Employee Code of Conduct Policy Template (Australia)

For Australian private-sector employers

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Use this policy to:
  • Set clear standards for lawful, safe and ethical workplace conduct;
  • Define expectations for respect, safety, confidentiality and technology use;
  • Provide employee reporting channels and protections against retaliation;
  • Document a fair process for investigations and disciplinary action.

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Employee Code of Conduct document excerpt on workplace ethics and responsibilities.

About this Document

Use this policy if you:
  • Are a private-sector employer that wants a single, organisation-wide statement of expected conduct for your workforce
  • Need clear, plain-English standards covering workplace behaviour, ethics, safety and accountability
  • Want to document reporting channels, investigation steps and the possible consequences of a breach
  • Intend the Code to operate as a policy alongside your employment contracts, modern awards and related policies rather than as a contractual term
  • Are managing office-based, professional, retail, service, hybrid or remote teams
It is suited to:
  • Australian private-sector employers adapting the Code to their own workforce, industry and location
  • Employers with office-based, professional, retail, service, hybrid or remote workforces
  • Businesses that will obtain tailored advice where they are highly regulated, multi-jurisdictional or subject to specific statutory regimes
  • Organisations that intend the Code to complement, rather than replace, their contracts, awards and other policies
What this policy covers:
  • Purpose, status and application, including employee and manager responsibilities
  • Core standards and lawful directions: work performance, attendance and records, directions and the right to disconnect
  • Respectful workplace conduct, including bullying, harassment, discrimination and the positive duty to prevent unlawful conduct
  • Health, safety and wellbeing, spanning safety duties, hazard and incident reporting, psychosocial safety and fitness for work
  • Equality, inclusion, reasonable adjustments and protected workplace rights
  • Integrity, conflicts of interest, gifts, outside work and personal relationships
  • Confidentiality, privacy, records, technology, cyber security and responsible AI use
  • Speaking up and non-retaliation, investigations, procedural fairness and breach responses, plus schedules for reporting contacts, related policies, employee acknowledgement and document control
You receive an editable Word document with placeholders for your organisation name, jurisdiction, document owner, approval and review dates, reporting contacts, related policies and gift threshold, so you can tailor the Code to your workforce, industry and location. It is a practical, lawyer-drafted starting point for a workplace conduct framework, not a substitute for tailored legal advice where your organisation is highly regulated, operates across multiple jurisdictions or intends the Code to form part of an employment contract.

How To Use This Template

This template is a starting point, not a final document. It’s been drafted by Australian lawyers to be practical and flexible, but it still needs to be reviewed and tailored for your specific business, transaction and risk profile.

Before you use it, you should:

  • Complete all placeholders, bracketed items and optional fields;
  • Remove any drafting notes or clauses that aren’t relevant to your situation; and
  • Check that party names, entity details, dates, addresses, contact details and defined terms are accurate.

Make sure the template is consistent with your other documents and obligations – including any existing contracts, policies, procedures, website terms, privacy disclosures, regulatory requirements or internal governance documents. If anything conflicts, it should be resolved before you sign, issue, adopt or implement the document.

If you are using the template as an agreement, it should be reviewed and signed by all relevant parties in accordance with applicable law and your internal signing requirements. If you are using it as a policy, procedure, notice or compliance record, it should be approved and stored under your organisation’s normal document control processes.

This template is provided as general information only and is not legal advice. Complex, high‑value, highly regulated or cross‑border matters will usually require bespoke drafting. For anything outside a straightforward use case, we strongly recommend obtaining legal advice before relying on, signing or implementing this document.

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