About workplace investigations
How this law firm can help you
How can a workplace investigation lawyer help you?
A workplace investigation lawyer can help you in responding effectively to an investigation at work. With respect to workplace investigations, this law firm defends the rights, reputation, and legal interests of its clients by:
- Providing advice and guidance
- Drafting investigation responses
- Negotiating settlement agreements
- Litigating disputes in courts and tribunals
If you are considering whether or not you should get help in responding to a workplace investigation, it is critical to understand how this firm can help you. A workplace investigation lawyer can assist you in challenging allegations, raising issues about procedural fairness, and sometimes by engaging in ‘without prejudice’ negotiations to quickly resolve the problem with your employer.
Based in Brisbane, Anderson Legal assists executives and employees across Australia in contesting allegations and unfair investigations. This law firm works with people who are often facing allegations that threaten their livelihood, professional reputation, and financial security.
There may be a number of options open when responding to a workplace investigation. However, because the situation may be unfamiliar, involves short timeframes, and is generally highly stressful, people do not always appreciate their options or weigh them in a considered manner. If you think you may need a workplace investigation lawyer, contact Anderson Legal to discuss your options.
When you should get advice
Delays in getting advice can cause problems
It is not uncommon to feel uncertainty, doubt, and stress upon receiving notice that you are under investigation at work. In fact, it is normal, particularly for people who feel the allegation is false or unfair.
It is also not uncommon to see people making mistakes about the scope of the task confronting them. People may view the correctness of their position as self-evident and that they will obviously be cleared of any wrongdoing. This can stop people from reflecting on the reality of their situation.
Some people think they will engage a workplace investigation lawyer ‘if the worst happens’. That is, they see a lawyer as someone who will ‘react’ to a bad outcome, rather than work to ‘prevent’ it. Sometimes, it is only once a show cause letter is issued to them that they can see the problem is worse than first realised. The truth is, it often becomes harder, not easier, to change the outcome the farther things are along the road. For that reason, people facing workplace investigations are always best advised to get legal advice as soon as possible. As it is with medicine, prevention is better than a cure.
Hiring a lawyer to help you can be easier than you think, and the timing can be important. Quite often, the earlier you engage a lawyer to help you, the more options you will have available in responding to a workplace investigation.
Why your decisions matter
Workplace investigations can have significant consequences
People facing an investigation at work are often instructed by their employers to keep the process confidential. It can make the process feel isolating and disempowering.
Isolation and disempowerment can lead people to feel they are simply subject to the process and that the result will be what it will be. This feeling can undermine the opportunity a person has to put their best foot forward.
An experienced lawyer can help you gain a sense of support and authority.
In initiating workplace investigations, it can be surprising how often employers and investigators (even with the benefit of advisers), fail to afford procedural fairness, comply with their own policies, or take into account relevant information. A lawyer experienced in dealing with workplace investigations can help you in challenging such flaws and unfairness.
There are many different approaches a person may take in responding to a workplace investigation. There isn’t generally a “right answer”, given different people will have different priorities. A workplace investigation lawyer can help you not only in understanding ‘why’ a particular response is right for you, but help with ‘how’ to best navigate the situation.
The outcome of a workplace investigation can have real consequences for your job or career. Adverse findings can affect professional reputations. It highlights why it is prudent for people facing issues of this nature to get legal advice.
Anderson Legal provides legal advice to executives and employees facing misconduct claims and workplace investigations. Contact this firm for a confidential discussion about how this firm can assist you.
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Anderson Legal seeks to make legal costs predictable, understandable, and transparent to ensure the focus remains on outcomes and results.
This firm negotiates its fees with clients and adopts fixed fees, capped fees, and time-based billing, depending on the work involved.
Why should I call? What happens next?
If you need legal advice or are unsure whether you do, you should call Anderson Legal. It costs you nothing but time to work out if this firm can help you.
When you call, you will be asked a few questions about yourself, your issue, and what you hope to achieve.
If Anderson Legal can assist you with your legal issue, you will get informed about what this firm may be able to do to help you and discuss the legal fees that may be incurred.