Compliance, GRC & HR Blog

Quick Answer For Australian mid-sized companies (50 to 500 employees), the best HR web portal solutions in 2026 are Sentrient (4.7, best for compliance evidence), ELMO Software (4.5), HiBob (4.6), BambooHR (4.6, polished core HR) and Rippling (4.9). Entry pricing runs from about US$1.50 per employee a month (Zoho People) to about A$10 (Employment Hero, […]

Quick Answer The best workforce management software for remote teams in Australia for 2026 is Sentrient (4.7, Australian, evidences policy, training and incidents across locations), Employment Hero (4.4, HR and AU payroll with mobile self-service), Deel (4.9) and Remote (4.4) for international hiring, and Rippling (4.9) when devices and access are the problem. Two things […]

Quick Answer “Online survey software” describes three different products. For compliance and evidence surveys (WHS, wellbeing), Sentrient (4.7, Australian-hosted) leads, with Swift Digital and SurveyManager (IRAP) alongside. For employee engagement, ELMO Survey (4.5). For research and customer experience, Qualtrics (4.6), SurveyMonkey (4.6) and SurveyPlanet (4.7). The thing most lists leave out: under section 16C of […]

Quick Answer A performance review is a structured conversation about how someone is doing at work, what needs to change, and what support they will get. In Australia the record of that conversation matters legally, because if performance ever leads to dismissal, the Fair Work Commission will ask whether the person was warned and given […]

Quick Answer: The best workplace bullying and harassment training providers in Australia for 2026 are Sentrient (Australian, online, legally endorsed, records built in), Safetrac (Australian, legally reviewed online courses), iHR Australia (facilitated, actor-based scenarios) and SmartCulture (psychological safety focus). The thing most lists miss: since the positive duty became enforceable on 12 December 2023, employers […]

Quick Answer: The best applicant tracking systems in Australia for 2026 are Sentrient (4.7, decision trail alongside the employee record), JobAdder (4.4, Sydney-built, the agency and talent-team favourite), Employment Hero (4.4, hiring inside HR and payroll), PageUp (Melbourne-founded enterprise ATS) and BambooHR (4.6, clean ATS inside clean HR). What most lists miss: refusing to employ […]

Quick Answer HR management software helps you attract the best talent by making your hiring process faster and simpler, improving the candidate experience, and strengthening your employer brand. It shortens and simplifies applications (which cuts the roughly 60% of candidates who abandon long forms), keeps applicants informed, and connects hiring to onboarding, learning and performance […]

Quick Answer Yes. Policy management is critical to governance, risk and compliance because policies are the connective tissue between all three. Governance sets the direction, risk identifies what could go wrong, and compliance proves you met your obligations, but it is policies, and the records that people have read and understood them, that turn those […]

Quick Answer Employee training software is an application, usually part of an HRMS or a learning management system (LMS), that lets you deliver, track and evidence staff training online. It makes training less painful by automating enrolment, reminders and renewals, breaking long courses into bite-sized microlearning, working on any device, and tracking completion without spreadsheets. […]

Quick Answer The best HR tech tools for small business in Australia pair easy hiring with accurate, compliant pay. For an all-in-one HR and compliance platform, Sentrient is a strong Australian-built choice; for HR with native payroll, Employment Hero leads; for shift-based rostering, Deputy; and for payroll inside your accounting, Xero or MYOB. The right […]