Nicholas J. Slabaugh, Phr, Awi-Ch Email & Phone Number

Orrville, Ohio, Us

Responsible for the oversight and optimization of the Company's workplace investigations program, including alignment with best practices in the field, streamlining workflow, and improving the quality of investigations. Serve as internal subject matter expert for workplace investigations, including as an internal consultant to various stakeholders up to and including C-level executives, spearheading quality control reviews of high-risk investigations, and executing training on all facets of investigations.Designed and delivered workplace investigations skills training for all Company investigators in both live and virtual formats.Manage a personal caseload of high-risk, high visibility investigations including those involving senior executives.

Akron, Ohio, Us

In this role, I am responsible for the intake, assignment, and review of moderate-to-high risk employee complaints. I also manage and provide coaching to an Internal Investigations Team responsible for examining Team Member complaints arising from an employee population of ~30,000 across the United States. ✔ Designed Internal Investigations unit from the ground up, including team structure, scope of the team, position descriptions, investigative guidelines, format of investigative reports, and recruitment of Investigators to staff the unit.✔ Ensure fact findings, recommended actions, and remedial measures are appropriate.✔ Provide consultation to managers and Human Resources staff in reporting results of fact-finding investigations.✔ Prepare, edit, and present written and verbal investigative reports and recommendations.✔ Oversee Internal Investigations Team to ensure consistent and timely service. ✔ Developed comprehensive statistical reports and prepare them quarterly for submission to the Board of Directors.

Akron, Ohio, Us

In this role, I drive multi-step alternative dispute resolution (ADR) program encompassing ~20,000 personnel across the United States. I conduct independent, objective, in-depth fact-finding investigations, including investigative interviews with witnesses and claimants, draft and issue writing findings.✔ Partner with business unit executives, including Sr. Vice Presidents to resolve disputes, examine root causes of conflicts, and provide feedback for conflict avoidance, including policy and practice improvements.✔ Facilitate corporate grievance appeal process, including third party mediation, peer review, and arbitration.✔ Provide regular training for peer review panel.✔ Carried out investigations of 300+ staff complaints of alleged unlawful employment conduct.✔ Pioneered expansion of scope and profile of program to become a proactive and respected business partner.✔ Serve on Signet’s Workplace Violence Threat Management and Response team.✔ Volunteer annually for Relay for Life and served as Department Co-Captain in 2015.

Akron, Oh, Us

Here, I actively collaborated with RESOLVE Program Director to investigate and determine appropriate resolution of formal employee disputes filed through Sterling’s alternative dispute resolution program. I also supported outside counsel at mediation and arbitration.✔ Monitored and reported on changes to labor and employment law at the local, state, and federal levels, and executed appropriate recommendations for compliance.✔ Forged partnerships with key stakeholders in the appropriate business units to implement recommendations and led cross-functional HR teams in implementing new processes for employment and labor law compliance.✔ Liaised extensively with Field and Support Center Employee Relations and Talent Acquisition teams.

In this position, I provided paralegal services on an as-needed to a variety of clients including a Northeast Ohio-based non-profit, a Cleveland e-discovery consulting firm, and Akron-based Signet Jewelers (f/k/a as Sterling Jewelers Inc.)✔ Completed multi-stage document review project for a large intellectual property lawsuit and was one of two paralegals asked to return for later stages of the project.✔ Launched career as a Human Resources professional through an October 2009 placement at Sterling Jewelers Inc. that transformed to a permanent role in March 2010.

Post-Bachelor'S Paralegal Certificate, Paralegal Studies

Bachelor'S, History

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