Podcast - Workplace investigations through a psychosocial safety lens

20 October 2025

Thea Price
Partner
Sparke Helmore Lawyers

Thea Price
Partner
Sparke Helmore Lawyers
t: +61 7 3016 5032

Thea is a highly accomplished employment and workplace relations lawyer, who specialises in advising on all aspects of employment law and workplace relations. She regularly advises clients on complex workplace investigations, including matters relating to bullying, discrimination, sexual harassment, child protection, and whistle blower. Thea also presents at seminars on current employment law issues.

Helen Sexton
Senior Associate
Sparke Helmore Lawyers

Helen Sexton
Senior Associate
Sparke Helmore Lawyers
t: +61 2 4924 7282

Helen is an experienced lawyer with over 15 years’ experience acting for public, private and not-for-profit clients across federal, state and local government jurisdictions.

Welcome to our podcast in the Workplace investigations series. In this podcast, Senior Associate Helen Sexton and Associate Anna Stubbersfield from our Workplace team explore the topic of workplace investigations through the lens of psychosocial safety.

The discussion covers three broad topics including the importance of choosing an appropriate investigator, taking a person-centred and trauma-informed approach to an investigation, and managing the psychosocial safety risks where the investigation participants are still in the workplace.

To listen to the podcast, you can click on this link to redirect to Sparke Helmore's podcast page on our website, or listen on Podbean through The Sparke Cast host page.

If there are issues you’d like us to explore in future podcasts or in an upcoming article, we’d love to hear from you.

We hope you enjoy the podcast!

We would like to acknowledge the contribution of Anna Stubbersfield.