Independent Workplace Investigations 

BION Partners provides impartial workplace investigations and strategic HR advisory services to organisations dealing with inappropriate workplace behaviour.

SERVICES

BION Audit

A BION Audit is a program that offers a comprehensive audit of your organisation’s internal investigations process, enabling your team to be confident they are in compliance with best practices, rigour in analysis, and fairness and consistency in results.

Workplace Investigations

We conduct prompt, objective investigations into allegations of workplace misconduct and conflict, from C-suite executives to individual contributors.

Workplace 
Culture & HR

Our services help organisations remediate issues, repair processes, and build resilient and inclusive workplace cultures.

Empower your organisation to thrive and rise.
Now more than ever organisations must show they are committed to employees, boards of directors, and shareholders to provide a safe workplace that cares about its employees.
Embracing a holistic approach, the BION Audit program provides a comprehensive and thorough audit of your organisation’s internal investigations protocol, procedures, documentation, and reporting to ensure compliance with best practices, rigour in analysis, and fairness and consistency in results.

Driven by our commitment to ethics and excellence, we deliver prompt, thorough, and objective workplace investigations that withstand scrutiny.

BION Partners Workplace Investigations = Positive Workplace Culture
Our dedicated team will provide a detailed report identifying vulnerabilities, areas for improvement, and recommendations to ensure fairness and trust in the investigation process, and to mitigate risk.

Your internal investigative team will be thoroughly prepared to build and sustain a corporate culture of integrity and compliance.

Whether you’ve completed a workplace investigation or are looking to refine your company culture, BION Partners’ customised programs, coaching, and training can help you reduce liability and build resilient, inclusive workplace cultures that increase employee engagement, decrease turnover, and boost productivity.

Repairing Workplace Issues
Our workplace coaches and trainers offer forward-thinking, research-based solutions designed to remediate systemic or discrete issues and prevent future misconduct.

Empowering Organisations Post-Investigation
Following a workplace investigation, we work with organisations to make tangible changes that result in a more inclusive workplace culture. Our approach includes four phases and can be customised to your unique needs.
> Policy and protocol audit: Review existing processes and protocols
around how workplace misconduct is reported, resolved, and measured.
> Improving workplace complaint procedures: Provide training, tools, and ongoing support to internal investigators and HR teams about workplace complaint best practices.
> Manager and employee training: Empower managers and employees with strategies to resolve conflict, showcase leadership skills, and build inclusive workplace cultures.
> Review and optimise: Conduct ongoing monitoring and audits of organisational practices to ensure everyone is held accountable for maintaining the new company culture.

When a business is faced with a complex employee conduct allegations, a workplace investigation is recommended and in some instances, required. If not managed through a fair and transparent process the situation can quickly escalate.

From the time you receive an allegation of misconduct, a complaint or grievance we assist you in assessing the matters raised; ensuring that allegations are appropriately formulated; identifying and complying with any required processes, and conducting a procedurally fair and impartial investigation.

With the increased scrutiny of procedural fairness, which includes the impact of conflict of interest and personal bias during the investigation processes, organisations and Government departments mitigate risk by outsourcing their workplace investigations to ensure that their decisions are defensible and their reputation is not subsequently tarnished by high profile media articles or legal proceedings.

BION Partners’ workplace investigators are available to help with your workplace situation, dependant on your situation, an investigation package can be tailored to suit individual circumstances and budget.

 

SPECIALIST SERVICES

Gender Sensitive Solutions.
BION Partners have experienced female investigators on the team, valuable for circumstances where a female investigator is considered to be more appropriate.
LGBTIQ+ Sensitive Solutions.
Speciality skills in cases involving LGBTIQ+ discriminatory allegations.
Linguistically Diverse Solutions.
Translation services during the course of an investigation can be provided on request.

Unbiased & Comprehensive

BION Partners provides a range of investigation services, from dealing with informal complaints to significant and complex formal investigations. Experienced in dealing with complaints from operational to senior executive and board level, including liaising with unions involved in representing parties to a complaint.

Partner with us to conduct your own workplace investigation. We advise and recommend your teams to ensure your organisation conducts investigations at acceptable levels of procedural fairness.

BION Partners offers comprehensive workplace investigation services to all employment sectors.

Specialising in:
  • Employee Grievances An employee grievance is a concern, problem, or complaint that an employee has about their work, the workplace, or someone they work with, including management. 
  • ​Workplace Bullying
  • ​Conflict of interests 
  • ​Corruption
  • ​​Fraud
  • ​​​Inappropriate use if IT Resources
  • ​​Misconduct
  • ​Misuse of authority
  • ​Misuse of social media
  • ​Nepotism
  • ​negligence and insubordination
  • ​public interest disclosures (whistleblowing)
  • ​sexual harassment
  • ​workplace theft
  • ​Workplace violence
 BION Partners does not provide services relating to workers compensation, conduct surveillance activities, or interview children.

Why use a workplace investigations specialist? 


When a business is faced with a complex employee conduct allegations that may include serious misconduct, a workplace investigation is recommended, and in some instances, required. 

Internally run investigations require access to a internal specialists who are experienced and trained in conducting an investigation in the workplace and have significant availability due to the time-intensive nature of an investigation. Choosing to run in-house without the appropriate resources may be a fiscal and judicial risk to both organisation and delegated personnel.

By using an external, independent investigator from BION Partners, you avoid the major risks associated with internal investigations. We use effective and procedurally fair workplace investigation frameworks and will provide you with an impartial and thorough assessment of the evidence available to determine whether allegations are substantiated.

Who We Are 


Our goal is to ensure every voice is heard in the pursuit of truth.

Passionately seeking equity and fairness in every organisation in Australia. BION Partners is committed to a large project of ensuring every voice is fairly heard in the seeking of truth.
Our Values
Truth: Seek it, be it
Safety: Physical, social, psychological and financial safety are paramount
Diversity: embrace what is different, allow it to broaden our understanding
Collaboration: together we do better
Reconciliation
BION Partners acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land we operate and remind people that we are on Aboriginal land. BION Partners also acknowledges the Elders and in particular those visiting this website.

Diversity and Inclusion
Our goal is to ensure every voice is heard in the pursuit of truth. We believe that promoting and strengthening equity, diversity and inclusion allows us to build effective teams for our clients and deliver on our pursuit of fair and equitable truth for our clients. "Diversity" to us means diversity in gender, age, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and ability. "Inclusion" to us means inclusion for all. We are committed to promoting a truly diverse workforce and culture, that is inclusive of everyone and gives all our people the opportunity to build and advance their career in a way that is aligned with our core values.

CONTACT US

Organisations and employers seeking information or support, can contact us via phone, email or via the enquiry form. A representative from BION Partners will respond to your enquiry. 

  BION Partners

  Mackay QLD 4740

  admin@bionpartners.com

  04 1874 2230

Please note; BION Partners provides services to employers only. Individuals seeking advice on workplace issues should contact the Fair Work Commission on 1300 799 675.