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Australia’s Employment Outlook Overview
Recruitment Trends in Australia: What Employers Need to Know
BlueScope
IRP has worked with BlueScope for almost 10 years, supporting them with their recruitment and HR needs.
Australia’s Employment Outlook
Australian Employment Outlook: What Employers Need to Prepare For
Dowell
For over 18 years, IRP has assisted Dowell with the recruitment, onboarding and retention of employees for their Perth facility.
Chemical Labelling & Hazard Awareness
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Labour Productivity in Australia: Why Operational Discipline Now Determines Performance
Australia is experiencing its weakest labour productivity growth in decades. For business leaders, this is not an economic headline, it is an operational reality. When labour productivity stalls: Cost per unit increases Wage pressure intensifies Output per hour declines Margins compress Recent reporting from the Productivity Commission (insert report) shows modest recovery, largely driven by […]
Testing & Tagging Electrical Equipment
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Australia’s Employment Outlook for 2026 – What It Means for Western Australia Employers
A Structurally Tight Labour Market
When Am I At Risk in the Workplace?
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Perth’s Labour Pool Set To Tighten 10-15% by 2027 – What It Means For Employers
Western Australia’s infrastructure, defence and housing pipeline is creating the most competitive recruitment landscape Perth has seen in more than a decade. With demand surging across construction, manufacturing, transport and civil projects, the labour pool is set to tighten by 10–15% between mid-2026 and late-2027. The question for employers is simple: are you prepared? What’s Driving […]
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
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Employee Retention Strategies: How to Keep Good Employees
Practical ways to reduce employee turnover and protect performance.
Housekeeping for Health & Safety
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Why Your Performance Review Isn’t Working (and How to Fix It)
The Problem with Traditional Performance Reviews
Closing the Warehouse Skills Gap in WA
Walk your warehouse floor at 6:45am and you can feel it immediately. The pallet jack moves, but it drags. Not enough to stop the shift, but enough resistance to slow everything downstream. Pick rates soften. Accuracy slips. Fatigue sets in earlier than it should. That is what a skills gap looks like in real operations. […]
Time-Efficient Onboarding for Managers
Getting new employees productive faster, without adding hours to your day. If you manage a warehouse or manufacturing floor, you already know time is scarce. Production schedules, equipment uptime, team management, compliance – it all competes for your attention. When a new employee starts, onboarding can feel like another task stacked on top of the […]
Duty of Care, Knowing Your Safety Obligations
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The Cost of a Bad Hire in Supply Chain (and How to Avoid It)
Why a Bad Hire Is an Operational Risk
Fit for Work – Workplace Health and Safety
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Tired of Churn? How Managers Can Work Better With Recruitment Agencies
Why a Recruitment Agency Should Be More Than Transactional
Hand Safety – 10 Rules to Preserve 10 Fingers
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