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The Fair Work Commission has confirmed a 4.75% modern award wage rise, a $26.44/hour National Minimum Wage and a $25.74/hour entry-level award floor from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026.
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An HR Consultant, an AI Lawyer, and a £7,000 Victory: What the Garfield AI Case Means for Australian Freelancers
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Your workforce has operated without a formal HR function. Now you are bringing one in. Here is how to do it without it feeling like corporate has arrived.
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A blank, editable psychosocial hazard risk register with guidance notes - ready to adapt for your organisation. Structured for compliance with the WHS Psychological Health Regulations 2025 and equivalent state.
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Fair Ground is the thought leadership platform behind Flex HR and HRWise: evidence-based, practitioner-written, and built for the HR professionals and business owners doing this work every day.
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ClearAI in HR
An HR Consultant, an AI Lawyer, and a £7,000 Victory: What the Garfield AI Case Means for Australian Freelancers
ER Law
Before you call HR, before you issue a warning, before you escalate - work through these 10 questions. They will save you time, reduce legal risk, and help you arrive at the right next step.
Flex HR
Most small business owners in Australia are covered by the Fair Work Act from the moment they hire their first employee. Here are the five obligations that generate the most complaints, claims, and FWO investigations -.
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All Australian employees - including casuals - are entitled to 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave per year. A Flinders University review found the legislation is lifechanging for those who access it,.
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Oceaneering Australia commissioned a full external investigation, found three of four allegations substantiated, and dismissed a six-year employee. The Fair Work Commission ordered $83,750 near the then-applicable cap.
Career
Fourteen years in employee relations, a redundancy, a product launch, and a consultancy practice later - here are the seven things I'd go back and tell my earlier self. For every HR practitioner who has ever wondered.
AI in HR
I built HRWise.com.au - an AI powered employee relations triage tool - in three months with no coding background. Here's what I learned about nocode AI tools, what I'd do differently, and what it means for every HR.
ER Law
What two dismissed Fair Work Commission stop bullying applications teach HR teams about the legal threshold for workplace bullying.
ER Law
What Australian small and medium businesses need to know about unfair dismissal risk, the Small Business Fair Dismissal Code, and defensible process.
AI in HR
How Australian leaders can use AI-supported triage to clarify employee relations issues earlier, without replacing professional judgement.
