Online Compliance Training Courses for Australian & NZ Workplaces
Sentrient gives you a library of legally endorsed online compliance courses. Each one takes about 15 to 20 minutes, stays current with state and territory legislation, and can be delivered through Sentrient, your own LMS or your HRIS. Book a free demo to see how it fits your organisation.
What is workplace compliance training?
Australia and New Zealand
Workplace compliance training is short, structured learning that helps employees, contractors and volunteers understand their legal and behavioural obligations at work, and what to do when something goes wrong. It usually covers areas such as work health and safety, privacy, bullying, sexual harassment, equal employment opportunity and the appropriate use of the internet and social media.
In Australia, some training is effectively mandatory. Employers have a positive duty under the Respect at Work reforms and a primary duty of care under work health and safety law to take reasonable steps to prevent harm. Delivering regular, documented training to new starters and existing staff is one of the clearest ways to meet that duty and to show you have done so.
Why is workplace compliance training important?
Workplace compliance is becoming increasingly complex, especially around the physical and psychological safety of workers. National research by the Australian Human Rights Commission has found that bullying, harassment and discrimination remain serious problems in Australian workplaces.
Yet many organisations still have no reliable, repeatable way to train their people and record that they have done so. The costs include absenteeism, staff turnover, lost productivity, disengagement, and poor mental health. The absence of appropriate training also carries legal risk: failing to train new starters and existing staff can lead to significant claims, investigations and reputational damage.
Compliance training people will actually finish
Compliance training has a reputation for being long, dull and quickly forgotten, which is why completion rates suffer. Sentrient courses are short and written in plain English, so the message lands and the training gets done. Used alongside your workplace policies, they help you take reasonable steps towards a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace.
Sentrient’s legally endorsed eLearning courses are used by HR practitioners and senior executives across hundreds of organisations in Australia and New Zealand. They suit organisations of every size and sector, including healthcare and aged care, NDIS and disability services, education, professional services, financial services, retail, manufacturing, not-for-profits and government, and every role from frontline staff to executives and boards.
Every Sentrient course is legally endorsed and kept up to date with current legislation across all Australian states and territories, as well as in New Zealand. Each course takes about 15-20 minutes and is suitable for employees, contractors, and volunteers across any industry.
Work Health and Safety
Help everyone play their part in a safe workplace. This course explains the duties set out in work health and safety law, how to spot hazards and risks, and how to report and respond to incidents before they escalate.
Privacy
Personal information is easy to mishandle and costly to get wrong. This course covers what information an employer can collect, how it should be stored and accessed, and the obligations every employee has when handling other people’s information, including the link between privacy and social media.
Workplace Bullying
Bullying damages people and teams long before it reaches a formal complaint. This course helps staff recognise bullying, understand its impact, and follow the right steps to report and resolve it, so issues are dealt with early and fairly.
Sexual Harassment
Under the positive duty, prevention is now an employer obligation, not just a response. This course helps staff identify sexual harassment, understand its effects on people and culture, and use the appropriate reporting and resolution processes.
Equal Employment Opportunity
A fair workplace is a legal expectation and a cultural advantage. This course explains what equal employment opportunity means in practice, how to identify unlawful conduct, and how to support a culture that values diversity and treats people fairly.
Internet and Social Media
What staff post online can reach back into the workplace. This course sets out the appropriate use of the internet and social media at work and outside, and how to identify, report and resolve inappropriate behaviour online.
Cyber Security
Most breaches start with a person, not a system. This course gives employees, contractors and volunteers practical ways to work safely online and to recognise and report phishing, social engineering and other cyber threats. It supports the awareness training many cyber insurance policies now require.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Inclusion is built into everyday decisions. This course helps people recognise unconscious bias and micro-inequities, understand their impact, and take personal responsibility for a workplace that is inclusive and respectful.
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Why organisations choose Sentrient
Organisations choose Sentrient because its training and compliance solutions are developed in collaboration with leading employment law firms. The courses are created with Mills Oakley in Australia and Simpson Grierson in New Zealand, ensuring that the content remains legally accurate and is regularly updated as employment laws evolve.
Sentrient’s courses are designed with completion in mind. Using plain English and a concise format of approximately 15 to 20 minutes, the training is engaging, practical, and easy for employees to finish, helping organisations achieve genuine compliance rather than simply ticking a box.
The platform offers flexible delivery, allowing organisations to run courses directly through Sentrient or seamlessly integrate them into their existing Learning Management System (LMS) or Human Resources Information System (HRIS). Trusted by more than 1,000 organisations across Australia and New Zealand, Sentrient provides comprehensive solutions for compliance, governance, risk management, and human resources. Organisations can also explore real-world success stories and outcomes through Sentrient’s case studies.
Pricing
Sentrient compliance training is priced per user, with plans that scale from small teams to large organisations. Pricing depends on your size and the courses you need. Book a free demo for a quote tailored to your organisation.
