This Web site is operated by Intravaia Risk Management Group LLC (“Intravaia”). Throughout the site, the terms "we," "us" and "our" refer to Intravaia. Intravaia offers this Web site, and Intravaia services including all information, records, materials, tools, and services available, to you, the user, conditioned upon your acceptance of all the terms, conditions, policies and notices stated here. Your use of our company and this site constitutes your agreement to these Terms of Use.
EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATIONS
Intravaia follows the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidelines for conducting personnel investigations.
External influences on an investigator or consultant:
(a) An investigator or consultant shall not be swayed by public clamor or fear of criticism.
(b) An investigator or consultant shall not permit family, social, political, financial, or other interests or relationships to influence the investigator’s fact-finding inquiry or judgment.
(c) A public or private entity does not control the facts or policies & procedures.
(d) An investigator or consultant shall not convey or permit others to convey the impression that any person or organization is in a position to influence the investigator or consultant.
(e) An independent investigation requires that the investigator decides cases according to the policies & procedures, case law, law, and facts, without regard to whether particular laws or litigants are popular or unpopular with the public, unions, the media, government officials, or the investigator’s friends or family. Confidence in the neutral third-party investigator is eroded if investigative decision making is perceived to be subject to inappropriate outside influences.
2. Bias, Prejudice, and Harassment:
(a) An investigator shall perform the duties of a neutral third-party investigator, including administrative duties, without bias or prejudice.
(b) An investigator shall not, in the performance of a neutral third-party investigator, by words or conduct manifest bias or prejudice, or engage in harassment, including but not limited to bias, prejudice, or harassment based upon race, sex, gender, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, marital status, socioeconomic status, or political affiliation, and shall not permit human resources, administrators, directors, employees, witnesses, the complainants, union representatives, union employees, and/or the accused, or others subject to the neutral third-party investigator’s direction and control to do so.
(c) An investigator shall require witnesses in investigations to refrain from manifesting bias or prejudice, or engaging in harassment, based upon attributes including but not limited to race, sex, gender, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, marital status, socioeconomic status, or political affiliation, against parties, witnesses, lawyers, or others.
(d) The restrictions of divisions (b) and (c) of this policy do not preclude investigators from making legitimate reference to the listed factors, or similar factors, when they are relevant to an issue in an investigation, official report, and or proceeding.
Comment
[1] An investigator or any participant in an investigation to include but not limited to human resources, commissioners, legal representatives, administrators, directors, employees, witnesses, the complainants, union representatives, union employees, and/or accused manifests bias or prejudice in an investigation impairs the fairness of the proceeding and brings the neutral third-party investigation into disrepute.
[2] Examples of manifestations of bias or prejudice include but are not limited to: epithets; slurs; demeaning nicknames; negative stereotyping; attempted humor based upon stereotypes; threatening, intimidating, or hostile acts; suggestions of connections between race, ethnicity, or nationality and crime; and irrelevant references to personal characteristics. Even facial expressions and body language can convey to parties, investigators, and others an appearance of bias or prejudice. An investigator must avoid conduct that may reasonably be perceived as prejudiced or biased; however, these observations, if relevant, will be noted in the official report.
[3] Harassment, as referred to in divisions (B) and (C), is verbal or physical conduct that denigrates or shows hostility or aversion toward a person on bases such as race, sex, gender, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, marital status, socioeconomic status, or political affiliation.
[4] Sexual harassment includes, but is not limited to, sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that is unwelcome.
[5] The deliberate and calculated hindering and delaying of any step of scheduling, any portion of an investigation, and/or logistics of an investigation by anyone, including but not limited to human resources, administrators, directors, employees, witnesses, the complainants, union representatives, union employees, and/or the accused, will not be tolerated and will be documented and swiftly addressed. These tactics will not be tolerated. Intravaia will assist an employee in filing an ULP with PERC against any of the named parties.
3. Impartiality and Fairness
(a) An investigator shall uphold and apply the highest level of ethics, morals, and integrity, and shall perform all duties of a neutral third-party investigator fairly and impartially.
Comment
To ensure impartiality and fairness to all parties, an investigator must be objective and open-minded. No investigator shall willfully violate this policy or be influenced to change, alter, a report to include a draft report, at the inference, perception, or direction of a public or private entity. Intravaia will not be influenced to provide a favorable outcome by any of the involved parties, such will be documented.
(b) If, during an investigation, facts are obtained that reach the level of reasonable suspicion or probable cause to believe a crime had been or has been committed by ANY involved party, such facts will be reported to the proper law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction. This includes but is not limited to suspected violations of the Revised Code of Washington, the Washington Administrative Code, municipal codes, and/or federal laws, which will be documented in the report. Intravaia will not facilitate any form of dishonesty or lack of candor.
(c) Suspected criminal conduct will be immediately reported to the public or private entity and documented in the investigative report.
(d) Intravaia will inform a represented employee of their right to file a grievance with PERC for an ULP if their union representative or union employee violates the CBA or obstructs and delays an investigation.
Comment
Any reasonable, relevant, and prudent nexus between the scope and newly identified facts will be included in the report. Any request for the removal of these facts, such as employee’s statements, that are often derogatory or damning information obtained pertaining to any employee, will not be facilitated. In fact, this request will be included in a report and reported as an official complaint to the appropriate investigative agency or enforcement agency that oversees such a public or private entity, such as the Washington State Executive Ethics Board. A difference of opinion is also not grounds for the removal of any relevant derogatory content within a report.
Futhermore:
We do not offer any free consultations; we charge $140.00 for half hour of consultation.
We are not licensed mental health care specialists and do not provide mental health services.
We are not license lawyers and do not give out legal advice.
We are not legally required to refer you to another company, and we do not make referrals.
No, we do not “Have” to help you, we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone like any private company can do.
We do not answer calls from blocked or private numbers.
We analyze cases based upon their solvability and not profitability.
We are a business for profit. Do not call us fake crying in a failed attempt to elicit free work from us. We are a business for profit. Again, we are a business for profit and not a public or non-profit entity.
We are not a public entity and are not required by any law to provide you with information about the logistics of our company & operations.
We do not conduct any work for insurance companies, unless they sign & pay a retainer for the approximate full amount of work we are requested to perform. This is because insurance companies as a form of internal unwritten policy, will knowingly and intentionally not pay us for our work and basically commit theft of our time and resources. This is non negotiable. See proverb: fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
If a law firm is under retainer by an insurance company and wants to retain us for services in conjunction with their case, the law firm is financially responsible for paying for our services and must sign a retainer and if it’s a new law firm we have not worked with, then the law firm must pay a retainer for the approximate full amount of work we are requested to perform. This is non negotiable. See proverb: fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
We do not conduct any work for any company in Canada, unless they sign & pay a retainer for the approximate full amount of work we are requested to perform. This is because Canadian companies as a form of internal unwritten policy, will knowingly and intentionally not will not pay us for our work and basically commit theft of our time and resources. This is non negotiable. See proverb: fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
We do not conduct any work for any in WA state or out of state private investigation company unless they sign & pay retainer for the approximate full amount of work we are requested to perform. This is because these companies as a form of internal unwritten policy, will knowingly and intentionally not will not pay us for our work and basically commit theft of our time and resources. This is non negotiable. See proverb: fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
Do not call us, after calling multiple other companies, using the ruse or trick that you are calling “for a friend” or “family member,” to obtain free investigative advice from us for you to later pass off as your own. We will hang up on you. Yes, that is our God given right to hang up on you. If you do not like it, stop engaging in fraud and deception. Typically, the caller is a female and uses the “Honey Pot” method. As stated, multiple times, we are a business for profit not a charity nor are we naïve. Giving out free advice does not pay our company insurance, marketing expenses, websites, taxes, fuel, records, operational costs, salaries, etc… In fact, wasting our time costs us money and time we can provide services to paying clients. We WILL contact other companies and notify them of your fraud and deception.
Would you rather hear comforting lies or uncomfortable truths? Because community standards vary, and individuals may be exposed to facts and content that you find offensive or objectionable. We are only the gatherers of facts and conclusions based upon our experiences and not yours.
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Past performance does not guarantee future results.
While we have made every attempt to ensure that the information contained in our websites, records, information, and materials has been obtained from reliable sources, we are not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained form the use of this information, records, websites, and materials. All information provided to clients is “as is,” with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy, timeliness or of the results obtained from the use of this information, and without warranty of any king, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of performance, merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event will we, its related partnerships or corporations, or the partners, agents or employees thereof be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information or for any consequential, special, or similar damages, even if advise of the possibility of such damages.
You are retaining us for our time spent working on your case, there are no guarantee of case resolution or obtaining the information you seek. Perfect example is you hire an attorney or paralegal to conduct research work for you or represent you in court. You are paying for their time and services with no guarantee. We are the exact same. If you previously hired a similar company to conduct the same work you have retained us for or you on your own have conducted the work and we provide the same results, you are still required to compensate us for our time.
Any deliberate and with fore thought intentional and subsequent repeated harassment and stalking of Intravaia and its subsidiaries and its employees constitutes unlawful RCW 9A.46.020 Harassment, RCW 9A.46.110 Stalking, RCW 9.61.260 Cyberstalking. The conduct must immediately stop, this includes use of social media, third parties, friends, associates, and use of fake Yelp profiles to post derogatory and false reviews. You will be subsequently prohibited from contacting Intravaia and its subsidiaries such as Seattle Private Investigator®, and includes use of social media, third parties, friends, and associates by telephone, electronic communication, and Yelp, mail delivery services, internet-based communications, pager service, and electronic text messaging, and any other form of communication either written or electronic. If your conduct has and is causing substantial emotional distress, deliberate tortious interference with commerce causing economic harm, and damage to reputation by policy we will seek civil remedy and request reimbursement for all legal expense.
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All content on this site (including, without limitation, text, design, graphics, logos, icons, images, audio clips, video, downloads, interfaces, code and software, as well as the selection and arrangement thereof), is the exclusive property of and owned by Intravaia, its licensors or its content providers and is protected by copyright, trademark and other applicable laws. All images & video were taken by the owner with his Google 3 Pixel cellular telephone in King County, WA. So, there is absolutely no DMCA Copyright Infringement, and you do not own any of the images or content. Because of this FACT, there is NO infringement of your rights under 17 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq. and NO liability for statutory damages as high as $150,000 as set forth in Section 504(c)(2) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (”DMCA”) therein. WARNING: We do work with the government of India, China, Africa, and Pakistan to identify, locate and prosecute scammers in these countries to obtain imprisonment and fines of such scum bag scammers located in these countries that attempt to victimize Americans.
You may not use contact information provided on the site for unauthorized purposes, including marketing. You may not use any hardware or software intended to damage or interfere with the proper working of the site or to surreptitiously intercept any system, data, emails, or personal information from the site. You agree not to interrupt or attempt to interrupt the operation of the site in any way. Intravaia reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to limit or terminate your access to or use of the site or our company at any time without notice. Termination of your access or use will not waive or affect any other right or relief to which Intravaia may be entitled at law or in equity.
This site may contain links to other Web sites, some of which are operated by Intravaia or its affiliates and others of which are operated by third parties. These links are provided as a convenience to you and as an additional avenue of access to the information contained therein. We have not necessarily reviewed all the information on those other sites and are not responsible for the content of those or any other sites or any products or services that may be offered through those or any other sites. Inclusion of links to other sites should not be viewed as an endorsement of the content of linked sites. Different terms and conditions may apply to your use of any linked sites. Intravaia is not responsible for any losses, damages or other liabilities incurred because of your use of any linked sites.
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If any provision of this agreement is unlawful, void, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the agreement will remain in place.
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