How Telstra Automated Intake and Triage Using Checkbox

Denise Doyle

Denise Doyle

Legal Transformation Lead at Telstra

Telstra is Australia’s leading telecommunications and technology company, offering a full range of communications services and competing in all telecommunications markets. In Australia, they provide 18.8 million retail mobile services, 3.8 million retail fixed bundles and standalone data services and 960,000 retail fixed standalone voice services.

Telstra
Telstra customer story

Telecommunication

INDUSTRY

Corporate Legal

DEPARTMENT

30,000+

COMPANY size

300+

LEGAL TEAM size

The Challenge

The challenge

Telstra’s lawyers were looking at how to reduce the effort involved in automating manual documents and answering repeat questions about process or legal issues. Telstra has focused on optimising its operations and how employees work, and is enhancing the use of digital technologies among its almost 30,000 staff to achieve this goal.

For Telstra Legal, a key priority was finding a way to leverage automation with tools that can trigger a cultural change.

Telstra customer story

Customer perspective

Industry pressures moved us from lawyers dedicated to specific clients to a more centralized model, where a broader pool of lawyers could pick up new matters. We needed a digital tool to be that door, and Checkbox is a key piece in delivering legal services this new way.

Denise Doyle

Denise Doyle

Legal Transformation Lead at Telstra

6,000+ hours

6,000+ hours saved per annum

Developed a digital front

Developed a digital front door for legal requests

8 weeks

Idea to deployment in 8 weeks

Outcomes

The outcomes

Outcome Detail
Time Saved 6,000+ hours saved per year through legal automation
Legal Front Door Developed a digital front door for submitting and routing legal requests
Deployment Speed Checkbox app built and launched in just 8 weeks from idea to deployment
Cross-Department Impact Platform expanded to HR, Sustainability, and Accounting teams
HR Contract Automation Thousands of employment agreements automated with pre-filled data and HR guidance
Improved HR Experience Employees complete contracts through secure digital portals with pre-populated forms and advice

Telstra has used Checkbox to modernize how their legal team works, and the company aims to expand the platform and the benefits it delivers to Human Resources (HR), Sustainability and Accounting teams.

For Example, Telstra HR developed an app with Checkbox that has automated thousands of employment agreements, including new contracts as departments and roles change. Employees can now complete their contracts through a secure digital portal, pre-populated with information for their role, and a cover letter containing advice from HR experts to make the process simple. This has enabled Telstra HR to meet time-sensitive deadlines while improving the employee experience when engaging with HR processes.

They will also continue to investigate the automation of more complicated agreements, such as its standard technology procurement contracts. The next priority for Telstra is building a tool to speed up the ability to advise on product exits, which has become a high priority as Telstra goes through a radical product simplification drive.

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