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Do I have to co-operate with an internal investigation?

Career Clinic: Current employees will always have to assist in a probe, but the situation is less clear for former staff

Current employees will always have to assist in a probe, but the situation is less clear for former staff
Current employees will always have to assist in a probe, but the situation is less clear for former staff Photo: iStockphoto

My previous employer, a bank, has asked me to assist them in an internal investigation. I left some time ago, am I obliged to co-operate?

Although current employees will always be obliged to co-operate in an investigation under the terms of their contracts, the situation is less clear cut for former employees.

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