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LAWS6305: Workplace Investigations
2025 unit information
Lawyers and HR/IR practitioners are increasingly required to deal with complaints of sexual harassment, bullying and discrimination, and address suspected misconduct such as Code of Conduct breaches, fraud/theft, and safety and other breaches. In order to take, and if necessary defend, disciplinary and other action, a proper factual and legal foundation must be established, through a workplace investigation. We also specifically consider how concepts of procedural fairness and natural justice impact a workplace investigation. The unit explores the various stages of a workplace investigation, including: (1) establishing the scope of the investigation and particularizing the alleged complaint or misconduct; (2) conducting interviews and gathering other information; (3) managing participants, including stand down/suspension; (4) evaluating information and making findings applying the relevant standard of proof and legal test(s); and (5) implementing investigation findings. Refer to the Sydney Law School timetable - https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/4533/pages/postgraduate-lecture-timetable
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney Law School
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Law |
| Credit points | 6 |
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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LAWS6252 or a law degree and LAWS6071 Labour Law (MLLR students) |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand and analyse the legal regulation of workplace investigations, including the principles of procedural fairness
- LO2. demonstrate depth of disciplinary expertise and capability in relation to labour law, human resource management and workplace relations
- LO3. Conduct comprehensive workplace investigations, applying skills of critical thinking, problem-solving in complex scenarios, interviewing and written communication.
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Semester 2b 2025
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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