Hard numbers on the Australian workplace, on demand.
Atlas is an AI data analyst grounded in FairWork Mate's proprietary Workplace Data Index — pay, casualisation, insolvency risk, enforcement penalties and skills shortages, drawn from FWO, ASIC, ABS and Jobs & Skills Australia. Ask in plain English; every answer is cited to source.
Numbers no generic AI has
A few of the figures Atlas draws on — each computed by FairWork Mate across Australian government datasets, and updated as they refresh.
Ask Atlas anything about the Australian workplace
Tap a question to start — Atlas answers with the live figure and its source.
“What's Australia's casual employment rate?”
20.3% nationally — about 1 in 5 workers with no paid leave. It's highest in South Australia (24.1%) and lowest in the ACT (15.5%).
ABS Working Arrangements, via FairWork Mate Workplace Data Index
“How risky is the business climate for employers right now?”
The Employer Distress Index sits at 47/100. Company insolvencies are running at ~1,104 a month, -15.6% year-on-year, with 1,938 directors currently banned.
ASIC + FairWork Mate, via FairWork Mate Workplace Data Index
“What's the typical penalty for underpaying staff?”
The median underpayment penalty is $119,200, and the average back-pay recovered per worker is $3,404. 80.2% of enforcement is against corporate entities.
Fair Work Ombudsman, via FairWork Mate Workplace Data Index
“Which occupations are short-staffed in Australia?”
293 occupations are in national shortage — 28.7% of all occupations assessed — against 211,240 online job vacancies.
Jobs & Skills Australia, via FairWork Mate Workplace Data Index
Illustrative answers using current figures. Population-level statistics and general information, not legal or financial advice.
Why Atlas is different
Proprietary data
Figures computed by FairWork Mate across five government datasets — cross-cut in ways no public dashboard does, including our own Employer Distress Index.
Cited to source
Every number names the underlying dataset (FWO, ASIC, ABS, JSA, FEG). No black-box guesses — you can check it.
Benchmarks & trends
Atlas turns a question into a comparison: this state vs that, this year vs last, your industry vs the national average — and tells you the direction of travel.
Put Australia's richest workplace dataset to work
Atlas is included on business plans from $99/mo — and a free account gets you a cited data answer from the AI advisor to see it in action.
Questions about Atlas
What is Atlas?
Atlas is an AI workplace data analyst — one of FairWork Mate's AI team. Ask it a question in plain English and it answers with hard Australian workplace numbers, every figure cited to its source.
Where does Atlas get its data?
From FairWork Mate's proprietary Workplace Data Index — figures computed across Fair Work Ombudsman enforcement records, ASIC insolvency and director-ban data, ABS working-arrangements data, Jobs & Skills Australia shortage data, and the Fair Entitlements Guarantee scheme. All traceable to primary government sources and refreshed as they update.
How is Atlas different from a general AI chatbot?
A general model guesses from stale training data and can't cite a source. Atlas answers from a live, curated Australian dataset and names the figure and where it comes from — numbers a generic model simply doesn't have.
How do I get access to Atlas?
Atlas is part of the FairWork Mate AI team, included on business plans from $99/mo alongside the recruiter, HR manager, HRIS and compliance agents. Pro subscribers can try the team with two questions a month, and a free account includes a free question with the general AI advisor — which draws on the same Workplace Data Index for data questions.
Can I license the underlying data?
Yes. The Workplace Data Index is available for data partnerships, exports and API access. Enquire via the insights hub.
FairWork Mate is an independent commercial service — not affiliated with the Fair Work Ombudsman, Fair Work Commission or any government agency. Figures are general information, not legal or financial advice.