Poorly drafted workplace conduct allegations will undermine the fairness, validity and defensibility of any disciplinary action taken against an employee.
Watch this HR Daily Premium Q&A to understand how to minimise risk during this part of the process.
Dentons partner Paul O'Halloran and HR Daily editor Jo Knox will discuss topics including:
- when to move from preliminary enquiries to formal allegations;
- what information to include in allegations;
- when to separate multiple allegations;
- common drafting mistakes and how to avoid them; and
- how to notify employees in a procedurally fair way.
This Q&A is the third in our series taking an in-depth look at individual stages of disciplinary processes. View the first episodes and topics still to come here.
HR Daily Premium members are invited to submit questions via our contact form, by Friday 9 October 2026.
Watching this Q&A counts as 0.5 CPD hours.
About Paul O'Halloran
Dentons partner Paul O'Halloran is an accredited specialist in workplace relations, who dedicates his practice to resolving challenging and complex employment disputes for employers. Over the past four years he has won or settled 100% of his cases.
Clients trust Paul with high-risk employee exits; enterprise bargaining disputes and union strategy; anti-discrimination; bullying; workplace investigations; and the full range of employment litigation.
Visit the Dentons website or connect with Paul on LinkedIn.