PII’s Keith Rohman and Nora Rohman will be presenting at the California Public Employers Labor Relations Association’s (CALPELRA) 2023 Conference, which takes place November 14–17 in Monterey, CA.
On November 15, Nora Rohman will present on “Gender Identity and Misgendering: Conducting Effective Investigations of Complaints Involving Gender Identity, Misgendering, and Deadnaming.” Misgendering is the assignment of a gender with which a party does not identify, through the misuse of gendered pronouns, titles, names, and honorifics. This session will explore the many nuances of investigating complaints involving gender identity, including trauma-informed approaches, becoming pronoun proficient, strategies for mitigating potential harm, and investigative tools for allegations that involve misgendering and deadnaming.
On November 16, Keith Rohman will present alongside Jorge Luna and Gabriel Sandoval (both of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo) on “Bullying Investigations: Finding Our Way in Uncharted Territory.” Bullying behavior and abusive conduct claims are on the rise, and while there is an existing road map of laws and regulations to guide other types of discrimination investigations, the same type of guidance simply does not exist for bullying complaints. This session will provide strategies for: crafting an appropriate scope of investigation utilizing existing employer policies, eliciting relevant information from sometimes-traumatized witnesses, who are fearful of retaliation, making proper findings, and dealing with tricky issues that are unique to bullying investigations.
In addition to these sessions, PII is honored to be a co-sponsor with the Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI) for the 2023 CALPELRA Networking Mixer, on Wednesday, November 15. Read more about the conference and register here.
Gender Identity and Misgendering: Conducting Effective Investigations of Complaints Involving Gender Identity, Misgendering, and Deadnaming
November 15, 2023, 2:30 p.m.
Nora Rohman
Bullying Investigations: Finding Our Way in Uncharted Territory
November 16, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
Keith Rohman, Gabriel Sandoval, and Jorge Luna
CALPELRA Networking Mixer
November 15, 2023, 5:00 p.m.
Co-sponsored by Public Interest Investigations, Inc.
and Association of Workplace Investigators