Award Interpretation Software.

Pay staff correctly, each and every pay run.

Built-in rules. Remove manual calculations of higher duty payments and allowances using our built in rules.

Our modern award interpretation engine is kept up to date, so you can be confident your modern award calculations comply with Fair Work.

Pay conditions. If employees accrue Rostered Days Off, or Time Off in Lieu of overtime, automate these accruals.

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Pay staff correctly, each and every pay run.

Built-in rules. Remove manual calculations of higher duty payments and allowances using our built in rules.

Our modern award interpretation engine is kept up to date, so you can be confident your modern award calculations comply with Fair Work.

Pay conditions. If employees accrue Rostered Days Off, or Time Off in Lieu of overtime, automate these accruals.

Do it all with Employment Hero

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Automated updates

Ensure employees are paid at the correct pay rates according to Fair Work, and say goodbye to regular payroll audits. Our payroll software manages all Fair Work Commission updates for you, giving you peace of mind from payroll errors.

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Tailored to you

Whether it’s weekly, fortnightly, four-weekly, or monthly, shift period options auto-calculate overtime. This removes the mess of calculating hours worked, and lets you refocus your attention on more important tasks.

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For every payroll scenario

You can select from a list of pre-built industry awards from our library or use our pay conditions engine to build your own Enterprise Agreement, ensuring your payroll is processed to your unique payroll scenario.

Payroll Guide: The Basics of Payroll In Australia

This guide covers everything you need to when it comes to paying your staff correctly.

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Pay staff correctly every time

Whether one person or a hundred people are employed, the same rule applies – be compliant or face strict penalties. Employment Hero Payroll has got everything you need to process accurate pay.

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Define your own pay rules

Build custom rule sets to automate pay runs, leave and super entitlements.

Rostering, shift management and time and attendance.

Budget and allocate shifts based on skills required, enable shift swapping and bidding amongst staff and automate timesheets and pay runs by logging start, break and end times.


Payroll reporting

Make better business decisions using reports on all things payroll, employees, time and attendance and even the ATO. Integrate your chart of accounts for a 360* view of your accounting data.


Transparent timesheet calculations

Wondering how shifts are calculated on timesheets? Easily understand how the costs of shifts compare to the pay run and which pay condition rule set was triggered for each.

Work easy. Today.

300,000+

Businesses supported globally

2 million+

Active users on our platforms

32

Countries our users work across

7,500

New users join every month

“It takes a manager 10 to 15 minutes to approve 50 timesheets.”

Alex Spencer, Operations Manager

“I love how easy it is to use; I can access work from the office, a specific centre, at home or even when on leave for emergencies.”

Rachael Hinton, HR Manager

“Before Employment Hero, everything was on paper. Now it takes half the time to do everything.“

Katri Tormanen, HR and Office Admin

“Employment Hero has streamlined our process of recruitment through to onboarding. At the click of a button, we can coordinate everything from the recruitment process through to issuing a contract, managing payroll and compliance documents for new staff. Employment Hero is also making it much easier to manage policies, procedures and mandatory training. This has streamlined both short-term tasks through to end-of-year reviews. ”

Scott Lynch, Managing Director

“From a compliance perspective, the fact that we can automate rules, apply conditions, and entertain complex pay regimes via enterprise agreements is very beneficial. That’s where Employment Hero Payroll really allows us to deliver value to our clients. ”

Daniel James, Chief Operations Officer

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For Australian businesses, accountants, bookkeepers and outsourced payroll providers on the up.