Don’t miss this opportunity to gain a high-level step-by-step guide and comprehensive insights into undertaking Workplace Investigations from a leading authority on workplace internal investigations. You will take a deep dive into the entire investigation process, from initial complaint triage to post-investigation management. This knowledge is invaluable for ensuring your workplace investigations are conducted with the highest standards of procedural fairness, reducing the risk of legal challenges and enhancing the credibility of your findings. An Intensive not to be missed.
Description
Attend and earn 4 CPD units in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair:
Claire Limbach, Legal Counsel – Workplace Relations, ClubsNSW
9.00am to 1.15pm Workplace Internal Investigations Intensive
Your Workshop Facilitator will be Jason Clark, Director & Co-Owner, Worklogic; Co-author Workplace Investigations 4th Edition, Wolters Kluwer
- Complaint Triage
- When is a complaint actually an allegation
- Deciding whether you need to investigate or take a different approach
- Legal Principles When Conducting Workplace Investigations
- What is procedural fairness?
- Hallmarks of a procedurally fair process
- What puts procedural fairness at risk
- Draft Allegations
- Understanding the minimum requirements for a procedurally fair allegation
- Weighing Evidence
- What is evidence and what is relevant and necessary to make findings
- Making findings in they said / they said scenarios
- How to assess the credibility of evidence
- How to proceed when it is a voice against another?
- How to proceed if the respondent makes a bullying/discrimination complaint against the complainant?
- Common Pitfalls in Workplace Investigations and How to Avoid Them
- Managing the Post Investigation Space
- Findings are made, the respondent is retained, what next?
Presenters
Claire Limbach, Legal Counsel – Workplace Relations, ClubsNSW
Claire Limbach is a highly regarded employment lawyer, with a robust background encompassing private practice, in-house legal counsel, and human resources expertise. With over a decade of experience, Claire offers comprehensive legal guidance to employers on a wide range of employment law matters. Currently operating as legal counsel at ClubsNSW, Claire specialises in resolving complex employment disputes, interpreting industrial instruments, and advising on workplace policies and procedures. Her extensive experience includes handling unfair dismissal claims, general protection claims, workplace harassment issues, and ensuring compliance with ever-changing employment regulations. Claire's career path has included pivotal roles in private practice, where she honed her litigation and advisory skills, as well as in-house legal departments where she provided strategic counsel to senior management on employment matters.
Jason Clark, Director & Co-Owner, Worklogic
Jason Clark specialises in managing workplace misconduct and psychosocial risk, relying on over 30 years of experience working as both a people manager and workplace investigator in the military, government, industrial, and corporate sectors. Jason is passionate about assisting workplaces develop strategies to foster a positive and safe workplace culture. Jason is also a co-author of Workplace Investigations (4th Edition), the definitive guide to conducting workplace investigations, published by Wolters Kluwer in 2020 and 2024, and is sought after to speak on a range of topics about managing employee behaviour and resolving workplace dysfunction, around Australia and overseas. Jason leads the Sydney office and is the national co-director of Worklogic with Jodie Fox.
