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Is your workplace Sexual Harassment Policy up-to-date with the NEW sexual harassment laws which came into effect in March 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣3️⃣?

If the answer is “No” or “Not sure” (… or “what new sexual harassment laws?”)- Don’t worry - we are here to help 🛟

Our newly launched template ✳️Sexual Harassment Policy✳️ is now available for purchase and download in our online HR Template Shop.

A quick, easy and immediate solution for busy business owners who want to clearly outline the behavioural expectations that apply to all workers engaged in their business and support compliance with the NEW Respect@Work laws👌🏼

🛒 PURCHASE at
workchapters.co/shop (link in bio)

✅Fixed price.
✅Fully compliant with the new laws.
✅Ready to implement into your business today.
✅Prepared by Lawyers + Tailored by HR Experts.

📩 Share this post with your business owner friends😉

❓Not sure if this document is right for you and your business?

📧 Email the Team at [email protected]

📣HR Template Shop NOW ONLINE📣

💻workchapters.co/shop

We are SO excited to see this service line come to life for our Customers to further the accessibility of employment law and HR solutions for Australian businesses.

So often we hear from businesses who JUST need an up-to-date, legally compliant document for their business (whether it be a Casual Employment Contract or Sexual Harassment Policy). They want something easy to use and quick to implement. They want to know EXACTLY what they are going to pay (… and don’t want to pay law firm rates!)

And the best thing is - If further tailoring/advice is required, our Experts can easily support - Simply book a fixed-fee package on our freelancer Platform 👌🏼

The HR Template Shop will have:

📍Employment Contracts (Casual/Part-Time/Full-Time/Fixed-Term/Max-Term).
📍Independent Contractor Agreements.
📍Policies + Procedures.
📍Guidance Materials.

✅ Fixed Price.
✅ Prepared by Lawyers.
✅ Tailored for businesses by HR Experts.
✅ Ready to use.
✅ Templates provided in Microsoft Word.
✅ Legally compliant with Australian Employment Legislation.

🛒 Find out more at workchapters.co/shop

📜All purchases are subject to our Terms available at https://www.workchapters.co/terms-and-conditions

❓Questions? Reach out to the Team at [email protected]

Last week in pictures📷

🥂💁🏼‍♀️ Another fabulous Event hosted by , focused on “Innovation and Collaboration: Driving SME Success in the Digital Era”, with insightful💡 presentations from Adam Wood (Co-Founder + CEO of Certifiedby) and Courtney Smith (CEO of + )👏🏻

♟️Our Q3 23 Strategy Day at our local fave .carnegie ☕️ We are slowly working our way through the menu (it’s basically our part-time co-working space!) and can HIGHLY recommend the poached chicken salad🤤).

☎️ Fun, long chats with the ATO (jokes aside - they were incredibly helpful!) + our💰FIRST Pay Run on !

📄🛒 Putting the final touches on the HR Template Shop, ready to launch this week! So much thought and effort has gone into bringing this service line to life and it will be such a game-changer for so many small businesses✅

Yvonne + Kirsty 😀

Welcome to our ✨new✨ workchapters Experts🙋🏼‍♀️

workchapters warmly welcomes our new Experts Niti, Kat and Michelle to our online platform and community🌱

✳️ Niti holds over 20 years experience in the legal profession. Coupled with her executive coaching and DEI consulting expertise, Niti brings a wealth of experience and perspective to the way she advises clients on legal and HR matters.

✳️ Kat is an employment and industrial relations lawyer with over 14 years experience. She has advised and acted for Australian and multi-national businesses of all sizes across a broad range of industries including retail, professional services, contracting, construction, tech and IT, aged care and health services, education, religious bodies, banks and financial institutions, manufacturing, advertising and media and more.

✳️ Michelle is a people and culture specialist with over a decade of experience partnering with people leaders and employers to drive employee engagement and business performance. She has expertise in business partnering, cultural change, workforce transition, industrial and employee relations, policy, workplace investigations workforce planning and restructuring.

Follow link in bio ⬆️ to:

✅ Explore their fixed-price HR + Employment Law packages
✅ Connect via online messaging
✅ Book direct + pay online

☎️Sounding Board Calls☎️ For so many of you Business Owners reading this post (hello there🙋🏼‍♀️… still up working perhaps😬), you ARE the HR Team on a daily basis within your business so are most certainly experienced when it comes to all things people👥 But as you know all too well, people matters can be super tricky and the right solution(s) can vary so much on the specific details ℹ️. ➕ Let’s not forget that Australian employment legislation ⚖️ is ever-evolving so sometimes it’s just plain hard to keep up despite your best efforts🤯 After googling 👀 and perhaps even calling 📞generalist hotlines you think you are a fair idea of how to proceed (… or are perhaps even more confused😳), but would love to run it past an Expert who lives and breathes HR/employment relations who can give you specific advice and guidance on next steps to ensure you are in fact on the right path👌🏼 That’s where our bookable Sounding Board Calls can help! You can: ✅Browse our Employment Lawyer + HR Experts ✅Select your preferred Day + Time (whether that be ASAP… or next week) ✅Message + Book Online ✅All Fixed Price + Pay Securely Online 💻Follow Link in bio⬆️ + 📣Share with your fellow Business Owners! . . . #hradvice #peoplestrategy #startup #legaltechstartup #hrtechstartup #techstartup #femalefounders #femalefounded #humanresources #humanresourcesmanagement #ahri #hrhelp #hrconsulting #hrconsultant #hrconsultants #hrconsultancy #legalconsultant #legalconsultancy

What is a HR Health Check🩺?

And why does my Business need one?

A HR “Health Check” is quite simply where a Experts virtually comes into your business to identify the strengths and opportunities in your current people plan…OR where you don’t have one (aka “what on earth is a people plan?”🤯), help guide and direct you on the key considerations you should be thinking about when it comes to your people👌🏼

All for a fixed price + within a set period of time.

Perfect for businesses of all sizes:

💻From start-ups where you are considering/making your first hires (perhaps even without contracts/policies/procedures in place)

👔 Right through to established businesses which could do with someone independent (with the HR expertise and know how) reviewing the effectiveness of the current people strategy.

At the conclusion of the Health Check the business will have a user-friendly, neat snapshot of the “state of health” of all things people so you know where to best invest you time, resources and money, providing:

✅A clearer understanding of potential procedural compliance risks;

✅Defined priorities to achieve greater engagement and higher performance;

✅Tools to help build business strategy and plans that are people-centric; and

✅Clarity on the resources and skills needed to deliver on your plan.

AND… Should you want support to execute on any of the strategy post HR Health Check, we can help with that too – providing the ease of not only continuity of support, but allowing you to only invest your time/money where it’s most needed😉

Explore Larissa’s HR Health Check solution + connect via our Platform – Link in Bio☝🏻

Meet Alina🙋🏼‍♀️
[+ A Little on Co-Founder Life]

We thought it was about time this wonderful human in the middle deserved her own instagram post📷

Alina has played a significant part in our story. Alina kindly introduced us at our local primary school back at the start of 2021 when our kiddies were starting prep and the rest they say is history! Not sure we all appreciated what was to come!

As we all stopped and celebrated our local primary schools Mothers Day lunch🍾last week together it really sunk in how thankful we are for the connection. Timing can play such a huge part in start-up life when it comes to the formation of co-founder relationships (amongst many other things!) and we are so thankful that the ✨stars aligned✨ for us and we have been able to build together🧱

Side note ➡️ For anyone thinking about launching their own start-up and not sure whether to go solo or partner up with a co-founder(s) ➡️ we spoke a little about the topic (and getting started generally) in the WALTA Playbook (to get yourself a free copy ➡️ follow the link in Bio):

“… Not all co-founder relationships are the same. For some, the co-founding relationship has arisen from a long-term close friendship, or between ex-colleagues, so you will know each other well.

Others are a result of strategic networking and the composition of complementary skills towards a joint vision. For these co-founders, there is a ‘getting to know you’ process that must run concurrently with the building of their business.

In any case, co-founders should consider the road ahead from both a personal and relationship standpoint. A strong team foundation is key to the success of your start up…”

Yvonne + Kirsty

Meet our Experts🙋🏼‍♀️

We couldn’t be prouder of our fabulous, growing Team of freelance HR Professionals and Employment Lawyers👏🏻 Not only do they hold deep experience in all things people, they are just all-round lovely individuals!

👩‍💻Interested in becoming a workchapters Expert?

☎️ Need some people support for your business?

➡️ Follow Links in Bio to find out more or visit workchapters.co.

📧 [email protected]

⭐️Let’s talk Trust and Safety⭐️

Business owner 💬 | “Is it “safe” to engage a Kirsty Mastores] HR + Employment Lawyer Expert online? Will I be speaking to a robot🤖? I really need a personal approach for my business when it comes to our people matters.”

Kirsty Mastores] 💬 | “Absolutely! And let us tell you why…” ⬇️

Human First is one of our core values. We strongly believe technology should 🔋power our business but not fully replace the🧍‍♀️human connection required to ensure we meet the needs of our customers day-to-day, with sensitivity to the relevant emotional impact.
 
Technology enables our business, providing the ease of access via our tech platform to Australian Business Customers (yep, you can do it all from your laptop!), plus the ability to pay securely online (so you know exactly what you are going to pay).
 
BUT we are 100% “people powered” by experienced, freelance Australian HR Professionals and Employment Lawyers, ready to partner with your business in a way that suits you best 👍

All fixed-price packages have been created by our Experts for Australian Business based on common HR/Employment Law needs ➡️ From quick ☎️ advisory calls (bookable online + same day), to 📃employment contracts and policies, to performance management and ❌terminations. 

You simply choose the Expert/ package that best fits your needs/budget + you can connect direct to ask questions about the scope of a package or perhaps discuss a customised solution for your specific business. All inclusions and exclusions are noted so you can trust that you will know the full scope of the services you will receive. 

Ensuring our Customers feel confident to partner with workchapters for their important people needs is central to everything we do in pursuit of our mission to be THE go-to platform for Australian HR+ Employment Law needs👌🏼

➡️ Follow Link in Bio to find out more.

📧 [email protected]

Ease of access to HR + Employment Law expert advice is at the core of why we created workchapters for Australian businesses✅

Our online platform allows you to browse packaged listings by our freelance HR + Employment Law Experts and message/book direct + pay online ✅

And when you just don’t know what you need or want a Customised Solution? Don’t worry - we have a Concierge Team that can help👌🏼

➡️ Follow Link in Bio.

📧 [email protected]

Download + Save for 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣3️⃣👍

🎄Reducing Risk at Your Work Christmas Party // Free Guide + Template Email To Your Team🎄

Your 2022 Christmas/Holiday/End-of-Year Party may be done and dusted, but while the topic is front of mind for all you Business Owners, People Leaders + HR reading this, prepare for 2023 in 3 easy steps:

1️⃣ Email [email protected] to grab a copy of our Free Guide.

2️⃣ Create a calendar invite reminder for yourself (say in October 2023 or to reflect when party planning typically starts) and add the Guide as an attachment.

3️⃣ Read our Top 5️⃣ Tips for minimising risk at your Work Christmas Party ahead of commencing your party planning and prep your Draft Email (based off the Template included) to send to your Team.

Your 2023 self will thank you 😉

Last Team Meeting for 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣2️⃣!

Dressing on brand as always💕

The start-up journey can be a lonely one sometimes, even with a Co-Founder(s) by your side.

Whether you are in the ideation stage of your business or you are further down the line and have already launched, having a supportive community around you, ready to champion you and your business is SO important💪🏽

We are excited to have joined the community, a fabulous bunch of “wildly ambitious” women and non-binary people across Australia and globally👌🏼

weareoneroof.com

Thanks 🔎 and Karen Finch for the shoutout!

✨Our vision is crystal clear✨

We endeavour to make employment law and HR solutions “accessible to all [Australian] businesses, not just large corporates with in-house legal and HR teams”.

Want to be the FIRST to hear about ⏰EARLY ACCESS⏰to our Platform?

Subscribe at workchapters.co⌨️
       

Law Institute Journal Feature | Innovation: Women take the lead in legal tech 👩‍💻

Thank you Karin Derkley and for the opportunity to share more on what we are building here at 🧱

Featured alongside:

• Jessica Nashed |
• Kathy Constan |
• Erin Kanygin |

Link in Bio👆

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Ok… so this is kind of a big deal🤩

On Monday we kicked off the onboarding process of our Foundation Team of workchapters Experts onto the Platform😱

This is a 💥massive milestone💥 for our start-up (and we may or may not have done a “happy dance” 💃🏼💃🏼when these alerts came through to our inbox!).

The onboarding of our initial team of Employment Law and HR Experts is the step before our go-live. Yes, THE step! Over the coming weeks our Experts will be busy ✔️setting up their profiles, ✔️building out their packaged, fixed price employment law/HR services, and✔️asking a lot of questions.

It’s funny how a little email notification can mean so much💛

We have quite a few new followers on here, so we thought we would say hi and quickly introduce ourselves🙋🏼‍♀️

We are Yvonne + Kirsty, the Co-Founders of workchapters. We are both qualified Australian lawyers and collectively hold over 35 years of legal and HR/people experience, having worked across the European, Asia and Australian markets.

• What is workchapters?

workchapters is a new hybrid legal/HR tech start-up (founded in Melbourne, Australia) focused on tech-enabled and people-powered employment law and HR solutions for Australian businesses.

• Why workchapters?

workchapters was born out of a collective vision to make employment law and HR/people solutions truly accessible to businesses, all on the one easy-to-use Platform. Traditionally employment law and HR have been seen as two separate disciplines, but the neat marriage between the two is crystal clear when looking at a holistic service offering for business customers.

• How will it work?

Customers will be able to access our Platform and search a range of fixed price self-service solutions which suit a wide range of people matters businesses routinely face in Australia. Customers will be able to self-select the service line that best fits their business needs and their own individual employment law/HR capabilities and understanding. It’s that easy! Oh and did we mention you can pay through the Platform too?!

• When are you launching?

Winter 2022.

📍Have an urgent “HR” issue and advice… now?
📍Need some specialist employment law advice?
📍Have a people issue requiring both HR and employment law advice?
📍….Not sure what solution you need🤯?

workchapters have it sorted for you and your business👏🏻

Subscribe for launch date updates via our website or email the team at [email protected] if you want to find out more about how we can support you and your business through your workchapters.

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New Blog Post ✍️| Freelancing ‘Trailblazers’ | Rethinking HR/Legal Consulting + Resourcing

Co-Founder Kirsty shares a few thoughts on the world of HR + Legal Consulting/Freelancing.

A nice, quick read 🤓 for:

• businesses looking for a HR/Legal resource(s) in the future and

• for the amazing talent already working in this space (…or for those considering taking the leap - do it!)👏🏻

Link in Bio👆

City Coffee Dates☕️

Coffee dates in the Melbourne CBD, what a treat! And even more special as it was with one of our workchapters Experts who was visiting from her base on the south-east coast of NSW, along with her family.

I loved the whole experience💛

• Travelling in on the train (and arriving at Flinders Street Station without THAT sinking feeling that I was heading into an office to “work”!).

• Sitting at a cute Melbourne café ( is gorgeous – if you are in Melb go check them out) and people watching (so nice to see some hustle and bustle on the streets finally too).

• And it was work… but it certainly didn’t feel like it! I think the saying goes “Do what you love, and you’ll never work another day in your life”.

I love that we are creating a marketplace, a real community, of like-minded Employment Lawyers and HR/People Professional who will be able to “work” from anywhere, on their terms and timeline👌🏼

Are you even a start-up if you don’t have a tee with your logo on it?! 😂

Loving our new merch💕

New Blog Post | Things I have learnt by building workchapters🧱

Co-Founder Yvonne gives a nice little insight into what the last year has been like for us behind the scenes - A really great read if you are at a slightly earlier stage than we are at in the start-up world!

Read the post here👇🏻

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/yvonne-schmaedeke_activity-6912169676710039552-33W1?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=ios_app

Yvonne Schmaedeke on LinkedIn: Things I have learnt by building workchapters Things I have learnt by building workchapters...

workchapters 2021 Christmas Party🥂

As a new legal + HR tech startup trying to launch service lines…in a global pandemic…over the holiday season…it hardly makes sense to actually stop and step away from the never-ending to-do lists and meetings to celebrate (plus - who needs yet another event in our diaries at this stage?!).

BUT

Last week we did just that - We closed our laptops for a couple of hours, put our phones on silent and enjoyed a gorgeous lunch (while all our kids were at school, most likely covered in glitter and on a gingerbread sugar-high), celebrating how far we have come this year along with our amazing partners🥂

Our Christmas party may have been small this year, but boy are we excited to see the size of our party this time next year - Bring on 2022!

Kirsty + Yvonne

📸 Our Co-Founders Yvonne Schmaedeke (L) and Kirsty Mastores (R).

[email protected]