At any time, employers can be confronted with conduct issues that significantly undermine the performance of a business or the morale of staff.
A prompt, independent and robust response to allegations sends a powerful message to employees, customers, regulators, shareholders and investors about the culture of the organisation and the effectiveness of its management.
However, such investigations are demanding on management time and require independence, impartiality and objectivity in accordance with the principles of natural justice.
Independent inquiry, free from any perceptions of pre-conceived notions by those involved is fundamental to just outcomes.
Working with your employment instruments, policies and procedures, I can provide an industrially sustainable report which will make a finding as to whether an act of misconduct has been committed and, if relevant, will also identify what steps the organisation may take to reduce the risk of a recurrence of such behaviour.
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