2026 SALARY SURVEY

Work Health & Safety Recruitment

We are committed to building safer workplaces and understand the critical role WHS teams play in protecting employees, reducing risks, and driving compliance.

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94% RETENTION ON HIRES
We provide a robust recruitment process that continues after the placement.

Awarded Best WHS Recruitment Agency, NSW - We source skilled leaders and WHS specialists across all levels, from C-suite to frontline safety roles. We find the right talent to create lasting, positive change in your world. If you're a candidate seeking your next WHS career move, you have also come to the right place.

Meet the Personal Injury Recruitment Team

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Andrew has over ten years of experience in recruitment across Insurance and Personal Injury, supporting businesses through periods of significant growth, change, and strategic direction. With significant talent leadership experience across Hays, Suncorp and most recently holding the role of Head of Talent Acquisition & Employee Experience at EML, Andrew has led large-scale volume campaigns, international relocations and an expert in, specialist search recruitment needs.

Andrew Smith

Director & Co-Founder

Personal Injury

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Ashlea supports clients & candidates across NSW within personal injury. With over 10 years recruitment experience in Injury Management and Work Health & Safety recruitment, recruiting specialist and senior roles. Example roles Ashlea recruits: Injury Management, Workers Compensation, Leadership, Specialist, Work Health & Safety.

Ashlea Smith

Associate Director

Personal Injury, NSW

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Adam is a specialist recruiter across NSW, VIC, and SA within the personal injury space. With over 9 years’ recruitment experience across government, finance, and insurance. Adam specialises in Injury Management and Work Health & Safety, recruiting senior and specialist roles. Roles he recruits for include Injury Management, Workers Compensation, Executive, Specialist and Work Health & Safety.

Adam Coyne

Business Manager

Personal Injury, NSW/VIC/SA

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Dominic works nationally with clients and candidates across Personal Injury. His 9 years of recruitment experience covers workers compensation, life insurance, accident and health, allied health, travel, CTP and liability recruitment. Example of positions Dom recruits: Case Managers, RTW + Injury Management specialists, Liability Consultants, Disputes and Quality Assurance.

Dominic Sheppard

Business Manager

Personal Injury & Life

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Rebecca supports clients & candidates nationally across all insurance lines. With 10 years of recruitment experience as a contractor specialist, she brings a deep connection to people and expertise in providing temporary solutions. Example roles Rebecca recruits: Claims Handlers, Case Managers, Assessors, Paralegals, Risk & Governance, and Restoration Specialists.

Rebecca Harris

Business Manager

Personal Injury, QLD

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Maria supports clients & candidates across NSW/ QLD/ VIC/WA/SA within the Occupational Rehab space. With over 4 years of recruitment experience, she recruits Rehabilitation Counsellors and Rehab Consultants roles (from junior through to leadership) including Occupational Therapy (OT), Exercise Physiology (EP), Physiotherapy, and registered Provisional Psychologists.

Maria Belen Martin

Recruitment Consultant

Personal Injury & Occ Rehab

Why work with HAYLO People?

We partner with businesses Australia-wide to provide temporary, contract and permanent recruitment services to employers. We find the right Work, Health & Safety people to help organisations to grow and people thrive.

Roles We Recruit

  • Safety
  • Advisors
  • WHSE & S
  • WHS
  • Wellbeing
  • Specialist
  • Partner
  • Coordinator

Recruitment Offerings

We don't rely on jobs board to find talent for our clients. We spend our time networking and talking to people in the industry to attract and retain the best talent for your business. We manage the whole process for you and provide regular updates so you can get back to running your business. 

Our retained service is an exclusive, structured search partnership designed to proactively identify and engage technical or senior talent, supported by detailed market mapping and rigorous assessment. Unlike other service offerings, this model offers dedicated resources, transparent reporting, and end to end ownership, delivering a high calibre, low risk hiring outcome.

Whether you are delivering a short term project, covering leave, or need specialist expertise, we provide high quality contract talent quickly and efficiently. We manage sourcing, compliance, and onboarding end to end, delivering a seamless solution and experienced contractors who can add value from day one.

Whether it is a short term project or a sudden need to scale your team, we find the right people to keep your business running. Access our established pool of immediately available professionals with flexible on hire solutions, while we take care of payroll and compliance. No long term commitment, just the support your team needs when it is needed.

Personal Injury Insights

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Work Health and Safety Recruitment Australia: Why Demand for WHS Professionals Continues to Grow in 2026

Work Health and Safety recruitment across Australia is not slowing down. If anything, it is becoming more strategic.

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When We Give, We Gain: Building Stronger Teams At HAYLO

We are proud to partner with organisations that value Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Our goal is to help you build a culture where every person feels represented and connected, whether you're hiring for Claims Management, WHS, or Insurance leadersh...

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Take Part in the HAYLO People Talent & Salary Insights Survey 2026: Personal Injury, Work Health Safety (WHS), General Insurance

The HAYLO People Talent & Salary Insights Survey is a free resource for the industry to help shape decisions around salaries, benefits, and employee value propositions, continuing to improve the General Insurance, Personal Injury and Work Health Safe...

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People are the heart of our Industry! Workers Compensation & Health Safety Networking Event in VIC

We were thrilled to host our second Workers’ Compensation, Work Health and Safety, and People, Network & Connect event in Victoria on Thursday, 11 September 2025. Following the success of our Sydney event, HAYLO People, Clarity Workplace Solutions,...

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HAYLO People Wins Sourcr’s ‘Agency of the Year’ 2025

Since launching in July 2021, our vision has been to be the number 1 recruiter in our field. This year, we’ve taken a big step forward, expanding into new markets and service areas to better support the evolving needs of our clients and candidates. T...

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HAYLO People’s Exclusive Breakfast Panel Discussion: Managing a Multigenerational Workforce

The panel shared their tips and insights on how businesses can harness the diversity of a multigenerational workforce to drive innovation, collaboration, and long-term success.

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Hear from our clients and candidates

December, 2025

I had the pleasure of working with Oliver Bell and Michelle Madgwick from HAYLO People to secure my first job in Australia, and I can’t recommend them highly enough. Oliver was my day to day contact and guided me through...

Beauty
December, 2025

Bailey was honestly the best recruiter I have worked with. Super supportive and helpful throughout the whole process a providing key insights, information and helping me to secure a dream role. Couldn't recommend him eno...

Joel
December, 2025

She made sure I was aware of every step she was taking behind the scenes! She was lovely to talk to and reassured me with all the steps I needed and gave me feedback on areas that could make me stand out more to an emplo...

Tiffani-Amber
December, 2025

Marcus was great. He was friendly, upbeat and committed to ensuring I had the best shot at getting the job. He did everything he said he would and made me feel like he had my back. Needless to say I got hired.

Jamie
December, 2025

Danielle has been great from the start. She really helped me and encouraged me to think about what I'm looking for in a role. Once I had decided on what I wanted, she helped aligned me to a company I was interested in, a...

Jess
December, 2025

Rebecca has been incredible to deal with very knowledgeable regarding the role and made sure I was ready for the interview and process. Rebecca has been available every step of the way to support and follow up with any a...

Todd
December, 2025

Dakota and Dominic were determined from day 1 to land me a role and in a very short time they did. I got constant updates and reassurance, exactly what i needed.

Lilly
December, 2025

I had an excellent experience working with Adam. At first, I was unsure and nervous about even going through the interview process, but his professionalism and support made all the difference. He took the time to answer ...

Deepak
December, 2025

Maria was extremely understanding, supportive and helpful throughout the recruitment process. Also, excellent follow up.

Leo
December, 2025

Adam has been incredibly supportive and helpful throughout my job search. He took the time to understand what I was looking for and guided me toward opportunities that truly matched my goals. His encouragement and insigh...

Hannah
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