Workplace Investigations, 4th Edition

Workplace Investigations (4th Edition) is your definitive guide on how to conduct a sound, procedurally fair and defensible workplace investigation, as well as creating comprehensive workplace policies to support workplace investigations and promote positive workplace culture.

The 2024 edition is fully updated and expanded with new material on digital evidence, sexual harassment, whistleblower protection, interviewing children, trauma-informed practices, and policy writing. Additionally, more downloads and practical exercises for interactive learning are included.

The authors, Worklogic Directors Jodie Fox and Jason Clark, as well as former Directors Rose Bryant-Smith and Grevis Beard, have collectively conducted and supervised thousands of investigations since founding Worklogic in 2007. In this text they share their wealth of experience, depth of knowledge and analytical rigour.

In Workplace Investigations you will learn about:

• All a workplace investigation entails and when is it required
• Scoping and planning an investigation appropriately
• The importance of identifying, collecting, preserving, and analysing different kinds of evidence
• Making findings of fact in a procedurally fair way.,
• Assessing wrongdoing against your organisation’s code of conduct, standards, and policies, including bullying, harassment, discrimination, fraud, and business integrity breaches
• determine what further steps your organisation should take to improve working relationships, manage risks, and ensure future compliance
• Writing comprehensive policies to support workplace investigations and communicating them to your organisation to install and foster a solid workplace culture

This is essential reading for everyone with responsibilities for conducting and managing workplace investigations.