Ethical recruitment, in writing.

Migrant workers are among the most exploited people in Australian agriculture and care. Our answer is a published standard you can audit us against — not a paragraph of good intentions.

The Employer Pays Principle

No worker pays a fee — to us, to our offshore network, or to anyone in the chain — to get a job. Recruitment costs are carried entirely by the employer side. If any worker is ever asked for money by anyone claiming to represent HireRegional, we want to hear about it immediately and we will act.

Our commitments

• Written contracts before departure — every overseas worker sees their role, pay rate, hours and housing cost in writing, in a language they understand, before committing.
• No document retention — we never hold a worker's passport or personal documents. Ever.
• Transparent, consent-based deductions — housing and transport deductions are agreed in writing, within legal limits, and itemised on every payslip.
• Source-country legality — recruitment in each worker's home country follows that country's emigration law in full.
• Welfare line — every placed worker has direct contact details for our team, separate from their host workplace, with issues acted on within one business day.
• Freedom to leave — no exit penalties, no "repayment" clauses, no conditions that trap a worker in a placement.

Raising a concern

Workers, host employers, or members of the public can raise concerns confidentially at info@hireregional.com. Concerns may be raised anonymously, and raising one will never disadvantage a worker's employment with us.