For Australian employers
Meet your AI HR team
Four AI specialists — a recruiter, an HR manager, an HRIS lead and a compliance officer — grounded in real Australian workplace law and your award rates. The capability of an HR department, for a fraction of one HR hire.
FairWork Mate is an independent commercial service — not affiliated with the Fair Work Ombudsman or the Fair Work Commission. General information only, not legal advice.
Four specialists, one team
Each one owns a part of the employer lifecycle — and they hand off to each other so nothing falls through the gap.
Scout
Recruiter
Fills the seat — sourced, benchmarked and advertised, without the agency fee.
- Benchmarks the pay off the real award minimum, not a guess, so the offer is legal and competitive
- Writes tailored Seek, Indeed and LinkedIn ads that match how candidates actually search
- Builds the position description and selection criteria from the role you describe
- Runs the hiring process — screening questions, interview guides and a defensible shortlist
Pulse
HR Manager
The people side — performance, conduct and the hard conversations, done by a fair process.
- Drafts performance improvement plans (PIPs), warning letters and meeting scripts
- Walks you through grievances, misconduct and difficult conversations step by step
- Writes and updates policies — code of conduct, leave, flexible work, workplace behaviour
- Keeps every action on a fair, defensible process so a decision holds up if it's challenged
Sync
HR Information Systems
The engine room — the HR tech, payroll and people data that make the rest run.
- Builds HRIS and payroll selection scorecards to compare platforms against your needs
- Gets you STP Phase 2 and Payday Super ready before the deadlines bite
- Audits your award configuration so the rates and rules in payroll are actually right
- Sets up record-keeping and people data that meets Fair Work retention obligations
Sentinel
Compliance Officer
The safety net — award coverage, entitlements and wage-theft risk, checked against real decisions.
- Confirms award coverage and classification so people are on the right rate and level
- Runs pay and entitlement compliance audits with a checklist you can act on
- Flags wage-theft and Payday Super exposure before it becomes a claim
- Grounds every answer in real Fair Work Commission and Federal Court decisions
How it works
Pick a specialist in the chat, ask in plain English, and they answer grounded in real Fair Work decisions and your award rates — then produce the actual document.
Pick a specialist
Choose Scout, Pulse, Sync or Sentinel in the chat, depending on whether you're hiring, managing people, choosing systems or checking compliance.
Ask in plain English
Describe the situation the way you'd tell a colleague. They answer grounded in real Fair Work decisions and your award rates — no legal jargon required.
Get the document
You don't just get advice — you get the actual PIP, warning letter, job ad, scorecard or audit checklist, ready to brand and use.
They work as a team. Scout hires someone, Sync gets them into payroll on the right award classification, Sentinel checks the rate is compliant, and Pulse manages them from there. Ask one specialist and they hand off to another when the question crosses into someone else’s patch.
A whole HR function, for less than a day of consulting
The traditional way to get this work done is expensive and slow. The AI HR team is included in one monthly subscription.
A recruiter
A percentage of salary
Agencies typically charge a share of the first-year salary per placement. Scout benchmarks, writes the ads and runs the shortlist for the cost of your subscription.
An HR consultant
Billed by the hour
A PIP, a policy rewrite or a grievance process is hours on the clock. Pulse drafts them in minutes, on a defensible process, whenever you need them.
Your AI HR team
Included in Business, $499/mo
All four specialists, the AI advisor, award pay rates and branded exports in one subscription. Pro subscribers can try the team with two questions a month before upgrading.
Get the whole team
The full AI HR team comes with FairWork Mate for Business, Premium and Enterprise. On Pro, you get a teaser — two questions a month to try the team before you upgrade. See the pricing page for current plans and inclusions.
Frequently asked questions
What can the AI HR team do?+
Four AI specialists cover the full employer lifecycle. Scout handles recruitment — job descriptions, pay benchmarking off the real award minimum, and Seek, Indeed and LinkedIn ads. Pulse handles the people side — performance improvement plans, warning letters, grievances, policies and difficult conversations. Sync handles HR systems — HRIS and payroll selection, STP Phase 2 and Payday Super readiness, and award-config auditing. Sentinel handles compliance — award coverage, classification, pay and entitlement audits, and wage-theft risk. You pick the specialist in the chat, ask in plain English, and they answer and produce the actual document.
Is this legal advice?+
No. The AI HR team provides general information and drafting support only — not legal, financial or industrial-relations advice. FairWork Mate is an independent commercial service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with the Fair Work Ombudsman, the Fair Work Commission, or any Australian Government agency. For advice specific to your situation, contact the Fair Work Ombudsman on 13 13 94 or a qualified workplace lawyer before you act.
How much does it cost?+
The full AI HR team is included in FairWork Mate for Business, from $499/mo, alongside the AI advisor, award pay rates and branded document exports. Premium and Enterprise plans add more seats and higher usage. Pro subscribers can try the team with two questions a month before upgrading. See the pricing page for current plans and inclusions.
Can employees use it too?+
The AI HR team is built for employers — the people making hiring, performance and compliance decisions. Employees and workers are better served by the free FairWork Mate advisor and calculators, which answer workplace-rights questions from the worker's side. The employer team is framed and grounded for the employer's obligations.
How are the answers kept accurate?+
Every specialist is grounded in current Australian workplace law — the Fair Work Act, the National Employment Standards, Modern Award pay rates and real Fair Work Commission and Federal Court decisions, refreshed regularly. Instead of a generic answer, you get one anchored to your award rates and the relevant precedent, plus the document to go with it. Always verify the output against your specific award, agreement or contract before relying on it.
FairWork Mate is an independent commercial service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with the Fair Work Ombudsman, the Fair Work Commission, or any Australian Government agency. Content is general information and estimates only — not legal, financial, or tax advice. Always verify with the Fair Work Ombudsman (13 13 94) or a qualified professional.