Managing Termination Handbook

Handling employee investigations, poor performance and dismissals effectively is essential in minimising the risk of a successful and costly unfair dismissal claim.

Ai Group's Managing Termination of Employment Handbook is a comprehensive and practical guide designed to assist employers avoid expensive claims dealing with dismissal from employment, through practical advice and case examples.

Ai Group's Managing Termination of Employment Handbook includes the following topics:

• An overview of the national unfair dismissal regime under the Fair Work Act 2009
• A step by step process to help you manage poor performance and misconduct, including conducting investigations
• Guidelines for developing a company disciplinary procedure
• Examination of general protections and unlawful termination under the Fair Work Act 2009, including failure to give notice or provide redundancy pay, as well as dismissal for certain discriminatory reasons
• Sample documentation.

To see all the topics and helpful information included in the Managing Termination of Employment Handbook check out the Table of Contents.

Updating service

To keep our Workplace Relations Handbooks current and with the latest information, we provide an annual updating service. 

Complimentary updating till 30 June 2025!

All purchases of the Managing Leave Handbook include a free subscription to the corresponding updating service until 30 June 2025 (this is valued at $115 for Ai Group Members and $210 for non-Members).

Continuing your updating service

In May 2025 we will send you an invoice inviting you to continue your updating service into the 2025/2026 financial year.

The annual prices for a subscription to our updating service for 2024/25 are shown below. Prices are subject to change from 1 July each year.