Workplace Investigations in Schools: Getting it Right
Issues covered include: incident management, reportable conduct scheme, complaint, workplace investigation, ill and injured staff, medical certificates
Description
If you’ve spent any time working in a school you know that seemingly anything can happen at any time and you need to know exactly how to handle an incident from when it first occurs all the way through the investigation process. Attend this seminar and consider the policies and procedures you need to have in place before an incident occurs and then work through the step by step process of completing an effective and comprehensive investigation.
Attend and Earn 3 CPD points including:
2 units in Professional Skills
1 unit in Substantive Law
This seminar was recorded in VIC on 6 March 2019
Chair: Elizabeth Aitken, Partner, Moray and Agnew
9.00am to 9.45am: Incident Management: What Must a School Have in Place?
- The Reportable Conduct Scheme: what your school needs to know
- A hypothetical incident in a fictional school will be presented to delegates and ensuing actions discussed
- Providing an overview of school duty of care obligations
- The key matters to consider once a school receives notification of a complaint against a member of staff
Presented by Jennifer Bourke, Senior Associate, MinterEllison
Professional Skills
9.45am to 11.15am: The Workplace Investigation
- What to do when a complaint is received
- Is an investigation required?
- Necessary steps to take prior to conducting an investigation
- When to stand down an employee
- Planning the investigation including scope and purpose
- Complying with policies and procedures
- Best practice in conducting a fair and effective workplace investigations
- Reviewing the evidence to reach sound conclusions
- Finalising investigation report
- Implementing outcomes of the investigation
Presented by Michaela Moloney, Partner, K&L Gates, Leading Employment Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2018
Professional Skills
11.15am to 12.00pm: How to Manage Ill and Injured Staff after an Incident on School Grounds
- Key legal obligations and responsibilities of school management once the incident has occurred
- Protection of the school and staff
- Dealing with third parties: families, media and stakeholders
- What happens if the school is prosecuted for a safety incident?
- Medical certificates and ability to question them
Presented by Michaela Moloney, Partner, K&L Gates, Leading Employment Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2018