Compliance, GRC & HR Blog

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 […]

Quick Answer An enterprise asset management system (EAM) manages assets across their full lifecycle, from planning and procurement through maintenance, compliance and disposal. A CMMS does one thing well: it manages maintenance (work orders, schedules and repair history). The difference matters most in Australia, where WHS law requires documented inspections, plant registration and retrievable records […]

Quick Overview Drug and alcohol awareness training is a work health and safety obligation, not a wellness extra. Under the Work Health and Safety Act, every employer (a PCBU) has a duty to manage the foreseeable risk of impairment so far as is reasonably practicable, and that applies to every workplace, not just those with […]

Quick Answer: GRC stands for governance, risk, and compliance. Governance decides who is accountable and how decisions are made. Risk management identifies and controls what could go wrong. Compliance meets legal and regulatory obligations and keeps the evidence. Run together, they stop each pillar failing the other two. What is GRC? Governance, risk and compliance […]