TEMi launches PolicyPilot in Australia & New Zealand
Tue, 12th May 2026 (Today)
The Employee Mobility Institute has launched PolicyPilot in Australia and New Zealand. Developed by Bazl, the software supports remote work policy and risk decisions.
The institute will offer PolicyPilot exclusively in both markets to organisations, advisers and workforce solution providers managing cross-border and flexible work arrangements.
The launch reflects growing demand for tools that address the legal and compliance issues created by remote and hybrid work. These include permanent establishment risk, tax obligations across multiple jurisdictions, right-to-work issues and data protection requirements when employees work across borders.
The platform is designed to help users develop and benchmark remote work policies, and generate risk analysis reports for employees seeking flexible work arrangements globally. A separate FlexCheck tool is aimed at larger organisations handling multiple requests at once.
Consultants often charge substantial fees to draft or benchmark policies in this area, while internal teams can struggle to keep pace with changing rules across jurisdictions. The product is positioned as an on-demand alternative for HR, talent and operational teams that need faster assessments.
Deborah de Cerff, founder of The Employee Mobility Institute, said the group saw a clear gap in the market for a specialist tool focused on talent mobility and remote work.
"Through our partnership with Bazl, we are introducing a practical, purpose-built solution in response to a clear need across HR, talent, operations, workforce solution providers and broader business functions," de Cerff said.
She said the collaboration combines industry demand with Bazl's technology to support more informed decision-making.
De Cerff added that the product is designed to help practitioners manage the complex regulatory and tax issues that can accompany flexible work models.
"PolicyPilot© supports practitioners in navigating evolving regulations, risks and tax considerations associated with flexible work - accelerating policy development and employee risk assessments, while supporting compliant, confident and well-informed decisions in complex scenarios, and strengthening in-house capability," she said.
She said the technology has the potential to increase productivity, improve efficiency and reduce costs for organisations of all sizes while maintaining a high standard of compliance and rigour.
Security focus
Privacy and data separation were central to the product design, reflecting employer concerns about how AI systems handle sensitive employee and company information.
Chris Fogarty, founder of Bazl, outlined the security measures built into the platform.
"All data is encrypted using TLS in transit and AES-256 at rest - consistent with industry-standard security practices and GDPR requirements," Fogarty said.
He said each organisation's data is logically separated at the database level, preventing any other user or organisation on the platform from accessing another's content, policies or employee assessments.
"PolicyPilot© also uses commercially licensed AI models, so user data is never used to retrain or fine-tune the platform either - private content uploaded or submitted always stays private," he said.
Bazl specialises in remote work issues, while TEMi represents the Australasian talent mobility sector. The partnership brings together a sector body with employers and advisers and a software developer focused on remote work compliance.
The companies are entering a market shaped by lasting changes in working patterns since the spread of hybrid and remote models. For many employers, the policy challenge now extends beyond simple home working rules to questions about where employees can work, for how long, and under what tax, immigration and employment conditions.
That complexity has created room for products aimed at standardising internal decision-making and reducing reliance on external legal or consulting support for routine assessments. It also raises questions about the quality of underlying data, the transparency of risk scoring and organisations' ability to apply automated recommendations consistently across different employee groups.
For TEMi, the exclusive arrangement gives it a direct role in distributing a software product closely tied to the concerns of its membership base, which includes HR and mobility leaders, tax and immigration specialists, and relocation professionals.
Fogarty said Bazl built the software with remote work expertise in mind.
"With decades of remote work expertise, Bazl is proud to provide an AI-enabled solution that delivers knowledge into the hands of those who need it most, more securely, safely and swiftly than ever before," he said.