Independent workplace mediation & investigation
Facing complaints or a disgruntled team?
We support you to resolve workplace disputes before they reach a tribunal, with independent mediation, investigation and workplace assessment. Fixed scope and fixed fee, agreed before we start.
Call us when
A grievance involves senior staff
Handling it internally would look like marking your own homework.
A working relationship has broken down
The team around it is starting to pick sides.
An investigation has to stand up at tribunal
The findings need to be independent and on the record.
A decision is coming and the facts aren't agreed
You need evidence you can defend, not an opinion.
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Four ways in
Every workplace problem has a starting point. Find yours.
Our work sits in four disciplines. Most cases touch more than one before they close, which is exactly why they belong with one practice.
Conflict, breakdown & investigation
A dispute has gone past what management can settle informally. Mediation, negotiation support and independent investigation for grievances, senior-team breakdowns and cases already heading for a claim.
Assessment, psychometrics & diagnosis
A decision is coming and the facts aren't agreed. Workplace needs assessments, neurodiversity consultancy and psychometric profiling give you evidence a decision can be defended on, not an opinion.
Organisational health & culture
The dispute was a symptom of something structural. Psychology-led consultancy that changes the conditions behind the case, so it doesn't come back.
Data, benchmarking & wellbeing analytics
You need to show it's being managed. Wellbeing and culture data tracked over time, in a form your board, your regulator or your insurer can read.
Coming to us as an individual? Adult autism assessment, Access to Work needs assessments and one-to-one conflict coaching, for when the standard route hasn't worked. Find your route
Not sure where you fit? Start here
The cost of waiting
The tribunal queue is growing faster than it clears.
Every month a dispute stays open, it gets more expensive and harder to settle. The official figures make the case for acting early.
Claims in, claims decided
Single employment tribunal claims, April to June 2026
For every claim decided, more than two new ones arrived.
Claims waiting for a decision
Open single-claim caseload, end of June
Up 51% in a year, the highest level on record.
Formal versus informal
Cost to the employer of resolving workplace conflict
Resolved informally: 1×
Through formal procedures: more than 3×
Once conflict turns formal, it costs more than three times as much to resolve.
Acting early costs far less than a claim. Every engagement is quoted as a fixed fee after a free first conversation, so you know where you stand before anything starts.
Talk it throughThe practice
Organisational psychology for the whole case.
Amani is an organisational psychology practice. Too often, complex workplace cases get passed between practitioners, each qualified for one part of the picture and none for the whole: a psychologist who can't mediate, a mediator with no assessment behind them, an HR team that can't investigate independently.
We bring investigation, mediation, assessment and organisational change under one roof, with accredited mediators and investigators matched to each case. We work with employers handling senior-level disputes, with in-house legal teams, and with employment solicitors who need an independent expert.
The rules are changing, too. The Employment Rights Act 2025 is being phased in, and the new Fair Work Agency has been enforcing workplace rights since April 2026. We keep our work current as each change lands, so your processes stand up to the new standard.
About the practiceCredentials
- Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society (GMBPsS)
- Certified Business Psychologist (CBP)
- Accredited Workplace Mediator (CMC Registered)
- EFPA Level 2 Accredited Practitioner (EuroPsy)
- BPS Testing Centre Accreditation (Level A & B)
- Qualified Adult Autism Assessor
Every engagement starts with a conversation, not a proposal.
We take on a small number of clients at a time, so every case gets proper attention. One point of contact from start to finish, and no retainer unless you want one.
Conversation
Thirty minutes, free. We listen, tell you honestly whether we're the right fit, and sketch out what the work would involve.
Written proposal
Fixed scope and fixed fee, agreed before anything starts. No open-ended day rates, no surprises halfway through.
The right practitioner
An accredited mediator or investigator matched to your case, who works with everyone involved fairly and independently.
Documented outcome
A clear written record of findings, recommendations or a full report, built to stand up to scrutiny if the matter goes further.
For employment solicitors and HR advisers
Refer a client's workplace dispute to an independent practice.
When a client needs an independent mediator, investigator or workplace assessment, bring us in while the case is still live. We work alongside your advice, not instead of it, and report back in a form you can use.
How a referral works
- Conflict check on first contact
- No client-identifying detail needed to start
- Confidential, formally structured relationship
- Reports written to withstand tribunal scrutiny
What resolution looks like
One case, anonymised, with the outcome stated plainly. More are available under NDA.
A UK charity had no defensible pay structure. Salaries had been set ad hoc for years, staff were raising fairness concerns, and trustees needed to show funders that pay was governed, not guessed. Amani ran a full salary benchmarking and pay-structure review and delivered a banded pay framework the board could apply and defend.
Independent investigation and executive-conflict mediation examples are available on request, under NDA, while client consent for publication is confirmed.
Measure people. Move organisations. Restore peace.
Conflict leaves a pattern long before it becomes a claim. We measure what's driving it, so you can fix the cause instead of paying for the symptoms.
See how we measure itThere is a version of this case that never reaches a tribunal.
The first conversation is 30 minutes and free. We'll tell you whether this is a mediation, an investigation or a culture problem before you commit to anything.