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50 Word templates
From code of conduct through modern slavery. Each file is .docx, A4, black and white. No logo baked in. Add your letterhead, your colours, your footer.
Plain Sense Consulting
Workplace Policy Pack
Fifty editable Word templates for Australian employers. Written in plain English. Aligned to current Fair Work, NES, WHS and Respect at Work settings. Clean, formatted, ready for your internal document styling.
AU$199
I want this
Instant download. One organisation licence. 7-day money-back guarantee.
50editable Word policies
10to adopt in week one
AU$199one organisation, keep using it
7 daysmoney-back if it is not useful
The problem this pack is for
Most small and mid-sized Australian workplaces are running on a mix of old PDFs, a clause copied from a Facebook group, and a policy last touched in 2017. That is fine until someone raises a grievance, a Fair Work claim arrives, or a new manager asks “what do we actually do here?”
Writing fifty policies from scratch is a month of work you do not have. Buying them one-by-one from a firm is thousands of dollars before anyone has filled in a name. Free templates are usually either American, out of date, or written so densely that nobody on the floor will read them.
This pack is the middle path: a complete suite, in Word, in Australian English, structured the same way every time, cheap enough to buy this afternoon and start editing tonight.
What you get
A working suite, not a zip of random files.
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Written to Australian settings
Fair Work Act, NES, Respect at Work positive duty, WHS psychosocial hazards, right to disconnect, casual conversion, wage theft, payday super.
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How-to, register, acknowledgement
An 11-step implementation guide, a live policy register so you know what is in force, and a one-page staff acknowledgement.
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Phased implementation
You do not switch on fifty policies in a day. The pack tells you the ten to adopt immediately, then what to stage over the next quarter.
What each policy actually contains
Same bones every time, so your people learn the shape once.
Purpose and principles
Why the policy exists, in a paragraph a new starter can finish.
Who it covers
Employees, contractors, volunteers, board — named, not implied.
The rule, then the steps
The standard first. Then what to do on a Tuesday when something goes wrong.
Who does what
A short responsibility table. Owner, manager, staff. No fog.
Related law
The instruments the policy sits on, so you can see the floor.
Document control
Version, owner, review date. The register matches the file.
Phased implementation — start with these ten
Included in the how-to guide. Fill in the square brackets, put them on your letterhead, walk them through at induction. These ten carry most of the day-to-day risk in an Australian workplace. The other forty wait until you have a reason to turn them on.
Week one
Adopt these immediately. Light editing only: organisation name, contacts, who approves what.
- 01 Code of Conduct
- 02 Equal Opportunity and Anti-Discrimination
- 03 Workplace Bullying Prevention
- 04 Respect at Work / Sexual Harassment
- 07 Grievance and Dispute Resolution
- 11 Work Health and Safety
- 12 Psychosocial Hazards
- 31 Hours of Work, Rostering and Overtime
- 32 Right to Disconnect
- 34 Leave
Month one
Pay and super, privacy, ending employment, probation, performance, disciplinary action. Train managers on the five they will actually use: Code of Conduct, Hours and Disconnect, Respect at Work, Grievance, Discipline.
When relevant
Child safety if children are part of the work. Motor vehicles if people drive. Remote work if people work from home. Modern slavery if you report. Do not leave unused files circulating. Mark them “not adopted” on the register, with a date and a reason.
Who this is for
Owners and office managers who do not have an in-house HR team. Not-for-profits that need a suite before the next funding acquittal. Growing businesses that just hired their tenth person and realised the “we’ll write that later” list is now a risk.
It is not a substitute for advice on a live dispute, an enterprise agreement negotiation, or a set of facts that are already messy. It is the document floor most workplaces should have had last year.
Works across industries because the legal floor is national. You delete what does not apply. You keep what does. A café and a school will not switch on the same forty policies. They will both need the first ten.
What you are not buying
So the price makes sense.
Not a $4,000 custom suite
A firm will still charge that if you want every clause rewritten for one workplace. This is the starting suite you then make yours.
Not a free template scavenged online
Those are often foreign, undated, or written for a listed company. These are Australian, current, and short enough to read aloud.
Not software
Word files. You already have Word or Google Docs. No login, no subscription, no portal that dies when you stop paying.
Not a pep talk
No values poster. No 90-slide deck. Policies, a register, an acknowledgement, a how-to.
What buyers say
Five stars where it counted: they could actually use the files.
★★★★★
“We had three policies and a lot of folklore. I put the first ten through in a week, changed the contacts, and we finally had something to hand a new starter that was not a Google Doc from 2019.”
Office manager · regional NFP · 18 staff
★★★★★
“Plain English is the point. Our board actually read the bullying and Respect at Work ones. That has never happened with anything a lawyer sent us.”
Chair · community health service
★★★★★
“Bought it on a Sunday, edited Code of Conduct and Leave before Monday standup. The register stopped us having two versions of the same policy on the shared drive.”
Owner · hospitality group · 40 staff
All 50 policies
Adopt what you need. Record what you do not. Keep one register.
01Code of Conduct
02Equal Opportunity
03Bullying Prevention
04Respect at Work
05Diversity & Inclusion
06Family Violence Support
07Grievance
08Whistleblower
09Conflict of Interest
10Gifts & Hospitality
11Work Health & Safety
12Psychosocial Hazards
13Mental Health
14Fatigue
15First Aid
16Emergency
17Incident Reporting
18Return to Work
19Remote Work
20Drugs & Alcohol
21Child Safety
22Working Alone
23Recruitment
24Probation
25Performance
26Learning & Development
27Disciplinary Action
28Ending Employment
29Redundancy
30Casual Conversion
31Hours & Overtime
32Right to Disconnect
33Flexible Work
34Leave
35Parental Leave
36Attendance
37Pay & Super
38Privacy
39Confidentiality & IP
40Acceptable Use
41Social Media
42Surveillance
43Information Security
44Company Property
45Vehicles
46Travel & Expenses
47Record Keeping
48Consultation
49Environment
50Modern Slavery
7-day
money-back
money-back
If it is not useful, you get the $199 back
Open the pack. Read the how-to. Edit one policy. If you decide it is not going to work for your organisation, email within seven days of purchase and the full amount is refunded. No argument about whether you “used” a Word file. You either keep the suite or you do not.
That is the deal because you should not have to gamble $199 on a zip file you cannot see inside before you buy.
Before you buy
The questions that usually arrive on day two.
Can I put our logo and styling on the files?
Yes. The templates are clean Word files with no logo locked in. Add your letterhead, colours, footer, and document-control block.
Does this replace our modern award or enterprise agreement?
No. Policies cannot undercut those instruments or the NES. The how-to tells you to write the covering award or agreement on the register first.
Do I have to use all 50?
No. Start with the ten listed above. Adopt others when the work requires them. Record unused policies as not adopted on the register so old drafts do not float around.
What format do I receive?
A zip of .docx files, plus the how-to guide, the register, and the acknowledgement form. Instant download after payment.
Who can use the licence?
One organisation. Edit freely for that organisation. Do not resell the templates or pass the raw pack to another employer.
The suite
AU$199
Less than one custom policy from a firm. More than a free template you cannot stand behind. You are buying the words, the order, the register, the how-to, and seven days to decide.
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