~12 hours
back per month
From admin work HQ.ai handles for you.
For Australian businesses under 250 staff
HR and hiring are complicated. With HQ.ai, they don't have to be.
AI for the everyday HR and hiring questions, grounded in the Fair Work Act and your award - and a real advisor when you need one. From $89/month. Cancel any time.
No card. Three minutes to first document.
HQ PeopleLive
Can I let someone go during probation?
Yes, with notice under the NES - usually one week if they have been with you under a year. Check your Award for anything extra.
Cited: s 117 Fair Work Act 2009
HQ Recruit
Candidate
Sarah K.
4.2 / 5
Strong yesExperience88
Communication82
Role fit74
Trusted by Australian SMEs from Penrith to Perth
- Pubs
- Trades
- Retail
- Allied health
- Professional services
What HQ.ai buys you back
$8,400
kept off the legal bill
Average a year vs paying a retainer for the same advice.
33+
decisions made faster
From offer letters to terminations to award checks.
Estimates based on internal modelling against typical AU SMB retainer pricing.
Where small businesses burn hours and dollars
Modern Awards run to 600 pages. You've got a business to run.
Every HR call feels like a coin flip.
A staff member resigns at 4pm Friday. You don't know what to write, what to pay out, or what counts as the right notice. The Award is 600 pages.
Hiring takes weeks you don't have.
You read 80 CVs, interview six, hire the wrong one. You wrote the ad on a Sunday night, in your second language as a tradie - not a copywriter.
Outside advice costs four figures.
A 30-minute call with a workplace lawyer is $450. A traditional HR retainer runs about $850 a month, often locked in for years. You used it twice.
Two products. One operating system.
Decisions, drafted, defended.
HQ People covers the people side. HQ Recruit covers the hiring side. Both grounded in Australian employment law, both built to save you reading the small print.
HQ People
Your HR brain, on tap.
Ask any HR question and get the right answer for your business in under a minute. Draft any HR document - contracts, warnings, letters - with the AI Administrator. Hand off to a human advisor on the calls that matter.
- AI Advisor grounded in Australian employment law
- 33 best-practice HR document templates
- One-click PDF export with your logo
- Same human advisor on every escalation - never repeat yourself
HQ Recruit
Your hiring decisions, faster and fairer.
Score a stack of CVs against the role in minutes, not hours. Run video and phone screens with AI-scored answers. Write a SEEK-ready job ad in three steps. Bias-trigger anonymisation runs automatically.
- CV scoring against a role-specific rubric
- Video + phone screens with one shareable link
- Campaign Coach drafts SEEK-ready ads in 5 minutes
- Auto-anonymises candidates when bias signals are detected
HQ People - AI Advisor
After 6 months but under 1 year, the NES minimum notice is 1 week (plus an extra week if the employee is over 45 with 2+ years service - not your case). Check the contract for anything more generous.
Cited: s 117 Fair Work Act 2009
HQ People - decide the people stuff
Every HR call, with the right answer in 30 seconds.
Termination notice. Probation. Casual conversion. Flexible work refusals. Award classifications. The 30 questions a small-business owner has to answer in a year, answered in your office, in your tone.
Every answer cites the source - Fair Work Act section, NES standard, your Modern Award clause. You see the working. You decide.
Need a document? The AI Administrator drafts contracts, warnings, PIPs, terminations, letters of offer, flexible-work refusals - 33 templates - with your logo on the footer and an editor that feels like a Word doc.
HQ Recruit - decide the hiring stuff
Three fewer hours per CV. Zero gut-feel hires.
Drop in a stack of CVs and score them against the role in minutes. The rubric is yours - the AI applies it consistently across every candidate, with evidence pulled from the CV.
Send a single link for video or phone screens. Watch the AI score the answers against the same rubric. Compare candidates side-by-side. Download a formatted CV plus a score summary, or both in one document.
Campaign Coach turns a rough role brief into a SEEK-ready ad in three steps. It also flags when a candidate's record carries bias signals and quietly switches everyone in the role to anonymous mode.
Candidate scorecard
Daniel M.
4.2 / 5
Strong yesRelevant experience86
"7 years running a 12-person front-of-house team at a Sydney venue group."
Communication80
Role fit74
Pay-as-you-go - launching soon
Just need one letter today? From $25.
Buy a single HR document without a subscription. Reserve yours now - first 100 reservations get $10 off launch pricing.
- Coming soon
Letter of Offer
from $25
A signed-ready offer letter, Fair Work compliant, in 3 minutes.
- Coming soon
Employment Contract
from $49
A full contract with all NES + Award clauses, your details filled in.
- Coming soon
Termination Letter
from $45
A safe termination letter, with notice + final-pay maths done.
- Coming soon
First-and-Final Warning
from $35
A defensible warning letter that holds up at Fair Work.
- Coming soon
Position Description
from $29
A clean PD with duties, classification and award rate.
- Coming soon
Performance Improvement Plan
from $55
A structured PIP with measurable goals and review dates.
- Coming soon
Single Job Ad (SEEK-ready)
from $39
A SEEK-ready ad in your voice, with the compliance checks.
- Coming soon
CV Reformatting
from $19/CV
Candidate CVs reformatted into a clean, anonymised house layout.
- Coming soon
Single Reference Check
from $15
A structured reference-check script with the right questions.
First 100 reservations get $10 off launch pricing.
What this looks like for real
Pat ran an HR team of one. Now he has HQ.ai.
“I cancelled our $850 a month retainer in the second week. The AI answers the actual questions I had on hold. Two of my offer letters this quarter went out within an hour of the verbal.”
Pat M., owner-operator, 38-person hospitality group, NSW.
- Saved ~10 hours a week on HR admin
- Cancelled the $850/mo retainer in week two
- Filled two roles in three days via Campaign Coach + HQ Recruit
Composite case based on early access customer interviews; details anonymised. Real-name testimonials shipping at v2.
Why we built this
Built by the people who used to answer these calls.
HQ.ai is made by Humanistiqs, an Australian HR and recruitment consultancy whose directors bring more than 80 years of combined experience across HR, leadership development, recruitment and business performance.
For years we answered the same Fair Work questions for small businesses - and watched them either overpay for a locked-in retainer or guess their way through a 600-page Award. So we built the tool we wished they had: AI grounded in the actual legislation that cites its sources, with a real advisor on hand when the stakes are high. We only do Australian employment law - the Fair Work Act, the NES, and the Modern Awards.
If the AI ever gets something wrong, you reply to a human - not a ticket queue.
The retainer trap
Don't lock into a multi-year contract for support you barely use.
The same HR and hiring support, grounded in Australian employment law. A fraction of the price. Cancel any time.
| HQ.ai | Traditional HR & recruitment retainer | DIY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average monthly cost | From $89 | ~$850/mo | $0 (with risk) |
| Contract length | Cancel anytime | Multi-year lock-in (typical) | n/a |
| Pricing | Published, transparent | Quote on a sales call | n/a |
| Every answer cites the law | Yes | Sometimes | No |
| Covers hiring too | Yes - full recruit suite | Usually extra | No |
Worth knowing: in 2020 the Federal Court ordered a $3 million penalty against a major Australian workplace-advice firm for unfair contract terms and misleading conduct. Always read the contract before you sign a multi-year retainer.
Sources: retainer pricing per public SmartCompany reporting; Federal Court penalty per the ACCC public record (accc.gov.au). Comparison is to a typical HR retainer, not any specific provider.
Two ways to start.
Subscribe for the lot, or buy one document at a time.
If you have ongoing HR and hiring work
Solo
$89/month
Replace your DIY policy file
- AI HR Advisor with Fair Work citations
- 33 HR document templates
- HQ Recruit (1 active role)
- Document library (100 docs)
- 500 AI credits/month
- Pay-as-you-go advisor escalation ($80/session)
- Email support
Business
Most popular$249/month
Replace your $850/mo Employsure retainer
- Everything in Solo
- 15 seats
- HQ Recruit (unlimited roles)
- Unlimited document library
- 2,500 AI credits/month
- 2 advisor escalations included/month
- Founder-led onboarding call (30 min)
- Priority Slack support
Bigger or more complex? If you have over 250 staff, multiple entities, or you want a dedicated human advisor on call, that is exactly what our Enterprise tier is built for - HQ.ai paired with a Humanistiqs advisor or talent partner.
Foundation 100
First 100 customers lock Business at $179/month forever.
Lifetime-locked rate, founder Slack, first access to new modules. 12-month commit required.
Enterprise
AI plus human judgement.
A Humanistiqs Advisor or Talent Partner embedded into your business. Three SKUs, annual contract or month-to-month, capacity-capped at 10 partnerships in 2026.
From $1,495/mo on annual, or $1,795/mo billed monthly
Questions
The things you're wondering.
Yes - that's the whole pitch. Most decisions that used to take a half-day of Googling, calling an advisor, and drafting a document take three minutes inside HQ.ai. We track that for every customer in their first month.
Google gives you 47 American answers and three Fair Work pages buried on page two. HQ.ai gives you the right answer for your business in 30 seconds, with the citation. Your hourly rate is worth more than $89 a month.
No. Reserve a spot on the pay-as-you-go marketplace - first 100 reservations get $10 off the $25 Letter of Offer when it launches. No subscription, no card today.
Every answer cites the specific Fair Work Act section, NES standard, or Modern Award clause it is drawn from. When the question is too complex, you get handed off to the same human advisor every time - no repeating yourself.
Two tiers. Solo $89 a month, 3 seats and 500 AI credits. Business $249 a month, 15 seats and 2,500 credits. Both come with a 14-day free trial - no card needed. Cancel any time. Single documents on the pay-as-you-go side start at $25 (Letter of Offer) with no signup.
Yes - HQ People Enterprise pairs you with a named Humanistiqs Advisor, and HQ Recruit Enterprise pairs you with a Talent Partner running the hiring funnel on your behalf. Pricing starts at $1,495/month on an annual contract, or month-to-month at a ~17% premium with 30 days notice. Capped at 10 partnerships in 2026. See humanistiqs.ai/enterprise for the detail.
Three minutes. You sign up, tell HQ.ai your industry, and it picks the right Modern Award and remembers it. There's nothing to install. The chat just works.
In Sydney, on Supabase Australian infrastructure. Compliant with Australian Privacy Principles 1-13. We never sell it.
Because HQ.ai is built for decision-making, not payroll administration or panic-button advisory. Different problem, different tool. And the same human advisor is on the line when the AI hits its limit - not a fresh agent every call.
Three minutes. No credit card. Better decisions today.
You'll have your first HR answer cited, your first document drafted, and your team set up before the kettle boils.
Grounded in the Fair Work Act 2009 + 122 Modern Awards. Hosted in Sydney. Built in Australia.