Employee Starter Bundle (Hire Your First Employee)
Hiring your first employee is exciting, but it can also be a legal minefield if you don’t have the right documents in place. The Employee Starter Bundle (Hire Your First Employee) gives you the essential employment templates you need to hire with confidence.
This bundle includes Employment Agreements and Letters of Offer for full-time, part-time, and casual employees, plus a Employee Handbook to set expectations from day one. Created by lawyers and designed to be practical, this bundle helps you stay compliant, reduce risk, and build strong foundations for your growing team, without the overwhelm.
The Employee Starter Bundle (Hire Your First Employee) is your go-to legal toolkit for taking that big step from solo operator to employer. Designed for founders hiring their very first employee, this bundle gives you clear, legally sound documents that protect your business while supporting a positive employee experience.
Inside this bundle, you’ll find tailored Employment Agreements and Letters of Offer for full-time, part-time, and casual employees, ensuring you’re covered no matter how you’re hiring. The included Employee Handbook ties it all together by setting out workplace policies, expectations, and procedures, helping you create consistency and clarity from the start.
So instead of cobbling together templates from Google (we see you 👀), you can hire with confidence knowing your legal foundations are sorted. You focus on building your team, we’ll handle the legal bits.
About the Template Kit
Created by lawyers and peer reviewed by other lawyers for quality assurance, this fill-in-the-blanks template kit can be ready within 30 minutes or less. Simply update the templates, copy and paste them into your system, and issue them to your employee for signing.
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What’s included?
Your template purchase includes:
- Templates in Word format
- Template User Guide pdf – Handy hints on how to update your template
- Single user licence to edit, use and reuse the template as often as you need for your business
- BONUS: Future template updates
- BONUS: Video Guide – This video walkthrough is designed to guide you step-by-step through the template, providing clear instructions and assistance to help you successfully complete it with a few tips thrown in for good measure!
Got questions? Check out our FAQs below.
Employment Agreement + Letter of Offer (Full-Time / Part-Time)
- Clearly defines the employment relationship
- Outlines duties, hours, and remuneration
- Probation period provisions
- Leave entitlements and workplace benefits
- Confidentiality and intellectual property protections
- Termination and notice requirements
- Compliance with Australian employment standards
Employment Agreement + Letter of Offer (Casual)
- Casual engagement terms and conditions
- Casual loading provisions
- Shift flexibility and availability expectations
- Confidentiality and intellectual property clauses
- Termination provisions
- Clear distinction from permanent employment
Employee Handbook
- Workplace policies and procedures
- Code of conduct and behavioural expectations
- Leave, attendance, and performance standards
- Work health and safety obligations
- Anti-discrimination, bullying, and harassment policies
- Disciplinary processes and workplace complaints
- Sets a professional, consistent foundation for your team
This Employee Starter Bundle is perfect for founders, small business owners, and startups who are hiring their first full-time, part-time, or casual employee and want to do it properly from day one.
It’s ideal if you:
Are new to being an employer
Want legally compliant employment documents without starting from scratch
Need clarity and structure for your growing team
Want to protect your business while setting clear expectations for employees
If you’re building a team and want to start on the right foot, this bundle is for you.
IMPORTANT
Purchasing our fill in your blanks templates for you to customise and ensure they suit you and your business needs, utilising our free resources or having a chat with us as part of a consultation doesn’t create a lawyer-client relationship between you and Foundd Legal (sorry!). It also doesn’t constitute legal advice. Please consult with a lawyer for any questions.
We do offer templates for countries outside of Australia, you will see on the specific template page which country or countries the template is available for, just make your selection! Unfortunately at this time, we are only offering templates for the countries specified.
Our templates are however customisable for countries outside of Australia, and whilst they are a good base and potentially save you money getting something created from scratch, it would be prudent to have a lawyer in your country to review the template especially if you have any questions.
You get a single user licence and can re-use the templates you purchase as many times as you want for your own business needs! But keep in mind we’re a small business just like you, offering a service and we need more people like you to help us continue to grow - just like you! So from the bottom of our humble hearts, thank you for making a legit purchase and not sharing! Use of this Site and your purchase of any digital products or downloading of any free resources, are subject to our Terms and Conditions.
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