Workplace Investigations

Investigations are crucial for resolving workplace disputes and maintaining a positive work environment. They commonly involve sensitive or complex legal issues, sometimes relating to senior personnel. Investigating these issues in-house can be challenging as they are time consuming, tie up valuable internal resources, divert attention from essential business issues and can raise questions of perceived bias. 

We have an expert team of employment lawyers who work with businesses in a wide range of industries, including food, retail, hospitality and within the public sector, carrying out independent workplace investigations. We can also provide “behind the scenes” advice to employers carrying out their own investigations to help ensure they are robust, fair and legally compliant.

Our experience is diverse and covers investigating allegations of misconduct, whistleblowing detriment, bullying and harassment, discrimination, employee fraud, breakdown in workplace relationships and other employee grievances and complaints.

As experienced litigators, our team regularly defend Employment Tribunal and High Court litigation, seeing first-hand the pitfalls of poorly conducted investigations. We draw on this experience when conducting investigations, thereby avoiding the common pitfalls which so often undermine in-house investigations and any action that might follow.