progressive Skills Series is an annual advanced workshop for experienced investigators who have completed our Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course and are looking to build deeper, more specialized investigative skills.
Each year, the series focuses on a distinct, real-world investigative challenge that reflects the complexity of modern workplace investigations. The goal is to strengthen practical investigative skills, sharpen judgment, and support more confident, defensible decision-making in practice.
2026 Workshop:
This year's focus is Navigating Evidentiary Challenges, a practical exploration of some of the complex evidentiary issues workplace investigators encounter.
Evidence isn't always clear, complete, or reliable. Your findings are still expected to be.
Picture yourself conducting an investigation that appears straightforward—until questions arise about the evidence. A key document is no longer available. A party claims a photograph has been manipulated. A critical witness refuses to provide information. How do you ensure a fair and thorough investigation when the evidence is incomplete, inaccessible, or in dispute? How far does an investigator need to go to obtain evidence, and how can sound findings be made when important pieces of the evidentiary puzzle are missing?
This advanced workshop equips experienced investigators with practical strategies for navigating these increasingly common challenges, enabling them to make fair, well-reasoned, and defensible findings when the evidence is anything but straightforward.
What You’ll Experience:
-
Interactive, Scenario-Based Learning
Engage in realistic investigative scenarios that reflect the challenges faced in practice. Apply investigative reasoning in real time as you work through complex situations. -
Hands-On Interviewing with Professional Actors
The opportunity to take part in structured interview exercises with professional actors in carefully designed scenarios. This allows you to develop your interviewing skills in a safe yet realistic environment. -
Guidance from an Experienced Facilitator
Learn directly from our experienced and knowledgeable facilitator with decades of investigative experience, who will share practical strategies and insights that will help you to tackle complex issues with confidence.
Key Learning Outcomes:
-
Responding to Allegations of Fabricated or Manipulated Evidence
As AI becomes increasingly integrated into the digital technologies we use every day, altering photos, videos, audio, and documents, has never been easier. Investigators must be prepared to assess claims that evidence has been manipulated. Learn how to identify when verification is necessary, evaluate authenticity concerns, and determine the appropriate steps when the reliability of evidence is called into question. -
Managing Inaccessible, Withheld, or Deleted Evidence
A party no longer has access to important evidence. A witness refuses to provide relevant documents. A critical video recording has been deleted. Explore practical strategies for responding to these challenges and understand an investigator's responsibilities when evidence cannot be readily obtained. -
Obtaining Evidence from Third Parties
Obtaining evidence from an organization's vendors or contractors is one thing. Obtaining it from an unrelated third party with no obligation to cooperate is quite another. Learn how to assess your options, navigate these situations, and maximize the likelihood of obtaining critical evidence from reluctant or independent sources. -
Making Sound Factual Findings Despite Gaps in the Evidence
Despite your best efforts, there will be occasions when important evidence is unavailable. Declining to make a finding is not the answer. Explore how to assess the remaining evidence, and how to make well-reasoned, defensible findings even when the evidentiary picture is incomplete.
Course details
COURSE FEE
$1,250 (before tax)
*A 10% discount is offered if you register 5 or more participants from the same organization at the same time.
BUNDLE & SAVE
Explore our Advanced Investigation Techniques Certificate and learn how you can bundle multiple courses.
DURATION
This is a one-day course, running from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST/EDT).
PREREQUISITES
Participants must have completed the Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course to attend this session.
Why Attend This Workshop?
This workshop goes beyond theory to focus on practical, applied investigative skills. You’ll gain practical strategies for working with incomplete or contested evidence and strengthen your ability to reach fair, defensible findings in difficult situations.
Accreditation
Pending.
Previous Sessions
2025 Workshop - Whistleblower Complaints:
In last year's session, we explored how to effectively manage a whistleblower complaint that raises a non-human rights issue.
This workshop is no longer offered publicly, but we're happy to deliver it in-house. If you're interested, contact us at training@rtworkplace.com to discuss bringing this workshop to your organization.
About our facilitator
Christine Thomlinson is the President of RT Workplace Training & Consulting Inc. ("RTW"). After more than 30 years conducting workplace and institutional investigations, she now focuses primarily on the work she finds most meaningful: training and consulting. Christine leads the development of RTW's curriculum, ensuring it remains practical, nuanced, and grounded in real-world investigation experience. She is the co-author of Human Resources Guide to Workplace Investigations, now in its second edition and a foundational text for HR professionals and investigators across the country. In March 2026, Christine received the Ontario Bar Association's Randall Echlin Award for Excellence in Labour and Employment Law.
Learn more about Christine here.
Join us for this exclusive opportunity to further develop your investigative skills in navigating evidentiary challenges and making defensible findings. Spaces are limited, register today to secure your seat!
About the Progressive Skills Series
As society and workplaces evolve, so too do the challenges faced in workplace investigations. The Progressive Skills Series is an annual advanced workshop for experienced investigators who have completed our Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course and are looking to build deeper, more specialized investigative skills.
Each year, the series focuses on a distinct, real-world investigative challenge that reflects the complexity of modern workplace investigations. The goal is to strengthen practical investigative skills, sharpen judgment, and support more confident, defensible decision-making in practice.
2026 Workshop:
This year's focus is Navigating Evidentiary Challenges, a practical exploration of some of the complex evidentiary issues workplace investigators encounter.
Evidence isn't always clear, complete, or reliable. Your findings are still expected to be.
Picture yourself conducting an investigation that appears straightforward—until questions arise about the evidence. A key document is no longer available. A party claims a photograph has been manipulated. A critical witness refuses to provide information. How do you ensure a fair and thorough investigation when the evidence is incomplete, inaccessible, or in dispute? How far does an investigator need to go to obtain evidence, and how can sound findings be made when important pieces of the evidentiary puzzle are missing?
This advanced workshop equips experienced investigators with practical strategies for navigating these increasingly common challenges, enabling them to make fair, well-reasoned, and defensible findings when the evidence is anything but straightforward.
What You’ll Experience:
-
Interactive, Scenario-Based Learning
Engage in realistic investigative scenarios that reflect the challenges faced in practice. Apply investigative reasoning in real time as you work through complex situations. -
Hands-On Interviewing with Professional Actors
The opportunity to take part in structured interview exercises with professional actors in carefully designed scenarios. This allows you to develop your interviewing skills in a safe yet realistic environment. -
Guidance from an Experienced Facilitator
Learn directly from our experienced and knowledgeable facilitator with decades of investigative experience, who will share practical strategies and insights that will help you to tackle complex issues with confidence.
Key Learning Outcomes:
-
Responding to Allegations of Fabricated or Manipulated Evidence
As AI becomes increasingly integrated into the digital technologies we use every day, altering photos, videos, audio, and documents, has never been easier. Investigators must be prepared to assess claims that evidence has been manipulated. Learn how to identify when verification is necessary, evaluate authenticity concerns, and determine the appropriate steps when the reliability of evidence is called into question. -
Managing Inaccessible, Withheld, or Deleted Evidence
A party no longer has access to important evidence. A witness refuses to provide relevant documents. A critical video recording has been deleted. Explore practical strategies for responding to these challenges and understand an investigator's responsibilities when evidence cannot be readily obtained. -
Obtaining Evidence from Third Parties
Obtaining evidence from an organization's vendors or contractors is one thing. Obtaining it from an unrelated third party with no obligation to cooperate is quite another. Learn how to assess your options, navigate these situations, and maximize the likelihood of obtaining critical evidence from reluctant or independent sources. -
Making Sound Factual Findings Despite Gaps in the Evidence
Despite your best efforts, there will be occasions when important evidence is unavailable. Declining to make a finding is not the answer. Explore how to assess the remaining evidence, and how to make well-reasoned, defensible findings even when the evidentiary picture is incomplete.
Course details
COURSE FEE
$1,250 (before tax)
*A 10% discount is offered if you register 5 or more participants from the same organization at the same time.
BUNDLE & SAVE
Explore our Advanced Investigation Techniques Certificate and learn how you can bundle multiple courses.
DURATION
This is a one-day course, running from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST/EDT).
PREREQUISITES
Participants must have completed the Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course to attend this session.
Why Attend This Workshop?
This workshop goes beyond theory to focus on practical, applied investigative skills. You’ll gain practical strategies for working with incomplete or contested evidence and strengthen your ability to reach fair, defensible findings in difficult situations.
Accreditation
Pending.
Previous Sessions
2025 Workshop - Whistleblower Complaints:
In last year's session, we explored how to effectively manage a whistleblower complaint that raises a non-human rights issue.
This workshop is no longer offered publicly, but we're happy to deliver it in-house. If you're interested, contact us at training@rtworkplace.com to discuss bringing this workshop to your organization.
About our facilitator
Christine Thomlinson is the President of RT Workplace Training & Consulting Inc. ("RTW"). After more than 30 years conducting workplace and institutional investigations, she now focuses primarily on the work she finds most meaningful: training and consulting. Christine leads the development of RTW's curriculum, ensuring it remains practical, nuanced, and grounded in real-world investigation experience. She is the co-author of Human Resources Guide to Workplace Investigations, now in its second edition and a foundational text for HR professionals and investigators across the country. In March 2026, Christine received the Ontario Bar Association's Randall Echlin Award for Excellence in Labour and Employment Law.
Learn more about Christine here.
Join us for this exclusive opportunity to further develop your investigative skills in navigating evidentiary challenges and making defensible findings. Spaces are limited, register today to secure your seat!
About the Progressive Skills Series
As society and workplaces evolve, so too do the challenges faced in workplace investigations. The Progressive Skills Series is an annual advanced workshop for experienced investigators who have completed our Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course and are looking to build deeper, more specialized investigative skills.
Each year, the series focuses on a distinct, real-world investigative challenge that reflects the complexity of modern workplace investigations. The goal is to strengthen practical investigative skills, sharpen judgment, and support more confident, defensible decision-making in practice.
2026 Workshop:
This year's focus is Navigating Evidentiary Challenges, a practical exploration of some of the complex evidentiary issues workplace investigators encounter.
Evidence isn't always clear, complete, or reliable. Your findings are still expected to be.
Picture yourself conducting an investigation that appears straightforward—until questions arise about the evidence. A key document is no longer available. A party claims a photograph has been manipulated. A critical witness refuses to provide information. How do you ensure a fair and thorough investigation when the evidence is incomplete, inaccessible, or in dispute? How far does an investigator need to go to obtain evidence, and how can sound findings be made when important pieces of the evidentiary puzzle are missing?
This advanced workshop equips experienced investigators with practical strategies for navigating these increasingly common challenges, enabling them to make fair, well-reasoned, and defensible findings when the evidence is anything but straightforward.
What You’ll Experience:
-
Interactive, Scenario-Based Learning
Engage in realistic investigative scenarios that reflect the challenges faced in practice. Apply investigative reasoning in real time as you work through complex situations. -
Hands-On Interviewing with Professional Actors
The opportunity to take part in structured interview exercises with professional actors in carefully designed scenarios. This allows you to develop your interviewing skills in a safe yet realistic environment. -
Guidance from an Experienced Facilitator
Learn directly from our experienced and knowledgeable facilitator with decades of investigative experience, who will share practical strategies and insights that will help you to tackle complex issues with confidence.
Key Learning Outcomes:
-
Responding to Allegations of Fabricated or Manipulated Evidence
As AI becomes increasingly integrated into the digital technologies we use every day, altering photos, videos, audio, and documents, has never been easier. Investigators must be prepared to assess claims that evidence has been manipulated. Learn how to identify when verification is necessary, evaluate authenticity concerns, and determine the appropriate steps when the reliability of evidence is called into question. -
Managing Inaccessible, Withheld, or Deleted Evidence
A party no longer has access to important evidence. A witness refuses to provide relevant documents. A critical video recording has been deleted. Explore practical strategies for responding to these challenges and understand an investigator's responsibilities when evidence cannot be readily obtained. -
Obtaining Evidence from Third Parties
Obtaining evidence from an organization's vendors or contractors is one thing. Obtaining it from an unrelated third party with no obligation to cooperate is quite another. Learn how to assess your options, navigate these situations, and maximize the likelihood of obtaining critical evidence from reluctant or independent sources. -
Making Sound Factual Findings Despite Gaps in the Evidence
Despite your best efforts, there will be occasions when important evidence is unavailable. Declining to make a finding is not the answer. Explore how to assess the remaining evidence, and how to make well-reasoned, defensible findings even when the evidentiary picture is incomplete.
Course details
COURSE FEE
$1,250 (before tax)
*A 10% discount is offered if you register 5 or more participants from the same organization at the same time.
BUNDLE & SAVE
Explore our Advanced Investigation Techniques Certificate and learn how you can bundle multiple courses.
DURATION
This is a one-day course, running from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST/EDT).
PREREQUISITES
Participants must have completed the Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course to attend this session.
Why Attend This Workshop?
This workshop goes beyond theory to focus on practical, applied investigative skills. You’ll gain practical strategies for working with incomplete or contested evidence and strengthen your ability to reach fair, defensible findings in difficult situations.
Accreditation
Pending.
Previous Sessions
2025 Workshop - Whistleblower Complaints:
In last year's session, we explored how to effectively manage a whistleblower complaint that raises a non-human rights issue.
This workshop is no longer offered publicly, but we're happy to deliver it in-house. If you're interested, contact us at training@rtworkplace.com to discuss bringing this workshop to your organization.
About our facilitator
Christine Thomlinson is the President of RT Workplace Training & Consulting Inc. ("RTW"). After more than 30 years conducting workplace and institutional investigations, she now focuses primarily on the work she finds most meaningful: training and consulting. Christine leads the development of RTW's curriculum, ensuring it remains practical, nuanced, and grounded in real-world investigation experience. She is the co-author of Human Resources Guide to Workplace Investigations, now in its second edition and a foundational text for HR professionals and investigators across the country. In March 2026, Christine received the Ontario Bar Association's Randall Echlin Award for Excellence in Labour and Employment Law.
Learn more about Christine here.
Join us for this exclusive opportunity to further develop your investigative skills in navigating evidentiary challenges and making defensible findings. Spaces are limited, register today to secure your seat!
About the Progressive Skills Series
As society and workplaces evolve, so too do the challenges faced in workplace investigations. The Progressive Skills Series is an annual advanced workshop for experienced investigators who have completed our Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course and are looking to build deeper, more specialized investigative skills.
Each year, the series focuses on a distinct, real-world investigative challenge that reflects the complexity of modern workplace investigations. The goal is to strengthen practical investigative skills, sharpen judgment, and support more confident, defensible decision-making in practice.
2026 Workshop:
This year's focus is Navigating Evidentiary Challenges, a practical exploration of some of the complex evidentiary issues workplace investigators encounter.
Evidence isn't always clear, complete, or reliable. Your findings are still expected to be.
Picture yourself conducting an investigation that appears straightforward—until questions arise about the evidence. A key document is no longer available. A party claims a photograph has been manipulated. A critical witness refuses to provide information. How do you ensure a fair and thorough investigation when the evidence is incomplete, inaccessible, or in dispute? How far does an investigator need to go to obtain evidence, and how can sound findings be made when important pieces of the evidentiary puzzle are missing?
This advanced workshop equips experienced investigators with practical strategies for navigating these increasingly common challenges, enabling them to make fair, well-reasoned, and defensible findings when the evidence is anything but straightforward.
What You’ll Experience:
-
Interactive, Scenario-Based Learning
Engage in realistic investigative scenarios that reflect the challenges faced in practice. Apply investigative reasoning in real time as you work through complex situations. -
Hands-On Interviewing with Professional Actors
The opportunity to take part in structured interview exercises with professional actors in carefully designed scenarios. This allows you to develop your interviewing skills in a safe yet realistic environment. -
Guidance from an Experienced Facilitator
Learn directly from our experienced and knowledgeable facilitator with decades of investigative experience, who will share practical strategies and insights that will help you to tackle complex issues with confidence.
Key Learning Outcomes:
-
Responding to Allegations of Fabricated or Manipulated Evidence
As AI becomes increasingly integrated into the digital technologies we use every day, altering photos, videos, audio, and documents, has never been easier. Investigators must be prepared to assess claims that evidence has been manipulated. Learn how to identify when verification is necessary, evaluate authenticity concerns, and determine the appropriate steps when the reliability of evidence is called into question. -
Managing Inaccessible, Withheld, or Deleted Evidence
A party no longer has access to important evidence. A witness refuses to provide relevant documents. A critical video recording has been deleted. Explore practical strategies for responding to these challenges and understand an investigator's responsibilities when evidence cannot be readily obtained. -
Obtaining Evidence from Third Parties
Obtaining evidence from an organization's vendors or contractors is one thing. Obtaining it from an unrelated third party with no obligation to cooperate is quite another. Learn how to assess your options, navigate these situations, and maximize the likelihood of obtaining critical evidence from reluctant or independent sources. -
Making Sound Factual Findings Despite Gaps in the Evidence
Despite your best efforts, there will be occasions when important evidence is unavailable. Declining to make a finding is not the answer. Explore how to assess the remaining evidence, and how to make well-reasoned, defensible findings even when the evidentiary picture is incomplete.
Course details
COURSE FEE
$1,250 (before tax)
*A 10% discount is offered if you register 5 or more participants from the same organization at the same time.
BUNDLE & SAVE
Explore our Advanced Investigation Techniques Certificate and learn how you can bundle multiple courses.
DURATION
This is a one-day course, running from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST/EDT).
PREREQUISITES
Participants must have completed the Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course to attend this session.
Why Attend This Workshop?
This workshop goes beyond theory to focus on practical, applied investigative skills. You’ll gain practical strategies for working with incomplete or contested evidence and strengthen your ability to reach fair, defensible findings in difficult situations.
Accreditation
Pending.
Previous Sessions
2025 Workshop - Whistleblower Complaints:
In last year's session, we explored how to effectively manage a whistleblower complaint that raises a non-human rights issue.
This workshop is no longer offered publicly, but we're happy to deliver it in-house. If you're interested, contact us at training@rtworkplace.com to discuss bringing this workshop to your organization.
About our facilitator
Christine Thomlinson is the President of RT Workplace Training & Consulting Inc. ("RTW"). After more than 30 years conducting workplace and institutional investigations, she now focuses primarily on the work she finds most meaningful: training and consulting. Christine leads the development of RTW's curriculum, ensuring it remains practical, nuanced, and grounded in real-world investigation experience. She is the co-author of Human Resources Guide to Workplace Investigations, now in its second edition and a foundational text for HR professionals and investigators across the country. In March 2026, Christine received the Ontario Bar Association's Randall Echlin Award for Excellence in Labour and Employment Law.
Learn more about Christine here.
Join us for this exclusive opportunity to further develop your investigative skills in navigating evidentiary challenges and making defensible findings. Spaces are limited, register today to secure your seat!
About the Progressive Skills Series
As society and workplaces evolve, so too do the challenges faced in workplace investigations. The Progressive Skills Series is an annual advanced workshop for experienced investigators who have completed our Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course and are looking to build deeper, more specialized investigative skills.
Each year, the series focuses on a distinct, real-world investigative challenge that reflects the complexity of modern workplace investigations. The goal is to strengthen practical investigative skills, sharpen judgment, and support more confident, defensible decision-making in practice.
2026 Workshop:
This year's focus is Navigating Evidentiary Challenges, a practical exploration of some of the complex evidentiary issues workplace investigators encounter.
Evidence isn't always clear, complete, or reliable. Your findings are still expected to be.
Picture yourself conducting an investigation that appears straightforward—until questions arise about the evidence. A key document is no longer available. A party claims a photograph has been manipulated. A critical witness refuses to provide information. How do you ensure a fair and thorough investigation when the evidence is incomplete, inaccessible, or in dispute? How far does an investigator need to go to obtain evidence, and how can sound findings be made when important pieces of the evidentiary puzzle are missing?
This advanced workshop equips experienced investigators with practical strategies for navigating these increasingly common challenges, enabling them to make fair, well-reasoned, and defensible findings when the evidence is anything but straightforward.
What You’ll Experience:
-
Interactive, Scenario-Based Learning
Engage in realistic investigative scenarios that reflect the challenges faced in practice. Apply investigative reasoning in real time as you work through complex situations. -
Hands-On Interviewing with Professional Actors
The opportunity to take part in structured interview exercises with professional actors in carefully designed scenarios. This allows you to develop your interviewing skills in a safe yet realistic environment. -
Guidance from an Experienced Facilitator
Learn directly from our experienced and knowledgeable facilitator with decades of investigative experience, who will share practical strategies and insights that will help you to tackle complex issues with confidence.
Key Learning Outcomes:
-
Responding to Allegations of Fabricated or Manipulated Evidence
As AI becomes increasingly integrated into the digital technologies we use every day, altering photos, videos, audio, and documents, has never been easier. Investigators must be prepared to assess claims that evidence has been manipulated. Learn how to identify when verification is necessary, evaluate authenticity concerns, and determine the appropriate steps when the reliability of evidence is called into question. -
Managing Inaccessible, Withheld, or Deleted Evidence
A party no longer has access to important evidence. A witness refuses to provide relevant documents. A critical video recording has been deleted. Explore practical strategies for responding to these challenges and understand an investigator's responsibilities when evidence cannot be readily obtained. -
Obtaining Evidence from Third Parties
Obtaining evidence from an organization's vendors or contractors is one thing. Obtaining it from an unrelated third party with no obligation to cooperate is quite another. Learn how to assess your options, navigate these situations, and maximize the likelihood of obtaining critical evidence from reluctant or independent sources. -
Making Sound Factual Findings Despite Gaps in the Evidence
Despite your best efforts, there will be occasions when important evidence is unavailable. Declining to make a finding is not the answer. Explore how to assess the remaining evidence, and how to make well-reasoned, defensible findings even when the evidentiary picture is incomplete.
Course details
COURSE FEE
$1,250 (before tax)
*A 10% discount is offered if you register 5 or more participants from the same organization at the same time.
BUNDLE & SAVE
Explore our Advanced Investigation Techniques Certificate and learn how you can bundle multiple courses.
DURATION
This is a one-day course, running from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST/EDT).
PREREQUISITES
Participants must have completed the Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course to attend this session.
Why Attend This Workshop?
This workshop goes beyond theory to focus on practical, applied investigative skills. You’ll gain practical strategies for working with incomplete or contested evidence and strengthen your ability to reach fair, defensible findings in difficult situations.
Accreditation
Pending.
Previous Sessions
2025 Workshop - Whistleblower Complaints:
In last year's session, we explored how to effectively manage a whistleblower complaint that raises a non-human rights issue.
This workshop is no longer offered publicly, but we're happy to deliver it in-house. If you're interested, contact us at training@rtworkplace.com to discuss bringing this workshop to your organization.
About our facilitator
Christine Thomlinson is the President of RT Workplace Training & Consulting Inc. ("RTW"). After more than 30 years conducting workplace and institutional investigations, she now focuses primarily on the work she finds most meaningful: training and consulting. Christine leads the development of RTW's curriculum, ensuring it remains practical, nuanced, and grounded in real-world investigation experience. She is the co-author of Human Resources Guide to Workplace Investigations, now in its second edition and a foundational text for HR professionals and investigators across the country. In March 2026, Christine received the Ontario Bar Association's Randall Echlin Award for Excellence in Labour and Employment Law.
Learn more about Christine here.
Join us for this exclusive opportunity to further develop your investigative skills in navigating evidentiary challenges and making defensible findings. Spaces are limited, register today to secure your seat!
About the Progressive Skills Series
As society and workplaces evolve, so too do the challenges faced in workplace investigations. The Progressive Skills Series is an annual advanced workshop for experienced investigators who have completed our Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course and are looking to build deeper, more specialized investigative skills.
Each year, the series focuses on a distinct, real-world investigative challenge that reflects the complexity of modern workplace investigations. The goal is to strengthen practical investigative skills, sharpen judgment, and support more confident, defensible decision-making in practice.
2026 Workshop:
This year's focus is Navigating Evidentiary Challenges, a practical exploration of some of the complex evidentiary issues workplace investigators encounter.
Evidence isn't always clear, complete, or reliable. Your findings are still expected to be.
Picture yourself conducting an investigation that appears straightforward—until questions arise about the evidence. A key document is no longer available. A party claims a photograph has been manipulated. A critical witness refuses to provide information. How do you ensure a fair and thorough investigation when the evidence is incomplete, inaccessible, or in dispute? How far does an investigator need to go to obtain evidence, and how can sound findings be made when important pieces of the evidentiary puzzle are missing?
This advanced workshop equips experienced investigators with practical strategies for navigating these increasingly common challenges, enabling them to make fair, well-reasoned, and defensible findings when the evidence is anything but straightforward.
What You’ll Experience:
-
Interactive, Scenario-Based Learning
Engage in realistic investigative scenarios that reflect the challenges faced in practice. Apply investigative reasoning in real time as you work through complex situations. -
Hands-On Interviewing with Professional Actors
The opportunity to take part in structured interview exercises with professional actors in carefully designed scenarios. This allows you to develop your interviewing skills in a safe yet realistic environment. -
Guidance from an Experienced Facilitator
Learn directly from our experienced and knowledgeable facilitator with decades of investigative experience, who will share practical strategies and insights that will help you to tackle complex issues with confidence.
Key Learning Outcomes:
-
Responding to Allegations of Fabricated or Manipulated Evidence
As AI becomes increasingly integrated into the digital technologies we use every day, altering photos, videos, audio, and documents, has never been easier. Investigators must be prepared to assess claims that evidence has been manipulated. Learn how to identify when verification is necessary, evaluate authenticity concerns, and determine the appropriate steps when the reliability of evidence is called into question. -
Managing Inaccessible, Withheld, or Deleted Evidence
A party no longer has access to important evidence. A witness refuses to provide relevant documents. A critical video recording has been deleted. Explore practical strategies for responding to these challenges and understand an investigator's responsibilities when evidence cannot be readily obtained. -
Obtaining Evidence from Third Parties
Obtaining evidence from an organization's vendors or contractors is one thing. Obtaining it from an unrelated third party with no obligation to cooperate is quite another. Learn how to assess your options, navigate these situations, and maximize the likelihood of obtaining critical evidence from reluctant or independent sources. -
Making Sound Factual Findings Despite Gaps in the Evidence
Despite your best efforts, there will be occasions when important evidence is unavailable. Declining to make a finding is not the answer. Explore how to assess the remaining evidence, and how to make well-reasoned, defensible findings even when the evidentiary picture is incomplete.
Course details
COURSE FEE
$1,250 (before tax)
*A 10% discount is offered if you register 5 or more participants from the same organization at the same time.
BUNDLE & SAVE
Explore our Advanced Investigation Techniques Certificate and learn how you can bundle multiple courses.
DURATION
This is a one-day course, running from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST/EDT).
PREREQUISITES
Participants must have completed the Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course to attend this session.
Why Attend This Workshop?
This workshop goes beyond theory to focus on practical, applied investigative skills. You’ll gain practical strategies for working with incomplete or contested evidence and strengthen your ability to reach fair, defensible findings in difficult situations.
Accreditation
Pending.
Previous Sessions
2025 Workshop - Whistleblower Complaints:
In last year's session, we explored how to effectively manage a whistleblower complaint that raises a non-human rights issue.
This workshop is no longer offered publicly, but we're happy to deliver it in-house. If you're interested, contact us at training@rtworkplace.com to discuss bringing this workshop to your organization.
About our facilitator
Christine Thomlinson is the President of RT Workplace Training & Consulting Inc. ("RTW"). After more than 30 years conducting workplace and institutional investigations, she now focuses primarily on the work she finds most meaningful: training and consulting. Christine leads the development of RTW's curriculum, ensuring it remains practical, nuanced, and grounded in real-world investigation experience. She is the co-author of Human Resources Guide to Workplace Investigations, now in its second edition and a foundational text for HR professionals and investigators across the country. In March 2026, Christine received the Ontario Bar Association's Randall Echlin Award for Excellence in Labour and Employment Law.
Learn more about Christine here.
Join us for this exclusive opportunity to further develop your investigative skills in navigating evidentiary challenges and making defensible findings. Spaces are limited, register today to secure your seat!
About the Progressive Skills Series
As society and workplaces evolve, so too do the challenges faced in workplace investigations. The Progressive Skills Series is an annual advanced workshop for experienced investigators who have completed our Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course and are looking to build deeper, more specialized investigative skills.
Each year, the series focuses on a distinct, real-world investigative challenge that reflects the complexity of modern workplace investigations. The goal is to strengthen practical investigative skills, sharpen judgment, and support more confident, defensible decision-making in practice.
2026 Workshop:
This year's focus is Navigating Evidentiary Challenges, a practical exploration of some of the complex evidentiary issues workplace investigators encounter.
Evidence isn't always clear, complete, or reliable. Your findings are still expected to be.
Picture yourself conducting an investigation that appears straightforward—until questions arise about the evidence. A key document is no longer available. A party claims a photograph has been manipulated. A critical witness refuses to provide information. How do you ensure a fair and thorough investigation when the evidence is incomplete, inaccessible, or in dispute? How far does an investigator need to go to obtain evidence, and how can sound findings be made when important pieces of the evidentiary puzzle are missing?
This advanced workshop equips experienced investigators with practical strategies for navigating these increasingly common challenges, enabling them to make fair, well-reasoned, and defensible findings when the evidence is anything but straightforward.
What You’ll Experience:
-
Interactive, Scenario-Based Learning
Engage in realistic investigative scenarios that reflect the challenges faced in practice. Apply investigative reasoning in real time as you work through complex situations. -
Hands-On Interviewing with Professional Actors
The opportunity to take part in structured interview exercises with professional actors in carefully designed scenarios. This allows you to develop your interviewing skills in a safe yet realistic environment. -
Guidance from an Experienced Facilitator
Learn directly from our experienced and knowledgeable facilitator with decades of investigative experience, who will share practical strategies and insights that will help you to tackle complex issues with confidence.
Key Learning Outcomes:
-
Responding to Allegations of Fabricated or Manipulated Evidence
As AI becomes increasingly integrated into the digital technologies we use every day, altering photos, videos, audio, and documents, has never been easier. Investigators must be prepared to assess claims that evidence has been manipulated. Learn how to identify when verification is necessary, evaluate authenticity concerns, and determine the appropriate steps when the reliability of evidence is called into question. -
Managing Inaccessible, Withheld, or Deleted Evidence
A party no longer has access to important evidence. A witness refuses to provide relevant documents. A critical video recording has been deleted. Explore practical strategies for responding to these challenges and understand an investigator's responsibilities when evidence cannot be readily obtained. -
Obtaining Evidence from Third Parties
Obtaining evidence from an organization's vendors or contractors is one thing. Obtaining it from an unrelated third party with no obligation to cooperate is quite another. Learn how to assess your options, navigate these situations, and maximize the likelihood of obtaining critical evidence from reluctant or independent sources. -
Making Sound Factual Findings Despite Gaps in the Evidence
Despite your best efforts, there will be occasions when important evidence is unavailable. Declining to make a finding is not the answer. Explore how to assess the remaining evidence, and how to make well-reasoned, defensible findings even when the evidentiary picture is incomplete.
Course details
COURSE FEE
$1,250 (before tax)
*A 10% discount is offered if you register 5 or more participants from the same organization at the same time.
BUNDLE & SAVE
Explore our Advanced Investigation Techniques Certificate and learn how you can bundle multiple courses.
DURATION
This is a one-day course, running from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST/EDT).
PREREQUISITES
Participants must have completed the Workplace Investigation Fundamentals course to attend this session.
Why Attend This Workshop?
This workshop goes beyond theory to focus on practical, applied investigative skills. You’ll gain practical strategies for working with incomplete or contested evidence and strengthen your ability to reach fair, defensible findings in difficult situations.
Accreditation
Pending.
Previous Sessions
2025 Workshop - Whistleblower Complaints:
In last year's session, we explored how to effectively manage a whistleblower complaint that raises a non-human rights issue.
This workshop is no longer offered publicly, but we're happy to deliver it in-house. If you're interested, contact us at training@rtworkplace.com to discuss bringing this workshop to your organization.
About our facilitator
Christine Thomlinson is the President of RT Workplace Training & Consulting Inc. ("RTW"). After more than 30 years conducting workplace and institutional investigations, she now focuses primarily on the work she finds most meaningful: training and consulting. Christine leads the development of RTW's curriculum, ensuring it remains practical, nuanced, and grounded in real-world investigation experience. She is the co-author of Human Resources Guide to Workplace Investigations, now in its second edition and a foundational text for HR professionals and investigators across the country. In March 2026, Christine received the Ontario Bar Association's Randall Echlin Award for Excellence in Labour and Employment Law.
Learn more about Christine here.
Join us for this exclusive opportunity to further develop your investigative skills in navigating evidentiary challenges and making defensible findings. Spaces are limited, register today to secure your seat!
Registration
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