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Workplace investigations can harm the psychological health of participants, but nearly a third of senior leaders don't know what steps their organisations are taking to mitigate this risk, according to new research.

The most common step taken is to train staff in resilient work practices, which suggests employers "still heavily rely on workers themselves to manage psychosocial risk in workplace investigations", says Ashurst's new report on psychosocial and psychological risks in the workplace, based on a survey of 170 leaders globally (including 84% from Australia).

The report notes that factors such as "a lack of procedural fairness and transparency, a 'one size fits all' approach to workplace investigations, and a timelag between receipt of the complaint and completion of an investigation" can all create psychosocial risk...