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- linustechtips@lemmy.ml
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- linustechtips@lemmy.ml
There were a series of accusations about our company last August from a former employee. Immediately following these accusations, LMG hired Roper Greyell - a large Vancouver-based law firm specializing in labor and employment law, to conduct a third-party investigation. Their website describes them as “one of the largest employment and labour law firms in Western Canada.” They work with both private and public sector employers.
To ensure a fair investigation, LMG did not comment or publicly release any data and asked our team members to do the same. Now that the investigation is complete, we’re able to provide a summary of the findings.
The investigation found that:
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Claims of bullying and harassment were not substantiated.
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Allegations that sexual harassment were ignored or not addressed were false.
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Any concerns that were raised were investigated. Furthermore, from reviewing our history, the investigator is confident that if any other concerns had been raised, we would have investigated them.
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There was no evidence of “abuse of power” or retaliation. The individual involved may not have agreed with our decisions or performance feedback, but our actions were for legitimate work-related purposes, and our business reasons were valid.
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Allegations of process errors and miscommunication while onboarding this individual were partially substantiated, but the investigator found ample documentary evidence of LMG working to rectify the errors and the individual being treated generously and respectfully. When they had questions, they were responded to and addressed.
In summary, as confirmed by the investigation, the allegations made against the team were largely unfounded, misleading, and unfair.
With all of that said, in the spirit of ongoing improvement, the investigator shared their general recommendation that fast-growing workplaces should invest in continuing professional development. The investigator encouraged us to provide further training to our team about how to raise concerns to reinforce our existing workplace policies.
Prior to receiving this report, LMG solicited anonymous feedback from the team in an effort to ensure there was no unreported bullying and harassment and hosted a training session which reiterated our workplace policies and reinforced our reporting structure. LMG will continue to assess ongoing continuing education for our team.
At this time, we feel our case for a defamation suit would be very strong; however, our deepest wish is to simply put all of this behind us. We hope that will be the case, given the investigator’s clear findings that the allegations made online were misrepresentations of what actually occurred. We will continue to assess if there is persistent reputational damage or further defamation.
This doesn’t mean our company is perfect and our journey is over. We are continuously learning and trying to do better. Thank you all for being part of our community.
Not be involved at all with the investigation.
So then who pays the investigators? Money trees?
Not the people being invedtigated. How hard is it to understand what a conflict of interest is?
Why would anyone who has no skin in the game bother?
Are you randomly paying legal firms to investigate companies you are completely unaffiliated with?
Okay. So you didn’t want LTT to do anything, and just wait for the courts?
The courts who, almost certainly, are not going to get involved in adjudicating a social media post accusation
If the accusations are as serious as they seem to be, there’s going to be a court case. In which case, people can wait until that investigation concludes to decide one way or the other.
Great. A court case would satisfy a lot of the people in this comment section. It would be a third party. It definitely wouldn’t be paid for by Linus tech tips.
However, on the balance of data we have, there will be no court case. The complainant specified they were not going to file with the labor board. Without an official attestation a labor board will not investigate.
As far as a criminal prosecution goes, almost certainly the original complainant would have to testify as well.
In either circumstance, I don’t see any government action, without somebody going on the record and officially complaining under penalty of perjury.
Why would there be an automatic court case?