> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Best AI HR and Recruitment Tools for Australian Businesses (2026) - URL: https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/best-ai-hr-recruitment-australia/ - Published: 2026-06-06T23:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-09T06:44:21.000Z - Description: The best AI HR and recruitment tools for Australia. Culture Amp leads on people analytics; SEEK is the recruitment starting point. Fair Work guidance. - Author: Adam - Tags: HR & Recruitment AI, Culture Amp, SEEK, Greenhouse, Manatal, Rippling, Fair Work, #roundup Category verdict [**23**/25Culture AmpTop Pick](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/culture-amp-review-australia/)[**20**/25SEEK Employer AIRunner-up](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/seek-employer-ai-review-australia/) **Our Top Pick for Australians: Culture Amp.** Every pick below is scored on the same five criteria. *By Adam* --- AI has changed hiring and people management faster than almost any other business function. But the HR and recruitment software market has a problem: most tools were designed for US employers, with US labour law and US payment rails baked in. Australian businesses need tools that understand the Fair Work Act, support SEEK integration, process Australian payroll, and handle PAYG withholding. This category is not a choose-one market. Three distinct product types serve different problems. **Recruitment and ATS tools** help you find and hire candidates. **Full HRIS platforms** manage HR, payroll, and compliance across the employee lifecycle. **People analytics and engagement tools** help you retain and develop the people already on your team. Most Australian businesses — especially those past the 20-employee mark — will need tools from more than one type. The standout story in this category is Melbourne-founded. Culture Amp started here, grew into a global standard for people analytics, and still carries genuine Australian DNA. That matters when you are evaluating editorial credibility on Australian Fit. The rest of the shortlist tells a more mixed story: dominant local platforms sitting alongside global tools with uneven local adaptation. --- ## Quick-pick table | Tool | Score | Stars | Best for | Starting price (AUD, approx) | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ----- | --------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | | **[Culture Amp](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/culture-amp-review-australia/)** | 23/25 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | People analytics, engagement, performance | Quote-only — contact for pricing | | **[SEEK Employer](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/seek-employer-ai-review-australia/)** | 20/25 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Job advertising, AI candidate matching, AU hiring | Pricing behind employer login — contact SEEK | | **[Greenhouse](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/greenhouse-ats-review-australia/)** | 19/25 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Enterprise ATS, structured hiring, SEEK integration | Contact for pricing (enterprise) | | **[Manatal](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/manatal-review-australia/)** | 16/25 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Affordable ATS for SMBs, recruitment agencies | From \~AUD $23/user/month (Professional) | | **[Rippling](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/rippling-review-australia/)** | 17/25 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Full HRIS + AU payroll, IT provisioning, mid-market | Contact for pricing (modular) | *AUD pricing approximate at 1.40 USD/AUD exchange rate as of September 2026\. GST may apply — verify with vendor.* --- ## How to choose The first question is not "which tool is best?" It is "what problem am I solving right now?" **Are you hiring?** You need a recruitment tool or ATS. Start with SEEK — it is Australia's dominant job board and candidate database. If you are posting more than a handful of roles a year, add an ATS to manage applications. Manatal is the SMB-friendly choice. Greenhouse is the enterprise pick for structured, high-volume hiring. **Are you managing HR and payroll?** You need an HRIS. Rippling is the most complete option in this roundup — it covers payroll, compliance, HR records, and IT provisioning in one platform. The trade-off is complexity and cost. **Are you trying to retain and develop your people?** You need a people analytics or engagement tool. Culture Amp is the category leader in this space, and it was built here. **Size guide:** - **Fewer than 50 staff:** SEEK Employer for hiring + Manatal as an ATS. Culture Amp is priced for 200+ employees — premature for very small teams. - **50–200 staff:** SEEK Employer for job advertising + either Greenhouse (if hiring is complex and structured) or Rippling (if you want payroll and HR in one system). Culture Amp becomes relevant at this range. - **200+ staff:** Culture Amp is essentially essential for people analytics and engagement at scale. Rippling for full-stack HR and payroll. SEEK + Greenhouse for enterprise recruitment pipelines. One thing every Australian employer should check before signing with any ATS vendor: does it integrate with SEEK? If the answer is no or "we are working on it," that is a dealbreaker for most Australian hiring teams. --- ## Fair Work Act: what AI screening doesn't change AI-assisted candidate screening is useful. It is not a shield from employer liability. Under the Fair Work Act, the employer remains responsible for every hiring decision — including decisions influenced or driven by an AI system. If an algorithm filters out candidates in a way that produces a discriminatory outcome (age, gender, race, disability), the employer bears that liability. The AI vendor does not. Australia's anti-discrimination law applies to AI-assisted screening exactly as it applies to human screening. Before deploying any automated resume scoring or candidate ranking feature, confirm with your legal adviser that your screening criteria are lawful. New South Wales has now legislated in this area. The NSW Work Health and Safety Amendment (Digital Work Systems) Act 2026 (Act No. 5 of 2026) was assented on 18 February 2026 and amends the WHS Act 2011 (NSW) to require employers to manage health-and-safety risks from digital work systems — defined to include algorithms, AI, automation and online platforms. Its substantive duties commence on a date to be set by proclamation (source: NSW Parliament, parliament.nsw.gov.au/bills, bill pk=18847), so the precise obligations and timing were still being finalised as at June 2026\. How its duties apply to automated decision-making in hiring or performance management is still developing — check your obligations with your legal adviser. **Update — 5 September 2026: a hard date for the other side of the dispute.** The Fair Work Commission's Guidance note on generative AI applies to all Commission matters from **20 October 2026**. If a matter reaches the Commission and either side used GenAI to prepare an application, submission or witness statement, that use must be disclosed, every fact and authority must be verified, and the document must say those checks were done. The Commission names ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot and Gemini as examples. Failing to comply can mean documents are disregarded, a costs order, or the case dismissed. It binds the parties, not your HR software — but if your business ends up defending an unfair dismissal claim, it binds you ([fwc.gov.au/genai](https://www.fwc.gov.au/genai?ref=theaidirectory.com.au) · our [explainer](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/news-fwc-genai-disclosure-australia-2026/)). **Update — 20 September 2026: three details from the Guidance Note itself.** Paid plans are covered. The Commission's definition of "public GenAI" includes "both free and paid or subscription versions of ChatGPT, Claude, CoPilot and Gemini". If your HR adviser drafts a Commission response with one of them, a person must check it (para 31). You cannot ask another AI tool to do that check. Using GenAI only for spelling, grammar or formatting is out of scope (para 7). [Guidance Note PDF](https://www.fwc.gov.au/documents/resources/guidance-note-use-of-generative-ai-in-commission-cases.pdf?ref=theaidirectory.com.au) **The bottom line:** use AI to speed up screening. Do not use it to abdicate the hiring decision. Document your criteria. Review outputs for bias. Get legal advice before rolling out automated scoring at scale. --- ## Mini-reviews ### [Culture Amp](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/culture-amp-review-australia/) — 23/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ — TOP PICK **The Australian success story that became the global standard.** Culture Amp was founded in Melbourne in 2009 and has since answered more than 1.5 billion survey questions across its customer base, including many of Australia's largest employers. The platform focuses on three interconnected things: employee engagement surveys, performance management, and people analytics. It does not do ATS or payroll. It does people data better than almost anyone else. The core product is the engagement survey — customisable, benchmarked against industry and company-size peers, and built around the science of what actually drives retention. The analytics layer turns those survey results into actionable insights for managers, not just dashboards for the HR team. The AI features are embedded throughout. The platform uses machine learning to identify flight risk (employees likely to leave), surface key drivers of engagement, and recommend focus areas for managers. These are not marketing features. They work because Culture Amp has a decade of benchmarking data to train against. **Australian Fit (5/5):** The best in this roundup. Melbourne-founded, Australian-anchored, with genuine local support and a deep AU employer base. Culture Amp understands Australian workplace language, Fair Work context, and the way Australian managers think about people. **The honest limitation:** Culture Amp is priced for organisations with 200 or more employees. Below that threshold, the cost-per-person rarely justifies the platform. Small Australian businesses should wait until they reach that scale — or explore whether a lighter engagement tool suits their stage. **Score breakdown:** Value for Money 4/5 · Ease of Use 5/5 · Feature Depth 5/5 · Australian Fit 5/5 · Reliability & Support 4/5 = **23/25** --- ### [SEEK Employer](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/seek-employer-ai-review-australia/) — 20/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ — RUNNER-UP **Australia's dominant job board is the starting point for every hiring conversation.** SEEK is not a full ATS. It does not manage your interview pipeline, offer letters, or onboarding. What it does is give you access to the largest pool of actively looking candidates in Australia. No other platform comes close. That structural advantage — the candidate database — is SEEK's defining moat, and it is why every serious Australian hiring effort starts here. The AI features in SEEK Employer have matured steadily. The platform now offers AI-assisted candidate matching, which surfaces applicants whose profiles align with your role even if they have not applied directly. The job ad writing tool helps employers avoid vague language that filters out qualified candidates. Application review uses signal-based ranking to prioritise the most relevant applicants in high-volume hiring. **Australian Fit (4/5):** SEEK was built for Australia. The candidate database, the platform UX, the advertiser tools, the pricing — all designed around the Australian hiring market. It integrates natively with the major ATS platforms used in Australia. There is no foreign-exchange friction, no US-centric terminology, and no guessing about local norms. It lands at 4/5 rather than 5/5 only because its Privacy Policy confirms data is stored in both Australia and the US, not onshore-only — the same residency standard we hold every tool to. **The honest limitation:** SEEK Employer is not a standalone ATS. If you are running more than a handful of active roles simultaneously, you will need to pair it with an ATS (Greenhouse or Manatal) to manage the application pipeline properly. SEEK handles the top of the funnel. Something else handles the rest. **Score breakdown:** Value for Money 4/5 · Ease of Use 4/5 · Feature Depth 3/5 · Australian Fit 4/5 · Reliability & Support 5/5 = **20/25** --- ### [Greenhouse](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/greenhouse-ats-review-australia/) — 19/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ **The enterprise ATS with structured hiring baked in — but priced and scoped accordingly.** Greenhouse is one of the most respected ATS platforms in the world. Its core design principle is structured hiring: every role gets a defined scorecard, every interviewer uses standardised evaluation criteria, and every hiring decision is documented. For organisations that have been burned by inconsistent, gut-feel hiring, that structure is genuinely valuable. The AI features include candidate profile enrichment, automated interview scheduling, and pipeline analytics that flag where candidates are dropping out of your process. The SEEK integration works — job postings flow through, and applications sync back into Greenhouse automatically. **Australian Fit (3/5):** SEEK integration is functional and well-documented. But Greenhouse is a US-built enterprise product, and it shows. Data is stored on US servers. The pricing and support model is geared towards large US enterprise customers. Local Australian support is limited. AU-specific compliance guidance (Fair Work, anti-discrimination) is not built in. **The honest limitation:** Greenhouse is expensive. Pricing is not published, and enterprise contract structures mean the real cost is higher than initial quotes suggest. For most Australian SMBs, the platform is both more complex and more expensive than the problem requires. Greenhouse is the right tool for scaling tech companies and large Australian organisations that are hiring at volume. It is the wrong tool for a 30-person business that hires 10 people a year. **Score breakdown:** Value for Money 3/5 · Ease of Use 4/5 · Feature Depth 5/5 · Australian Fit 3/5 · Reliability & Support 4/5 = **19/25** --- ### [Manatal](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/manatal-review-australia/) — 16/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ **The affordable ATS for Australian SMBs — with a SEEK integration worth asking about.** Manatal is a cloud-based ATS built for recruitment teams and in-house HR departments that cannot justify enterprise pricing. The Professional plan comes in at roughly AUD $23 per user per month — a fraction of Greenhouse's cost. For a small hiring team, that difference is material. The platform covers the core ATS workflow: job posting management, candidate tracking, interview scheduling, and offer management. The AI features include resume enrichment (pulling in publicly available candidate data to fill profile gaps), candidate scoring based on job requirements, and pipeline reporting. The interface is clean and learns quickly. SEEK integration is available, but it operates through Manatal's own commercial contract with SEEK rather than the standard SEEK API partnership. This distinction matters in practice: confirm current integration status directly with Manatal before signing, because the commercial arrangements between ATS vendors and SEEK change periodically. **Australian Fit (2/5):** This is the main weakness. Manatal is headquartered in Bangkok and stores data on US-based cloud infrastructure. There is no AU data residency. The platform has no built-in Fair Work Act guidance, no AU-specific compliance features, and limited local support options. SEEK integration helps, but the platform was not designed with the Australian market in mind. **The honest limitation:** If data residency matters to your business (and for HR data, it probably should), Manatal requires careful scrutiny. Employee records, salary data, and candidate information sitting on US servers may create exposure under Australian privacy law. Get advice before deploying at scale. **Score breakdown:** Value for Money 3/5 · Ease of Use 4/5 · Feature Depth 4/5 · Australian Fit 2/5 · Reliability & Support 3/5 = **16/25** *(Value for Money corrected from 5/5 on 21 September 2026 — no free plan and no AUD billing, two of the three things that criterion measures)* --- ### [Rippling](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/rippling-review-australia/) — 17/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ **The full-stack HR platform that does everything — if you have the appetite for complexity.** Rippling is not just an HR tool. It is an attempt to unify HR, payroll, IT provisioning, and device management into a single platform. The pitch is compelling: one system for onboarding (give the new hire access to all their tools automatically), managing payroll (including Australian payroll compliance), tracking leave, and offboarding (revoke all access in one click when someone leaves). The AI features are embedded throughout: automated compliance alerts, AI-assisted onboarding checklists, anomaly detection in payroll, and predictive headcount planning for growing teams. **Australian Fit (3/5):** Rippling added Australian payroll compliance in 2023, and it has continued to improve. PAYG withholding, superannuation, leave entitlements under the Fair Work Act — the core compliance framework is in place. But Rippling is a US company, data is primarily US-hosted, and the platform was built around US HR norms first. The AU adaptation is solid for the payroll layer. It is thinner for HR compliance nuances. **The honest limitation:** Rippling's biggest challenge is scope. It does a lot, and that breadth creates complexity. Implementation takes time. The modular pricing model means the cost can escalate quickly as you add features. For a business that just needs payroll and basic HR records, simpler and cheaper AU-native alternatives exist. Rippling earns its place when you want genuine full-stack consolidation and you have the operational capacity to implement it properly. **Score breakdown:** Value for Money 3/5 · Ease of Use 3/5 · Feature Depth 5/5 · Australian Fit 3/5 · Reliability & Support 3/5 = **17/25** --- ## Top Pick: Culture Amp **Why:** Culture Amp earned the top score in this roundup (23/25) and the only Australian Fit 5/5 score in it. It was founded in Melbourne, it is globally proven, and it serves the most underserved part of the HR stack — retaining and developing people after you have hired them. The people analytics market is underused by Australian businesses, and Culture Amp is the best entry point into it. **The gate:** Under the Australian Fit gate, a five-star rating and Top Pick designation require Australian Fit ≥ 4/5\. Culture Amp scores 5/5 on Australian Fit. The rating stands. **Best for:** Australian businesses with 200+ employees who want to reduce turnover, improve manager effectiveness, and build a performance culture backed by data. --- ## Runner-up: SEEK Employer **Why:** Every Australian hiring conversation starts with SEEK. The candidate database is unmatched. The AI matching features are genuinely useful. The platform is built for Australia in a way that no global ATS can replicate. SEEK is the essential first tool for any Australian employer — pair it with an ATS for volume hiring, but do not skip it. **Best for:** Any Australian business that is actively hiring. There is no meaningful alternative to the SEEK candidate pool. --- ## FAQ ### What is the best recruitment tool for Australian SMBs? For most small and medium Australian businesses, the answer is SEEK Employer plus Manatal as an ATS. SEEK gives you access to Australia's candidate pool. Manatal gives you a structured way to manage applications without enterprise pricing. The combination costs a fraction of Greenhouse and covers 90% of what most SMB hiring teams actually need. Verify Manatal's current SEEK integration status before signing — and factor in that Manatal stores data on US servers. ### Does Culture Amp work for small teams? Not well. Culture Amp is designed for organisations with 200 or more employees. Below that threshold, the survey and benchmarking features are less meaningful (small sample sizes reduce statistical reliability), and the per-person cost is harder to justify. Small teams are better served by lightweight engagement tools or regular one-on-one check-ins until they reach the scale where Culture Amp delivers full value. ### What is the difference between an ATS and a people analytics tool? An ATS (Applicant Tracking System) manages the recruitment process: job postings, applications, interview scheduling, and offers. It helps you hire people. A people analytics tool — like Culture Amp — manages what happens after you have hired them: engagement surveys, performance reviews, and retention analysis. They solve different problems. Most businesses past the 50-employee mark need both. The ATS finds people. The people analytics tool helps you keep them. ### Can I use AI to screen job applicants in Australia legally? Yes, with important caveats. AI-assisted screening is legal in Australia, but the employer remains responsible for every outcome of that screening. If an AI system produces a discriminatory result — filtering out candidates based on age, gender, race, disability, or another protected attribute — the employer bears that liability. The AI vendor does not. Before deploying automated candidate scoring at scale, document your screening criteria, test them for discriminatory patterns, and get advice from a qualified Australian employment lawyer. AI speeds up the process. It does not change who is responsible for the decision. --- *Category: HR & Recruitment AI (Cat 20). All scores out of 25 using The AI Directory Australia's five-criterion framework (Value for Money, Ease of Use, Feature Depth, Australian Fit, Reliability & Support). Five-star rating requires Australian Fit ≥ 4/5 per editorial standard the Australian Fit gate. AUD pricing approximate at 1.40 USD/AUD as of September 2026\. Last reviewed: 20 September 2026.* *This roundup does not constitute legal advice. Employment law matters — including Fair Work Act compliance and AI-assisted hiring — should be reviewed with a qualified Australian employment lawyer.* --- ## The full HR & Recruitment AI index Every tool we have reviewed and scored in this category, highest score first. Scores are out of 25 across our five criteria; ★ marks the category Editor's Choice. A tool can only wear five stars, or be named a Top Pick, with an Australian Fit of 4/5 or better. | Tool | Score | In one line | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [Culture Amp](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/culture-amp-review-australia/) ★ | 23/25 | Culture Amp was built in Melbourne, scaled to global unicorn status, and remains the benchmark for employee… | | [Deputy](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/review-deputy-australia-2026/) | 21/25 | Deputy was built in Sydney and priced in AUD from day one. | | [ELMO Software](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/review-elmo-australia-2026/) | 20/25 | ELMO is the most credible AI story in Australian HR software right now — ISO 42001-certified, data hosted in… | | [foundU](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/review-foundu-australia-2026/) | 20/25 | foundU is an Australian workforce management and payroll platform that publishes its prices, hosts data in… | | [SEEK Employer AI](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/seek-employer-ai-review-australia/) | 20/25 | SEEK Employer is not an AI recruitment tool that happens to operate in Australia. | | [Tanda](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/review-tanda-australia-2026/) | 20/25 | Tanda is Australian-built, priced in AUD, and its award interpretation engine is among the most thorough… | | [Greenhouse ATS](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/greenhouse-ats-review-australia/) | 19/25 | Greenhouse is the gold standard for structured enterprise hiring — but it's built for businesses with 150+… | | [Humanforce](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/review-humanforce-australia-2026/) | 19/25 | Humanforce is Australia's most capable AI-powered rostering and workforce management platform. | | [Sapia.ai](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/review-sapia-ai-australia-2026/) | 19/25 | A Melbourne-built AI 'smart interviewer' that runs untimed, text-only chat interviews at scale. | | [intelliHR](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/review-intellihr-australia-2026/) | 18/25 | intelliHR was born from HR consulting in Brisbane and has the most sophisticated people analytics of any… | | [Rippling](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/rippling-review-australia/) | 17/25 | Rippling has made genuine effort to serve the Australian market. | | [Roubler](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/review-roubler-australia-2026/) | 17/25 | Roubler is a Brisbane-built all-in-one workforce management platform targeting shift-based Australian… | | [Manatal](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/manatal-review-australia/) | 16/25 | Manatal earns four stars on value, features, and accessibility. | | [Ashby](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/review-ashby-australia-2026/) | 15/25 | Ashby is a polished, AI-forward ATS from the US that covers the full recruiting lifecycle in one platform. | | [Gem](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/review-gem-australia-2026/) | 14/25 | Gem is an AI-first recruiting platform that consolidates sourcing, CRM, ATS, and analytics in one product. | | [Lever](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/review-lever-australia-2026/) | 14/25 | Lever's LeverTRM platform combines ATS and CRM in one product, with AI-powered candidate matching backed by… | | [hireEZ](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/review-hireez-australia-2026/) | 13/25 | hireEZ is an AI-first sourcing and recruiting platform that sits on top of your existing ATS. | ### Head-to-head comparisons in this category - 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**20 Sep 2026 🇦🇺** — Fair Work Commission Guidance Note (published 24 Aug 2026, commences 20 Oct 2026) read at primary; Fair Work section extended with three details: "public GenAI" covers free and paid/subscription tiers of ChatGPT, Claude, CoPilot and Gemini (definitions); a person must do the checking and one AI tool cannot verify another's output (para 31); spelling, grammar and formatting use is out of scope (para 7). No score changes. [Source](https://www.fwc.gov.au/documents/resources/guidance-note-use-of-generative-ai-in-commission-cases.pdf?ref=theaidirectory.com.au) · [Wayback](https://web.archive.org/web/20260905062513/https://www.fwc.gov.au/documents/resources/guidance-note-use-of-generative-ai-in-commission-cases.pdf) - **5 Sep 2026 🇦🇺** — Fair Work Commission GenAI Guidance Note (commences 20 Oct 2026) added to the Fair Work Act section. [Source](https://www.fwc.gov.au/genai?ref=theaidirectory.com.au) · [Wayback](https://web.archive.org/web/20260905062405/https://www.fwc.gov.au/genai) - **7 Jun 2026** — First published. ## Sources Sources are imported from the five underlying full reviews, each verified against the vendor's own pages on 7 June 2026\. They back the load-bearing pricing, feature, availability, and data-residency claims in the quick-pick table and mini-reviews above. **Culture Amp** 1. Culture Amp — Pricing — Primary — https://www.cultureamp.com/pricing — checked 13 June 2026 2. Culture Amp — Product/platform overview — Primary — https://www.cultureamp.com/platform — checked 13 June 2026 3. Culture Amp — About page — Primary — https://www.cultureamp.com/about — checked 13 June 2026 4. Culture Amp — Help Centre, "Data centres and data residency" — Primary — https://support.cultureamp.com/en/articles/14375357 — checked 13 June 2026 5. Culture Amp — Security trust centre — Primary — https://security.cultureamp.com — checked 13 June 2026 **SEEK Employer** 1. SEEK Employer — Primary — https://au.employer.seek.com/ *(repointed 21 Sep 2026 — old URL returned HTTP 404, found in a full-corpus citation check; page content and facts unchanged)* — checked 13 June 2026 2. SEEK — About — Primary — https://au.seek.com/about/ — checked 13 June 2026 3. SEEK — Privacy Policy — Primary — https://au.seek.com/about/privacy — checked 13 June 2026 **Greenhouse** 1. Greenhouse — Pricing — Primary — https://www.greenhouse.com/pricing — checked 13 June 2026 2. Greenhouse — AI recruiting features — Primary — https://www.greenhouse.com/ai-recruiting — checked 13 June 2026 3. Greenhouse — Integrations marketplace (job boards / SEEK) — Primary — https://integrations.greenhouse.com/t/job-distribution/job-boards — checked 13 June 2026 4. Greenhouse — Security — Primary — https://www.greenhouse.com/security — checked 13 June 2026 **Manatal** 1. Manatal — Pricing — Primary — https://www.manatal.com/pricing — checked 13 June 2026 2. Manatal — Security overview — Primary — https://www.manatal.com/security — checked 13 June 2026 3. Manatal — AI Recommendations feature — Primary — https://www.manatal.com/features/ai-recommendations — checked 13 June 2026 4. Manatal — SEEK integration (My Own Contracts) — Primary — https://www.manatal.com/integrations/my-contract-seek — checked 13 June 2026 **Rippling** 1. Rippling Australia — Pricing — Primary — https://www.rippling.com/en-AU/pricing — checked 13 June 2026 2. Rippling Australia — Payroll — Primary — https://www.rippling.com/en-AU/payroll — checked 13 June 2026 3. Rippling — Security — Primary — https://www.rippling.com/security — checked 13 June 2026 **Legal and regulatory context (secondary reference)** 1. Fair Work Ombudsman — https://www.fairwork.gov.au — checked 13 June 2026 2. NSW Parliament — Work Health and Safety Amendment (Digital Work Systems) Act 2026 (Act No. 5 of 2026), bill record — https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/bills/Pages/bill-details.aspx?pk=18847 — checked 13 June 2026