New hire checklist

Hiring employees is a huge responsibility. Not only do you have to find the right people, you also have to make sure you've met your legal responsibilities. So it helps to have a system.

To help, we’ve pulled together a structured checklist to help you hire that perfect person for the position, regardless of whether they are your first employee or one of a larger team. This checklist covers off all stages from helping to define the position required through to ways to find them and then help them settle in.

To get started, simply click on either of the download buttons below to open the new hire checklist in PDF or Microsoft Word format, and save a copy to your computer if you want to complete or refer to the details at a later date.

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For a further list of legal requirements to consider when hiring new staff, also take a look at our red tape checklist which helps identify many of the employee taxes, insurances and superannuation requirements for your employees.

• Important information
  As this advice has been prepared without considering your objectives, financial situation or needs, you should, before acting on the advice, consider its appropriateness to your circumstances. All products mentioned on this web page are issued by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia; view our Financial Services Guide (PDF 59kb)