Australian HR & Employment Law

HR for humans,
not headaches.*

Australian employment law and HR templates for small business owners. Because there's enough to do without decoding the Fair Work Act at 11pm.

New Release

Australian Small Business
HR Starter Kit

  • Employment contracts (3 types)
  • Onboarding checklist — Fair Work compliant
  • Performance management templates
  • NES obligations in plain English
  • Termination checklist
Launch pricing
$97 AUD $147
Coming soon

Employment law shouldn't require a law degree.

Australian employment law is genuinely complicated. It changes constantly, it varies by industry, and the official guidance reads like it was written for people who enjoy reading legislation.

It wasn't written for small business owners doing five jobs at once. Executive Dysfunction is.

Plain English guides, ready-to-use templates, and straight answers to the questions you're actually asking.

You just hired your first employee

Congratulations. You now need a contract, an onboarding checklist, and a working knowledge of the Fair Work Act. No one warned you about this part.

You're a few years in, winging it

Things are mostly fine. Probably. You've got a nagging feeling you're not quite across it all. You're not wrong.

Something's gone sideways

A complaint, a performance issue, someone leaving messily. You need to know your obligations and you need to know them now.

Three things we talk about.*

01

Plain English IR/ER

The Fair Work Act, awards, the NES, underpayments, termination — translated into language a normal person can understand and act on.

IR / ER
02

Small Business HR Survival

Hiring, onboarding, performance management, difficult conversations. Practical frameworks for when you're the HR department, the manager, and also making the coffee.

HR Survival
03

Neurodivergent at Work

ADHD, autism, and the workplace. Rights, adjustments, and honest conversations for employees and employers who want to do this properly.

Neurodivergent

Everything you need to stop guessing.

The HR Starter Kit is a digital download built specifically for Australian small businesses. Compliance fundamentals, in plain English, with templates you can actually use.

  • Employment contract templates (full-time, part-time, casual)
  • Onboarding checklist — Fair Work compliant
  • Performance management templates
  • NES obligations explained plainly
  • Award & pay rate guide for common industries
  • Termination checklist
  • Free updates when legislation changes
Coming soon
Digital Download
HR Starter Kit
Australian Small Business Edition — 2025
  • Employment Contracts (3 types)
  • Onboarding Checklist
  • Performance Management Pack
  • NES Plain English Guide
  • Award Rate Reference Guide
  • Termination Checklist
$97 AUD
Coming soon

Recent reads

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IR / ER

What the NES actually requires you to do (and what's just good practice)

Spoiler: some of what you're doing isn't legally required. Some of what you're not doing is.

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HR Survival

How to have a performance conversation without making everything worse

Most people avoid it until it's a bigger problem. Here's how to have the conversation before it gets to that point.

Read more →
Neurodivergent

Reasonable adjustments: what you're actually required to do for ADHD in the workplace

Less prescriptive than you'd think. More important than most employers realise.

Read more →

Got a question?*

Whether you've hit a snag with your download, want to know if the kit covers your situation, or just want to say hi — we're here. We read everything.

Not sure what you need? Just send a message and we'll figure it out.

sendhelp@executivedysfunction.com.au