Australian Fair Work Act 2009 with Regulations and Rules 12th Edition

An essential resource for anyone dealing with workplace law — employment lawyers, industrial relations practitioners, human resource (HR) specialists, and in-house HR counsel.       KEY FEATURES The volume consolidates all operative amendments to 27 March 2024, ... Read more

Published: May 2024

Sacrificing Safety: Lessons for Chief Executives

Anglo American’s Grosvenor coal mine explosion in Queensland in 2020 is ultimately attributable to overwhelming production pressures. Underground coal mining is a particularly dangerous activity, requiring delicate engineering judgements to manage a variety of hazards in an ever-changing ge... Read more

Published: May 2022

Australian Fair Work Act 2009 with Regulations and Rules - 11th Edition

An essential resource for anyone dealing with workplace law – employment lawyers, industrial relations practitioners, human resource (HR) specialists, and in-house HR counsel. KEY FEATURES The volume consolidates all operative amendments to 11 September 2021, including: Fair Wor... Read more

Published: Nov 2021

Due Diligence: Duty of Officers 3rd Edition

Work health and safety laws impose a proactive duty on officers to exercise due diligence to ensure compliance with those laws. Due diligence is a duty imposed on officers personally. It is separate from the duty imposed on their company. The duty is also proactive - it can be breached merely ... Read more

Published: Apr 2021

Due Diligence: Incident Notification, Management and Investigation 3rd Edition

How you manage an incident, counts. An essential reference for individuals and companies looking to anticipate an incident and implement an effective incident management strategy that shapes the corporate response, through policies, procedures, training and resources. An incident presents a... Read more

Published: Apr 2021

Due Diligence: Horizontal and Vertical Consultation 3rd Edition

Ten years have passed since the landmark introduction of the model Work Health and Safety legislation. The experience in the seven jurisdictions that have adopted the reforms enables us to assess some of the predictions made at the time of the release of the first edition of Horizontal and Vertic... Read more

Published: Apr 2021

Due Diligence: Worker Rights and Duties 3rd Edition

Worker Rights and Duties. It has long been held that employers are liable for the negligent, reckless and disobedient employee. This book, however, is concerned with the liability of the workers themselves for that conduct. Workers have a key role in work health and safety. They and their c... Read more

Published: Apr 2021

Due Diligence: Dealing with Regulators 3rd Edition

Managers need a strategic approach to engaging with work health and safety regulators. The third edition of Due Diligence: Dealing with Regulators further develops this approach adopted for the previous editions, but with the benefit of ten years' experience in implementing those strategie... Read more

Published: Apr 2021

Due Diligence: Persons Conducting a Business or Undertaking 3rd Edition

Persons Conducting a Business or Undertaking. The Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU) is at the centre of the legislative regime imposed by work health and safety laws. The scope of the duty of care for the PCBU is broad, with the extent of the duty expanding as prosecutions are... Read more

Published: Apr 2021

Labour and Employment Law Manual - 3rd Edition

An essential strategic resource for anyone working in employment law, including lawyers, industrial and employment relations practitioners, human resource (HR) specialists, people managers and in-house HR counsel. This Manual assists readers in grappling with a range of strategic solutions to num... Read more

Published: Nov 2020

Workplace Investigations - 3rd Edition

Your definitive guide, Workplace Investigations shows you how to conduct a sound, procedurally fair and defensible workplace investigation. The 2020 edition is fully updated and expanded, with new material on whistleblower protection, interview techniques, digital evidence, sexual misconduct a... Read more

Published: Sep 2020

Michael Tooma on Mental Health

Mental health is one of the most difficult work related risks to manage. Despite being a part of the duty of care, most businesses find the challenge of managing mental health risks in the workplace overwhelming. Part of the difficulty is that the approach to mental health management to date has ... Read more

Published: May 2020

Michael Tooma on Electrical Safety

Electrical safety continues to account for a significant proportion of workplace fatalities. This book explores the legal obligations relating to electrical safety risks and outlines the practical challenges presented by traditional approaches to safety management when it comes to electrica... Read more

Published: Jul 2019

Michael Tooma on Working at Heights

Incidents arising from working at heights are consistently amongst the highest causes of workplace fatalities in Australia. Not surprisingly, they are amongst the most frequently prosecuted categories of work health and safety risks. This book explores the law and practice on managing working... Read more

Published: Apr 2019

Complete Andrew Hopkins Collection

Professor Andrew Hopkins is a sociologist recognised for his contributions to Occupational, Health and Safety (OH&S) in Australia. His collection includes titles on man-made disasters – gas plant accidents, oil well blowouts, train crashes – as well as Quiet Outrage, synthesing... Read more

Published: Oct 2017

Essential Andrew Hopkins Collection

Professor Andrew Hopkins is a sociologist recognised for his contributions to Occupational, Health and Safety (OH&S) in Australia. His collection includes titles on man-made disasters – gas plant accidents, oil well blowouts, train crashes – as well as Quiet Outrage, synthesing... Read more

Published: Sep 2017

Quiet Outrage: The Way of a Sociologist

Meet Andrew Hopkins: sociologist, storyteller, academic. His books about man-made disasters – gas plant accidents, oil well blowouts, train crashes, coal mine explosions – are best-sellers, read by audiences all over the world. His books have been described by reviewers as page t... Read more

Published: Mar 2016

Australian Master Work Health and Safety Guide - 2nd Edition

The 2018 edition, extended to include New Zealand, is now available for ordering.  OVERVIEW This definitive guide is a first point of reference for work health and safety best practice and strategy. Written by safety professionals, legal practitioners and academics, this leading publicat... Read more

Published: Dec 2014

Understanding the Model Work Health and Safety Act (eBook)

OVERVIEW Designed for professionals who face the challenge of applying WHS legislation to their businesses, Understanding the Model Work Health and Safety Act provides a succinct overview of the changes to work health and safety laws in Australia. Written by leading OHS experts Micha... Read more

Due Diligence Collection 2021

SAVE 15% when you purchase this value bundle, with the added bonus of COMPLIMENTARY eBooks for both titles. The third edition of the Due Diligence series explores recent case law and addresses contemporary work health and safety issues, including the new industrial manslaughter l... Read more