Latest HR/IR books

Managing Termination of Employment is a best practice guide to terminating the employment of an employee updated for the Fair Work Act changes. It explains when and how an employer can justifiably terminate employment for a range of reasons, including poor performance, misconduct, redundancy and restructuring. It discusses appropriate policies that might be adopted and procedures that ought to be followed. It also provides clear case examples of good and bad practice in various employment termination scenarios. Click here to order your copy.

This new title is an in depth analysis into what makes a high reliability organisation. Combining research from OHS experts, including respected OHS expert Andrew Hopkins, learn what these organisations are doing that enables them to operate safely and what your organisation can do to avoid hazards and disasters. Click here to order your copy.

Planning Occupational Health & Safety is a convenient handbook for OHS practitioners, line managers, students and anyone who needs an overview of the legal and managerial aspects of managing OHS risks in organisations. This practical guide puts the focus on risk management – rather than compliance with regulations or reactions to individual occurrences – helping employers meet the challenge of fulfilling their legal obligations to provide safe working conditions. Click here to order your copy.

Effective Recruitment & Selection Practices is an easy-to-read publication that provides practical guidance on the critical issues surrounding recruitment and selection. This edition incorporates changes in legislation, such as the Fair Work Act and includes changes and developments in practices due to technology, workplace trends and the current economic situation. Click here to order your copy.

This guide defines and explains all the key areas of workplace relations under the federal system. Written by leading practitioners including Peter Punch, Partner, Carroll and O’Dea; Professor Joellen Riley, UNSW; Joe Catanzariti, Partner, Clayton Utz; and Joydeep Hor, Partner, Harmers Workplace Lawyers. Click here to order your copy.

This comprehensive handbook is very popular with HR practitioners, line managers, and anyone else who needs an overview of the legal and managerial aspects of managing people in organisations. Click here to order your copy. 

A new title from renowned OHS expert, Professor Andrew Hopkins, on the Texas oil refinery disaster in March 2005.

Respected OHS expert Professor Andrew Hopkins discusses the causes of a major explosion at the Texas City Oil Refinery on March 23, 2005. The explosion killed 15 workers and injured more than 170 others. Failure to Learn also analyses the similarities between this event and the Longford Gas Plant explosion in Victoria in 1998, the latter of which is featured in his earlier book Lessons from Longford. Click here to order your copy.