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Pay, awards, leave, redundancy, dismissal and compliance — clear answers for employees and employers, grounded in live Australian case law. Ask the AI advisor or run a free calculator.
Grounded in 2,451+ Fair Work decisions, 13,973+ enterprise agreements & 25+ live datasets — FWC, Federal Court, FWO, ABS & ASIC · updated daily · Australian owned.
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FairWork Mate Insights · Data Index
29 live indicators — enforcement, insolvency, pay, casualisation and skills demand — computed across government datasets and updated continuously. Figures no generic tool has.
Ask anything about your workplace. Grounded in 2,451 decisions, 13,973 enterprise agreements + live pay, insolvency & skills data.
See your take-home pay after tax, Medicare and HECS in seconds.
Check your employer is paying the right 12%.
Compare against 428 occupations using ATO & ABS data.
Disability & home care
All levels & penalties
Base & casual rates
Admin & office award
By classification
NES weeks by service
Allied health rates
By classification
Being short-changed?
Tax on your bonus
2026 award increases
After tax, Medicare & HECS
Convert annual salary to hourly
Rates & income limits
FTB A & B estimate
Junior minimum wage
Guards & crowd control
Salon award rates
FairWork Mate now covers work health & safety across Australia: incidents, hazards, psychosocial, workers comp and more.
Is it notifiable? Who to call, how fast
High-risk construction work check
Score risks & build a register
Step-by-step claim guide by state
Maximums by state & territory
When you can lawfully cease work
A HR brain grounded on live FWC + Federal Court decisions. Answers in 10 seconds with citations. From $499/mo — pay monthly, no lock-in. Pay Rate API from $99/mo.
Free tools surface the issue. Our partners help you solve it.
Authorised Employment Hero Partner
Australian HR, payroll, rostering and award interpretation in one platform. Used by 300,000+ businesses. Fixes the underlying payroll/compliance issues our calculators surface.
Best for: SMEs that have outgrown spreadsheet payroll or want automated award interpretation.
See Employment HeroHR support partner
Senior, hands-on HR support for your toughest workforce challenges — performance and conduct, grievances and mediation, redundancy and change. Liquid HR picks up where the technology ends.
Best for: employers and individuals who need a human HR professional to guide a workplace situation, not just a calculator.
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Microsoft 365, Copilot rollouts, Essential Eight, Privacy Act 2026 and board-level cyber compliance for Australian SMBs. Where pay and HR end, your data and IT obligations begin.
Best for: SMBs running on Microsoft 365, anyone hitting cyber/privacy compliance, boards wanting an outside read on IT risk.
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