Workplace Partners

Workplace Partners delivers Generalist HR Consulting for small and medium businesses across Australia, combining unlimited advisory support with Fair Work and work health and safety guidance.

• Established in 2010, the firm has grown to support more than 500 business owners across industries including food, horticulture, health, transport, manufacturing, defence, mining, retail, hospitality and real estate.
• The Employer Advisory Service gives clients unlimited telephone and email access to a dedicated team of 2 to 3 workplace relations advisors who build ongoing knowledge of each business.
• Services span Fair Work compliance audits, employee handbook and employment contract reviews, wages checks against modern awards, and workforce planning, performance management and attraction and retention advice.
• Clients also get an online library of over 100 customisable HR and safety document templates maintained by a legally qualified industrial relations specialist.

Best for: small to medium Australian businesses wanting an ongoing HR and industrial relations advisory partner rather than a one-off consulting engagement.

Workplace Partners also provides Company Fair Work Commission Representation, defending Australian employers when workplace claims arise.

• Represents businesses in unfair dismissal, underpayment, general protections (adverse action), Fair Work investigation and discrimination and bullying matters.
• HR Protect subscribers receive this representation at no additional cost, up to but not including arbitration, provided by qualified and experienced workplace relations specialists.
• Representation is paired with prior guidance through the claims process, drawing on the same team that handles the business’s day to day HR and industrial relations advice.

Best for: employers who need experienced representation and guidance immediately after being served with a Fair Work claim.