Shawn Larry

Founder and CEO | HR and Workplace Investigator

With over 20 years of professional experience in California, Shawn Larry serves as our Principal Licensed Workplace Investigator. Combining extensive education with hands-on experience, Shawn conducts workplace investigations as a neutral, impartial, and unbiased third party, ensuring fair and thorough outcomes.

As CEO of California Labor Solutions, Shawn partners with clients to provide trusted, diplomatic guidance on their most crucial business decisions, offering a steady hand in navigating complex HR challenges.

Expertise

Shawn brings exceptional HR leadership and effective solutions to a wide range of public and private sector organizations across California. His professional experience spans several critical roles:

• EEO Compliance & Diversity Officer
• Chief HR Officer for multiple California Community Colleges
• Chief Labor Contract Negotiator
• HR Consultant and Investigator for a diverse array of public sector organizations, including Community Colleges, Cities, and State/Federal Governmental Agencies, as well as private sector organizations of all sizes, from micro businesses to large enterprises with 20 to 5,000+ employees
• California-Licensed Investigator having performed hundreds of workplace investigations involving harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and other types of misconduct
• Grievance administration in unionized work environments, with experience in litigating full evidentiary administrative hearings on disciplinary appeals, discrimination/retaliation complaints, and collective bargaining agreement (labor contract) disputes
• Mediator of employee issues and complaints that may eliminate the need for a workplace investigation. The mediation may also be conducted after an investigation fact finding process is finished to ensure the parties can eliminate their conflict and agree on terms to work better together

• District EEO & Diversity Officer. 
• Chief HR Officer for numerous California Community Colleges. 
• Chief Labor Contract Negotiator.  
• HR Consultant in the public and private sectors, including a diverse array of public sector organizations such as Community Colleges, Cities, and State/Federal Governmental Agencies, and organizations ranging from micro to large – with employee numbers ranging from 20 to 5,000+. 
• California-licensed Investigator for hundreds of workplace investigations involving employee misconduct, EEO, harassment, retaliation, and discrimination complaint investigations. 
• Handled hundreds of employee grievances and litigated full evidentiary administrative hearings regarding disciplinary appeals, discrimination/retaliation complaints, and collective bargaining agreement (labor contract) disputes. 

Credentials

• J.D. from UOP-McGeorge Law School
• B.A. in Sociology from UC Santa Barbara
• California Private Investigator License (PI#26311)
• Certified Mediator specializing in complex workplace disputes
• HR Certifications earned including SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources) and IPMA-SCP (International Public Management Association for Human Resources – Senior Certified Professional)

With Shawn’s leadership and expertise, California Labor Solutions offers unparalleled HR and workplace investigation services, helping organizations across California manage their most challenging issues with confidence and integrity.