Analysing “He said, She said” Evidence with a Trauma-Informed Lens
In almost every investigation class, we hear the classic question: what do you do with a “he said, she said”? The reason for this is that most learners have had…
Eden has over a decade of experience in investigations across the disability, child safety and insurance sectors. Eden has been our Training and Development Manager for the past 3 years focussing on trauma-informed offerings as well as specialised investigation frameworks.
Wise Workplace Training 2022 calendar out now!
Hello learners! We are pleased to announce that our calendar of public short course training sessions for next year is now online. View it here, and check out our exciting…
Unfair Dismissal in Queensland
Unfair Dismissal Vince Scopelliti – Monday, August 02, 2021 A QLD Worker has won an #UnfairDismissal case after being terminated by his employer for refusing to carry out work that they believed to be unsafe. It was held that the employees have the right to refuse to perform unsafe work that would expose them to […]
COVID-19 decision making: Who is essential?
Author: Eden Elliott – Tuesday, September 01, 2020. As employers, it can be difficult to classify any of your employees’ work as non-essential when every member of your team brings…
Power and sexual harassment in the workplace
Author: Eden Elliott – Wednesday, July 01, 2020. Despite decades of effort and improvement in Australian workplace legislation and culture, sexual harassment is, unfortunately, still a real and prevalent issue,…
Our Approach to COVID-19
Natasha Kennedy-Read and Vince Scopelliti – Tuesday, March 17, 2020 RELIABLE SOLIDARITY IN THE FACE OF COVID-19: We take the health and wellbeing of our people, clients and the broader…
Substantive, Not Superficial: A Call to Improved Procedural Fairness
Natasha Kennedy-Read and Vince Scopelliti – Tuesday, March 17, 2020 The FWC recently found SA CARE’s dismissal of a casual disability care worker to be unfair and ordered compensation. The…
Our Approach to COVID-19
Our Approach to COVID-19 Natasha Kennedy-Read and Vince Scopelliti – Tuesday, March 17, 2020 Reliable solidarity in the face of covid-19: We take the health and wellbeing of our people, clients and the broader community seriously. Our risk management team are meeting daily to ensure our continued service, support and protection to our clients, team and […]
How Fact-Finding and Disciplinary Investigations Differ
Vince Scopelliti – Tuesday, February 25, 2020 When dealing with allegations of staff misconduct, employers must be able to clearly delineate between fact-finding and disciplinary investigations. This includes communicating the…
Racial Discrimination at Work
Natasha Kennedy-Read and Vince Scopelliti – Wednesday, February 05, 2020 We are all familiar with the more obvious signs of workplace discrimination; but with targeted racism and xenophobia spreading faster than the Coronavirus, it is vital to be aware of the more nuanced and subtle acts of discrimination at work. Queensland has seen MP Duncan […]