Workplace
Investigations Toolkit

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and efficient workplace investigation.

  • Easy-edit templates and guidelines
  • Created by legally trained expert workplace investigators
  • Tools you can brand and align with your workplace policies
  • Continually updated in line with best practice and legal principles
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What is the toolkit?

Start your workplace investigation on a solid footing using the tools our investigators use each day. The Workplace Investigations Toolkit has everything you need to ensure procedural fairness and a consistent and efficient process.

Our reliable toolkit will give your team confidence and easy access to up-to-date, professional templates and guidelines to ensure a successful investigation process.

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  • An investigation plan that provides an example of the key steps involved in an investigation and shows you and other stakeholders the steps involved in the process.
  • Terms of reference to define the scope of the investigation and aid in instructing an internal or external investigator.
  • *UPDATED* Notification letter to complainant / impacted person thanking them for raising the concerns and providing them with information about the investigation process.
  • *UPDATED* Notification letters to witnesses inviting them to attend an interview and providing them with information about their role in the investigation process.
  • Interview protocol or witness agreement outlining the type of information you may provide to participants at the commencement of the interview process.
  • Example interview scripts for opening and closing an interview.
  • Witness statement to document witness evidence.
  • Record of interview template to help you clearly and succinctly record your interviews.
  • *UPDATED* Letter of allegations to respondent and providing information about the investigation process.
  • Investigation report with all key elements to be included in a report, along with sample phrases.
  • Scripts for handling questions on Whistleblower/PID identity to assist with protecting confidentiality when questioned by an interviewee in Whistleblower or Public Interest Disclosure investigations.
  • Checklist of steps to protect Whistleblower/PID identity to assist the investigator to preserve confidentiality during the interview stage and report writing stage of a Whistleblower or Public Interest Disclosure investigation.
  • Letter to complainant outlining outcome of complaint provides the complainant with relevant information as to the investigation findings and next steps.
  • Letter to respondent outlining outcome of complaint – allegations not substantiated provides the respondent with relevant information when all the allegations are found to be not substantiated in the investigation, and the next steps.
  • Letter to respondent outlining outcome of complaint – allegations substantiated/partially substantiated provides the respondent with relevant information when some, or all the allegations, are found to be substantiated in the investigation, and the next steps.
  • *NEW* Participant Information Sheet can be provided to all participants in an investigation to clearly communicate the process and to avoid any misunderstanding.
  • *NEW* Guideline and script for initial receipt of a complaint to assist frontline managers how to best manage the initial receipt of a complaint, including adopting a trauma-informed approach in communicating with the employee.
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