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FairWorkMate
Now liveFairWork Mate AI · May 2026

The HR brain Australian SMEs subscribe to, not hire.

Grounded on 1,610 live Fair Work Commission and Federal Court decisions plus 13,973 Australian enterprise agreements, refreshed daily. Cited answers in 10 seconds. From $499/mo, cancel anytime.

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FairWork Mate AI — Business

Answer Fair Work and payroll questions using Australian-specific AI grounded on current awards, NES, FWC decisions, and Federal Court case law. Every answer cites the precedent.

  • Up to 3 seats (1 admin + 2 team members) — invite by email
  • 300 AI questions/month shared across your team
  • Business-context grounding — upload 1 HR / contract / policy doc; AI cites it on every relevant answer
  • Branded PDF exports — your logo + accent on letters, claim PDFs, calculator results
  • Live FWC + Federal Court case-law citations on every answer
  • Document upload (5 chat docs/mo/member) — contracts, payslips, warnings
  • Employer-framed responses (separate from consumer prompts)
  • Microsoft SSO ** (available on request — email hello@)
  • Australian data residency · cancel anytime

** Microsoft SSO available on request — email hello@ and we'll set up Entra integration.

A$249.50 first month

Then A$499/mo. 50% launch discount auto-applied. Cancel anytime.

Or try it free — 1 free question, no card.

API · $99/mo basic, $999/mo full

Basic ($99/mo): pay rates, minimum wage, penalty + casual loading for all 122 Modern Awards. Up to 10,000 calls/month.

Full ($999/mo): everything in Basic plus the FWC + Federal Court case corpus, Modern Award amendment history (back to 2010), and Federal Register. Up to 100,000 calls/month. For payroll vendors, HRIS, legal-tech.

See API pricing →

Custom HR Tools · quoted

White-label calculators, embedded tools, bulk underpayment audits, or a bespoke HR workflow built to your process. Pilot-first.

Tell us what you need →

Watch the HR brain answer a real question

Same question a HR manager would field on a Tuesday morning. Same answer — cited, drafted, delivered in ten seconds.

1

You ask

“Can I refuse a flexible work request from a parent with a 3-year-old?”

from the HR inbox · 9:14am

2

Brain retrieves...

  • Fair Work Act s.65
  • Chandler v Westpac [2025] FWC 3115
  • Quirke v BSR [2023] FWC 2357
  • Secure Jobs 2023 amendments
3

You get the answer

Probably not. Under s.65 (post-Chandler), generic productivity grounds fail the test. Draft response ready →

Cited · 10 seconds

Animation loops. Every answer includes source links to the underlying decision.

The cost of being compliant, two ways

25-staff Australian SMB, 2026 midpoint figures.

Traditional HR stack

  • Full-time HR Manager (fully loaded)$150,000/yr
  • Employment lawyer retainer$6,000/yr
  • HRIS / HR software$4,200/yr
  • Modern Award subscription$1,200/yr
  • Total~$161,400/yr

FairWork Mate stack

  • FairWork Mate AI$5,988/yr
  • Ad-hoc lawyer (3–6 hrs/yr)$2,500/yr
  • Payroll software (existing)$1,800/yr
  • Modern Awards (included)$0
  • Total~$10,288/yr

~$151,000 saved. Better answers, faster, cited.

Full breakdown: HR manager cost in Australia · The AI stack replacing $150K HR teams

Ready to talk?

Tell us your team size, the compliance problem, and whether you want to sign up, integrate, or build something custom. Real human reply within 24 hours. Pay monthly, no lock-in contracts, cancel any time. 2-week sandbox pilot on every integration before you commit.

hello@fairworkmate.com.au
Looking for a plan for a single payroll team? Email us and we’ll tailor it.

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