HR Consultant Brisbane. No Lock-In Contracts. Direct Access to a Senior HR Expert.
Compliance, investigations, and employee management for Brisbane SMEs. Fixed-fee, direct, no handoffs.
Senior HR Consulting. Full Transparency. One Point of Contact.
- Direct senior access You work with Daniel directly. No account managers, no junior handoffs.
- Fixed-fee, transparent pricing Published rates. Defined deliverables. No hourly creep.
- No lock-in contracts Engage for what you need, for as long as you need it.
Brookvale HR Solutions provides senior HR consulting for Australian SMEs that have outgrown informal people management but cannot yet justify a full-time HR hire. Daniel Holbrook leads every engagement personally.
His credentials include an MBA, a Certificate IV in Government Investigations, a Certificate IV in WHS, and AHRI membership. His experience spans defence, education, manufacturing, professional services, not-for-profit, sports, and hospitality, among others.
The work ranges from workplace investigations and compliance audits to fixed-fee HR frameworks and ongoing retainer support. Every engagement is scoped upfront, priced before work begins, and delivered by Daniel from first call to final deliverable. No account managers, no junior handoffs, no lock-in contracts.
Senior HR support, without the full-time salary.
Common HR Challenges Brisbane Businesses Face
Business owners engage Brookvale HR Solutions for different reasons: a live HR issue, a compliance gap they haven’t had time to address, or a growing team they can no longer manage informally. If one of these situations sounds familiar, there is a clear path forward.
Received a Complaint
A formal complaint has been lodged. The first 48 hours determine whether this is resolved or escalates.
What to do when you receive a complaintNo HR Policies
Your business is operating without documented HR policies, or the ones you have no longer reflect current legislation. Every employment decision gets harder to defend.
Document your HR policiesPaying Correctly?
Award interpretation is complex, and intentional underpayment is now a criminal offence with director-level penalties. A classification review confirms your pay rates are correct before exposure becomes a problem.
Audit your pay ratesLetting Someone Go
Ending an employment relationship requires documented process and procedural fairness. Get either wrong and you are facing an unfair dismissal claim.
Manage the terminationPsychosocial Risks
Psychosocial safety obligations sit alongside physical safety under WHS legislation, with personal liability for directors and officers.
Assess your exposureOngoing HR Support
You need HR expertise but cannot justify a full-time hire. Outsourced HR gives you senior support at the hours and budget your business actually needs.
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Five minutes. A personalised compliance risk report, emailed immediately.
Expert HR Services Tailored to Small and Medium Businesses
Brookvale HR Solutions delivers six core services to small and medium businesses across Australia. Each service can be engaged as a one-off project, as part of a retainer, or as a fixed-fee product, depending on what your business needs.
Workplace Investigations
Independent, procedurally fair investigations into bullying, harassment, misconduct, and policy breaches. Led by a Cert IV Government Investigations practitioner.
HR Policies, Procedures and Compliance
Compliant, practical HR policies and procedures tailored to your business, your industry, and the Awards that apply.
Employee Management
Performance management, disciplinary processes, and termination guidance aligned with Fair Work requirements.
Recruitment Coordination
End-to-end recruitment coordination from position descriptions through to shortlisting, interviews, and onboarding.
Leadership and Training
Practical leadership coaching and training for managers and supervisors, delivered onsite or remote.
Workplace Mediation
Structured mediation for workplace disputes where the working relationship has broken down but needs to continue.
How it works.
Four steps from first call to delivered work. No lock-in at any point.
Get in touch
Call Daniel on 1300 23 44 23 or book a free 30-minute strategy call online. Describe the situation in plain language. No prep required.
Scope call
A direct conversation about what your business actually needs. No sales pitch. If Brookvale is the right fit, Daniel will say so. If not, he will point you somewhere that is.
Fixed-fee proposal
A scoped proposal with a fixed price and clear deliverables. You know exactly what you are paying for before any work begins.
Delivered by Daniel personally
From first call to final deliverable. No handoffs, no junior consultants, no one who doesn’t know your business.
Transparent Pricing. No Lock-In Contracts.
Brookvale HR Solutions publishes pricing because business owners deserve to know what HR consulting costs before they pick up the phone. All prices exclude GST.
Pay-as-you-go sense-check
- One-off sense-checks on difficult decisions
- Preparation for a difficult conversation
- Second opinion on a contract clause
- Decision stress-testing before you act
Regular HR advice
- 5 hours of HR consulting per month
- 2.5-hour rollover for unused time
- Additional hours at $250/hr
- Practical option without an in-house HR hire
Embedded senior HR resource
- 20 hours of dedicated HR consulting
- One onsite visit per month
- Comprehensive HR Compliance Audit at commencement
- Additional hours at $250/hr
Current Employment Law Changes Brisbane Businesses Need to Know
Australian employment law has undergone significant reform over the past two years. These are not minor adjustments. They are substantive changes to employer obligations that carry real penalties for non-compliance.
Closing Loopholes Act
Since 1 January 2025, intentional wage underpayment is a criminal offence under the Fair Work Act.
Payday Super
From 1 July 2026, super must be paid within seven business days of each payday, not quarterly. Compliance guide
Positive Duty
Employers must take proactive steps to eliminate sexual harassment under the Sex Discrimination Act, not merely respond after the fact.
Psychosocial Safety
WHS legislation imposes personal liability on directors and officers for failing to identify and manage psychological risks at work.
Right to Disconnect
Employees have the right to refuse unreasonable contact outside working hours, subject to a defined reasonableness test.
Staying across legislative change is part of the job. Your documentation should reflect what the law requires now, not what it required when your policies were written.
Practical tools to keep your business on the right side of current law.
5-minute assessment, personalised compliance report emailed.
Calculate statutory redundancy pay under the NES.
Minimum notice period based on length of service and age.
Practical guidance on current employment law changes.
Rated 5.0 on Google across every review.
We engaged Daniel from Brookvale HR Solutions to conduct an independent workplace investigation after an incident at a staff event. He managed the process quickly and fairly, interviewing staff, reviewing evidence and delivering a clear report with practical recommendations within a week. Daniel then helped us put those recommendations in place, which reduced risk to the business and helped restore calm within the team. We were very happy with both the service and the outcome and would confidently recommend Brookvale HR Solutions to other businesses needing HR support.
We recently worked with Brookvale HR Solutions to conduct a full HR audit, implement a new HR and safety policy suite, and resolve a difficult employee performance issue. Dan made the whole process straightforward, gave very practical advice, and ensured we were compliant at every step. We’re now much clearer and more confident in how we manage our team, and we feel our HR and safety foundations are in a much stronger position. We will continue working with Dan and the team for all our HR needs and highly recommend them to any business needing HR support.
I recently engaged Brookvale HR Solutions, led by Dan and his team, and was thoroughly impressed. Dan combines deep HR expertise with a practical, people-first approach. He provides clear advice and handles complex issues with professionalism and empathy. He’s a HR / Safety weapon. 10/10 recommend!
Book a Free 30-Minute HR Strategy Call
If your business is dealing with a people issue, a compliance gap, or simply needs better HR foundations, the first step is a conversation. Daniel offers a free, no-obligation 30-minute strategy call to understand your situation and outline what expert HR support looks like for your business.
No sales pitch. No pressure. Just a direct conversation with a senior HR consultant about what your business actually needs.