A shared assurance view across separate businesses, operators, workers or service providers involved in the same work, workplace, property, client or operating network.
When work crosses business boundaries, ONE keeps the assurance picture connected.
Construction is only one example. The same pattern can exist in transport, trades, property and facilities, real estate, labour hire, franchises, professional-service networks and platform or marketplace models — anywhere separate businesses or people need to coordinate authorised readiness around the same work, workplace, property or service.
The same ONE login and Work Profile can connect your authorised Organisation relationships on phone, tablet or computer. Each business keeps its own records and decision authority.
Each organisation keeps its own records and decision authority. Only authorised information is shared.
Network Assurance is a relationship layer — not an industry module.
The question is not “Are you construction, transport or labour hire?” The question is “Which separate people and businesses need to coordinate around this work, and what does each party own?”
Construction, trades, transport, property and facilities, real estate, labour hire, franchise/licensee networks, service networks, professional services and platform or marketplace models where work assurance genuinely needs to be coordinated.
Shows the authorised status, reason, expiry, evidence or outstanding action that the relationship needs while the source business keeps control of its own records and decisions.
If the workplace already exists in ONE, don't make every business build it again.
An authorised connected organisation can establish the shared workplace context once. Other businesses join the workplace and receive only the information relevant to their work and permissions.
ONE recognises the place.
Name, location and agreed workplace context can already be available.
Keep the business separate.
The contractor, labour-hire provider, supplier or independent business/operator keeps its own identity and records.
Bring in authorised workplace information.
Contacts, induction, site rules, document destinations, permits, access requirements and other agreed interface information can be shared without exposing unrelated records.
Ask what is different for this task.
ONE reuses the connected workplace context, then checks the people and work-specific requirements that still need attention.
A person can work in your network without becoming part of your own workforce.
Start with the real relationship. ONE can then apply the appropriate participation and payer without flattening employment, supplier or organisation boundaries.
Example: a labour-hire worker can remain a labour-hire worker, participate as a Connected Worker for one host, use Safety Access for another short job, and still keep one ONE identity. The relationship and active work context stay separate.
Start with how the businesses connect — not what industry label they use.
Your business may fit more than one pattern. ONE can preserve the actual relationship instead of forcing everyone into employee, contractor or other one-size-fits-all boxes.
We engage other businesses to do work.
Independent businesses operate within our network.
One business supplies people who work with another.
Separate operators move between many client workplaces.
Many businesses and agents operate around properties or clients.
The brand or platform connects parties, but the legal relationship may differ.
Connect the organisations. Keep the responsibilities separate.
Set the workplace relationship
Define the workplace and the requirements that apply to businesses performing work there.
Connect the businesses
Invite the relevant contractors, suppliers, labour-hire providers, independent businesses / operators or service businesses.
Reuse what is current
Existing organisation, person, plant and evidence information is reused where authorised and still current.
Share only what is needed
Show current, expired, missing or review-required status with its reason. Share documents only when the workplace genuinely needs them.
See what needs attention
The coordinating organisation sees the exceptions it is authorised to see; the business or person that owns the source record resolves the action that belongs to them.
Connected does not mean absorbed.
Each business keeps its people, licences, plant, tasks, evidence and internal decisions. The coordinating organisation keeps the requirements and decisions that belong to its role. ONE connects only the authorised information needed for the actual work relationship.
Which pattern sounds most like the way your business operates?
You do not need to know a special ONE category. Choose the closest relationship and ONE can refine it from there.
Almost any industry can create a connected-business assurance problem.
These are examples, not fixed ONE modules. The same Network layer can adapt to the actual relationship, jurisdiction and work.
Principal contractors, builders, subcontractors and mobile trade businesses.
Independent operators, fleet contractors, delivery and service networks.
Owners, property managers, facilities providers, maintenance and cleaning contractors.
Agencies, independent agents or businesses, property-service providers and client locations.
Providers, hosts and supplied workers with shared but distinct responsibilities.
Separate franchisee or licensee businesses operating under a common brand or system.
Rideshare, delivery, accommodation/property-service or marketplace-style models where work assurance genuinely needs coordination.
Consultants, specialists, service providers and other independent businesses working within a wider client or operating network.
Give them what they need to coordinate the work — without handing over your internal business record.
A connected principal contractor or client can receive the released controlled output and relevant site-assurance information while the contractor keeps its own organisational review, acceptance and release authority.
They can coordinate the site.
- Receive released SWMS / SOP / Work Instruction
- Set or confirm site requirements
- Manage or verify site inductions and permits where authorised
- See agreed readiness / evidence status
- Request changes or suspend site work where necessary
- Receive completion / close-out evidence
You keep control of your organisation.
- No automatic unrestricted access to the internal 8-tab management record
- Your acceptance and release authority remains yours
- Material change requests return to the controlled task workflow
- Each organisation contributes the information it controls
- Business records are not silently merged together
Show the reason, not just a green tick.
Every displayed status should preserve the source, verification state, effective time and scope so decision-makers can understand what the status actually means.
Agreed prerequisites appear satisfied.
The authorised status can be shared without exposing unrelated information.
A current item needs review.
The reason identifies what needs attention and which organisation owns the next action.
An agreed blocker remains unresolved.
ONE surfaces the reason; authorised people remain responsible for the decision about work.
License ONE Network Assurance around active workplaces.
The Network model does not add a separate per-contractor connection fee within the licensed Network. The approved price amounts remain unchanged.
1 active workplace
Up to 5 active workplaces
Up to 15 active workplaces
16+ workplaces / complex
First 20 paying Network customers or first 6 months.
Eligibility ends when either the first 20 paying Network customers are reached or six months have passed from Network commercial launch — whichever occurs first, subject to final approval.
First 12 paid subscription months.
The clock starts on first paid activation. Trial or pilot time before paid activation does not consume the period.
The Founding end date does not restart.
An eligible change uses the corresponding Founding Network tier only for the remainder of the original Founding period.
The first five approved Network customers may be offered Founding Network Design Partner status with complimentary implementation and onboarding.
Hands-on implementation and onboarding support for your Network setup.
Structured product feedback and participation in Network or Savings Proof measurement.
Public endorsement, naming and case-study use require separate express permission.
Recognise the person first. Then apply the relationship this organisation actually needs.
ONE keeps identity, organisation relationship, access level, Billing Sponsor and active work context separate. Matching the same person avoids duplicate identities; it does not merge business records or automatically make another organisation's management relationship free.
Existing ONE Person matched.
ONE recognises the same human without exposing or merging unrelated organisation records.
Worker or Connected Worker?
Use Worker only where the person is part of, or principally managed through, that organisation's own workforce in ONE. Use Connected Worker for ongoing external work-management relationships.
Only as much digital participation as the work needs.
Use ONE Safety Access for short-duration participation or an External/PDF Safety Pack where no paid digital worker connection is activated.
Who pays is a separate decision.
The host, supplying organisation or another approved connected organisation may sponsor an approved charge without gaining extra permissions or record ownership.
Questions about this part of ONE.
Open only the question that matters to you.
I am a principal contractor. Is ONE Network Assurance for me?
Yes. A principal contractor can use ONE Network Assurance to see agreed readiness across contractor businesses at its workplaces while each contractor keeps control of its own people, records and employer decisions.
I run a transport company with independent businesses / operators. Is this for me?
Yes. Each independent operator business can keep its own ABN, driver, vehicle, insurance and evidence records while the transport company sees the authorised readiness position needed for the workplace and work being coordinated.
I host labour-hire workers. Is this for me?
Yes. ONE can connect the labour-hire provider, hosted worker and host-side workplace requirements while keeping provider records and host records separate.
Does Network Assurance make my organisation responsible for every contractor record?
No. ONE connects authorised status and evidence for coordination. It does not silently transfer record ownership, employer decisions or organisational duties between businesses.
Do I need every underlying document from every business?
Not always. Where an authorised status, verification result, expiry or exception is enough, ONE can show that position without copying unrelated documents into another organisation.
If the same person works with two ONE organisations, how is charging handled?
ONE first matches the person identity. The coordinating organisation then chooses the access it needs for its own relationship: Connected Worker, short-term Safety Access or the external/PDF pathway. The host or supplying organisation may act as Billing Sponsor. Identity matching does not transfer record ownership or make the relationship free.
What is a Founding Network Design Partner?
The first five approved Network customers may be offered complimentary implementation and onboarding in return for structured feedback and participation in Network or Savings Proof measurement. Public endorsement or case-study use is separate and optional.
What about franchise, platform or marketplace business models?
The same relationship-first approach can apply where separate businesses or service providers operate under a shared brand, franchise, platform or marketplace. ONE should not assume legal status from the brand or platform label; it should establish the actual relationship, workplace control, information ownership and jurisdiction first.
Could this work for real estate, property or facilities networks?
Potentially, yes. An agency or property/facilities network may include independent businesses, agents, contractors, cleaners, maintenance providers and client locations. ONE can model the actual relationship and share the authorised assurance needed for the work without assuming everybody is one employer.
Is ONE Network Assurance only for construction, transport and labour hire?
No. Those are easy examples, not the limit. Network Assurance is designed for any arrangement where separate businesses, workers or service providers need to coordinate authorised readiness while retaining their own identity, records and decisions.
I still have another question. What should I do?
Use Ask ONE or the full ONE FAQs first. Register Interest is for people or organisations that are ready to join a ONE pathway, not for routine product questions.
Connect the person to the work without merging the businesses around them.
ONE can represent Principal Contractor → Contractor → Specialist Contractor → Worker and Host → Labour-Hire Provider → Labour-Hire Worker without assuming the organisation directly above the person is always their employer.
One User/login. Multiple authorised relationships.
The same person may have a Solo business and also participate as a Connected Worker with other organisations. The active context remains visible for submissions, acknowledgements, signatures and controlled decisions.
Share readiness without surrendering the source record.
Connected organisations can contribute the information they control while statuses such as workers nominated, induction outstanding, competency confirmation required, Ready, Not Ready or needs action remain understandable across the network.
Billing Sponsor is independent of safety duty.
The host, supplier or another approved connected organisation may sponsor Connected Worker or Safety Access charges. Payment does not transfer WHS duties or record ownership.
