HR consultants for heavy industry for more than 40 years
We are Brisbane-based and service Queensland and beyond, simplifying HR to make people management a breeze. Count on us for the specialist advice, support and consulting services your business needs to excel.
Or call us on 07 3568 0866
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The cost-effective, full-service HR
solution for heavy industry
We’re the solution provider that heavy industry businesses rely on to streamline
and simplify HR and workplace relations.
More about what we do…
Your full-service HR solution. Leave it all with us and get back to what you do best.
Employment contracts, contractor agreements, company policies, confidentiality agreements, and more. No matter the document, we’ll have it drafted.
Understand and meet your employer compliance obligations and pass audits with flying colours, with our support.
HR advice, specific to heavy industry. From business structures to growth planning and everything in between. We’re your guide and project manager through everything HR.
Our recruitment team will set your team up for success through expert, considered recruitment.
HR Foundations Mentoring Program
Managing HR can be overwhelming and frustrating. There are so many boxes to tick and hurdles to cross. With our mentoring program, we can teach you the HR foundational concepts and help you to build these foundations within your business. We’ll set you up for success.
Your partners in HR
We’re here to become an extension of your team. Navigating HR can be challenging and frustrating at times, especially with limited resources. That’s why we’re here: to support business leaders and HR teams with specialist advice and expertise when you need it.
With a collective four decades of experience providing HR expertise for heavy industry, we’ve saved a long list of businesses time, headaches, and a lot of money.
Our Approach
Our approach is simple. The right people and the right processes are all that’s required to improve your bottom line.
The right people
Find the right candidates in qualification, experience and cultural fit.
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The right processes
Implement the correct processes for efficiency, cost, risk mitigation and compliance.
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Profit $$
Watch your profits rise and your bottom line improve.
Learn more about our approach.
Why choose Edwards HR?
Or call us on 07 3568 0866
We can save you employing a full HR Team
With our HR management solutions, you can save up to 80% of what you would spend on an internal HR team. Our specialist team with heavy industry HR expertise can deliver more at a higher standard than your internal team would.
More than 40 years HR experience
We’ve been providing tailored HR support for heavy industry for more than 40 years now. Our varied experience in the industry puts us in the perfect position to pivot and find creative solutions for you.
Personalised service, customised solutions
When you deal with us, you deal with the same team who understand your business, your industry and your needs. No call centres and repeating yourself. We take the opposite approach to ‘one-size-fits-all’ and customise our packages and solutions to suit you, your business, and your unique challenges, people and goals.
We simplify HR with practical solutions
HR and its processes, requirements, and concepts don’t need to be so complex. We simplify how HR support is delivered and provide you with practical, easily actionable HR solutions.
The agile team, wherever you need us to be
Whether it’s in our offices, in a boardroom, or on-site at your location, we are flexible to fit in with whatever is going to be most suitable for you.
We’re experienced in heavy industry. It means the work we produce for you here in our office will be just as reliable as the work we complete out on-site.
"Why would you ask your accountant for HR advice, when you wouldn't ask a HR manager for accounting advice? I wish people would use the right tool for the right application".
- A client
At Edwards HR, this quote applies on so many levels. As HR specialists with an unmatched 40 years of experience in HR for heavy industry, we understand the need to use the right tool for the right application. We’ll ensure that is what happens for you by providing you with advice that is both industry-specific, and HR qualified. Our tailor-made, customised service delivery approach means you always have the tools you need in your HR arsenal, without paying for those you don’t. Because we know one-size-fits-all doesn’t actually fit many businesses.
Latest News
Is Working From Home an Entitlement?
In an Australian first, the term ‘work from home’ was the top search term on SEEK in the June quarter this year (2022), superseding even specific job titles or locations.
Our team was gobsmacked to read this, so this update will provide employers an insight into the forces that play in today’s low unemployment environment coming out of Covid, and how to handle this new trend within the workplace.
Quick Guide to Using Modern Award Pay Guides
If you’ve ever had trouble finding different pay rates, allowances and entitlements in a Modern Award, rest assured you are not alone!
In this Quick Guide, we introduce you to Pay Guides – the documents that exist for each Modern Award providing a simple table of entitlements for each classification and employment type (full-time, part-time, casual, apprentices etc).
Fair Work Ombudsman Priorities 2022 – 23
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has recently announced their strategic priorities for the 2022-2023 financial year. These are a must read for employers to understand where the FWO will be focusing their efforts.
What makes Edwards HR the best choice?
We are great to work with! Our customers always report a highly positive and easy experience with Edwards HR.
In a client survey completed in August 2021, our clients rated us the following:
- Overall experience with Edwards HR: 5/5 star average.
- How easy it is to work with Edwards HR: 5/5 star average.
- How easy it was to understand and implement the solutions and advice given: 4.92/5 star average.
- How likely it is that they would recommend Edwards HR to a friend: very likely (5/5 ).
Words our clients frequently used to describe Edwards HR and our solutions (in order of the number of mentions): Professional, reliable, helpful, understanding, good value for money.
Client Testimonials and Reviews
We’ve achieved success for many businesses – see what some of them have to say!
You can also check out our 5-star HR reviews on Google!
"The best in the business."
Professional, knowledgeable and up to date on the ever changing HR landscape. Edwards HR can accommodate the requirements of any organisation, seamlessly becoming an asset and valuable ally in what is a hugely important aspect of successful business. For knowledge, support & direct advice on all things HR, there is no better choice than Edwards HR. Emma & her Team ensure any sized business is well equipped to navigate the recruitment & staff management landscape.
"Professional, knowledgeable, kind, supporting & caring."
I highly recommend Edwards HR to anybody that is just starting out or is already in business. We will continue to work with you and your team. Emma at Edwards HR went above and beyond for our business. Emma is professional, knowledgeable, kind, supporting and caring. We cannot thank her enough for the time and care she has put into our business.
"Best HR team a small business could ask for."
We started off with someone else for our HR needs and were given so much incorrect information, you guys come in like a knight in shining amour and saved the day.
"I absolutely love working with them, they are amazing at what they do."
Very helpful & very efficient. The email updates & information are always useful especially with information surrounding employees/employers and COVID lockdowns etc. You have provided so much light and assistance during some very unsure and challenging times. Thank you for always looking after our team and everyone we refer your way.
"All the functions of an internal HR department, a fraction of the cost."
We have been dealing with Edwards HR now for months. Emma is a trusted adviser. Together with her team, they provide all the functions of an internal HR department at a fraction of the cost while I can focus on running my business. Emma is professional, knowledgeable, responsive and reliable. We will continue to work with her into the future.
"The first and only choice for HR."
If you need HR services then go no further than Edwards HR you will not be disappointed, Emma and her team will take the time to understand your business, listen to your needs and develop solutions that meet and exceed your expectations! I have had the pleasure of working with Emma from Edwards HR over a period of many years. If my clients require the need of a Human Resources professional, I will always recommend Emma and her team at Edwards HR as the first and only choice. I can always be assured that my clients will be happy with Edwards HR, they have the depth and range of experience across any industry and Emma’s professionalism and integrity are second to none.
"Strongly recommended, very easy to talk to."
I strongly recommend Edwards HR for any of your HR needs. Emma has been amazing, she helped us with policies and procedures along with contracts and advice regarding employees. She was very easy to talk to and came out to meet with us before the Covid-19 issue.
"Solid work, quick turnaround, incredible job."
Quick turnaround and solid work. Very happy. Emma at Edwards HR did an incredible job with our contracts. It was something a little outside the box and she understood quickly what we were looking for and how best to approach it. 
"Can't recommend enough."
Can't recommend these guys enough. They took something I was really struggling with and sorted it. I now have proper contracts and even a contractor's manual.
Book a free consultation
We offer a free 30-minute HR consultation and a review of your existing employment agreement, along with our no-obligation recommendations.