Simplify Leave Management and Stay Compliant
Spend less time chasing paperwork, cut out manual tasks, and gain clarity on leave balances to focus on growing your business.

Allow employees to submit leave requests on one online platform on any device.

Enable managers to simply approve leave requests at anytime.

Reduce double data handling and errors with automatic leave calculations.
“Our employees now have direct access to payslips, rosters and leave balances. The transparency has built trust and improved morale across the workforce.”
Trudy Mortaruolo, HR Manager






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See Payroll Done Right
Effortless, Accurate, and Automated
Watch how Employment Hero makes payroll painless. Sync pay rates automatically, eliminate double handling, and connect your favourite integrations in seconds. Cleaner data, faster pay runs, and seamless workflows let you focus on growing your business.

TRUSTED BY 350k+ HAPPY CUSTOMERS






Employee Leave Management Software for Australian Businesses
Configure and go

Quickly confirm contracted hours, lock in working schedules, and automate leave entitlements: no second-guessing.
Tailored to the employee

Access a detailed view of your employee data and an audit log of changes made to employee profiles. Tailor reports by start date, location and more, and export them in Excel, CSV or PDF formats.
Leave balances report

Keep on top of balances, liabilities and business costs. With detailed leave reports, it’s effortless to stay compliant with Fair Work employment regulations.
Do it all with Employment Hero

Real-time data
Give staff full visibility into how their leave and entitlements are calculated. Configure rules for hours, overtime, and deductions to ensure holiday pay is always accurate, and automatically reflected in STP reporting to the ATO.

Instant, automatic calculations
Leave the maths to us. Leave is automatically applied using your rule sets, and public holidays are pre-loaded. Pay runs always stay accurate without any manual work.

Automation for every employee type
Get transparent, automated leave and holiday pay calculations for all employees . Have confidence in compliance for variable hour staff with timesheet history, flexible configurations and smart automation.
Integrate seamlessly with your other tools





Employment software with proven results
89%
return in investment for companies using Employment Hero
85%
Better onboarding experience
81%
Improved payroll efficiency
42%
Average amount of time saved on HR admin
Easy leave management & payroll Australian businesses love to use.

“Most new hires complete everything on their phone. They sign contracts, review policies, and onboard remotely –it’s so simple and efficient.”
Dan, Head of Product & People

“With so many locations, it’s much easier for store managers to refer candidates between stores. If one candidate is a better fit for a different store, the hiring manager can quickly pass them on to another location.”
Elise Guiliano, HR Manager

“The applicant tracking system really helped us filter candidates and sort through applicants in similar role types we were hiring for. This helps us a lot because in finding the right people with relevant experience in an industry with a lot of candidate movement.”
Ronald Kwok, Recruitment Specialist
Plans to suit your business
HR Essentials
Core HR foundations
Includes:
Leave management
Employee records
Document management
Onboarding and offboarding
Policies and compliance tools
Help centre and chat support
Designed for teams moving away from spreadsheets and manual processes.
Time & Attendance
HR Advisory
EAP
EAP Premium
Learning
Learning Plus
HR Essentials
Minimum $100 / month. Contract costs are based on the greater of any minimum contractual amounts and actual billable employees each month.
HR Essentials
Core HR foundations
Designed for teams moving away from spreadsheets and manual processes.
Includes:
Leave management
Employee records
Document management
Onboarding and offboarding
Policies and compliance tools
Help centre and chat support
Time & Attendance
HR Advisory
EAP
EAP Premium
Learning
Learning Plus
HR Essentials
Minimum $100 / month. Contract costs are based on the greater of any minimum contractual amounts and actual billable employees each month.
HR Engage
Build better employee experiences
Includes:
Performance reviews
Learning and development tools
Engagement surveys
Recruitment tools
Everything in HR Essentials, plus tools to support engagement, performance and growth.
Time & Attendance
HR Advisory
EAP
EAP Premium
Learning
Learning Plus
HR Engage
Minimum $140 / month. Contract costs are based on the greater of any minimum contractual amounts and actual billable employees each month.
HR Engage
Build better employee experiences
Everything in HR Essentials, plus tools to support engagement, performance and growth.
Includes:
Performance reviews
Learning and development tools
Engagement surveys
Recruitment tools
Time & Attendance
HR Advisory
EAP
EAP Premium
Learning
Learning Plus
HR Engage
Minimum $140 / month. Contract costs are based on the greater of any minimum contractual amounts and actual billable employees each month.
HR Elite
Advanced HR with greater control and flexibility
Includes:
Workflow automation
Custom fields
Advanced reporting
Enhanced people insights
Everything in HR Engage, plus advanced automation, reporting and security.
Time & Attendance
HR Advisory
EAP
EAP Premium
Learning
Learning Plus
HR Elite
Contract costs are based on the greater of any minimum contractual amounts and actual billable employees each month.
HR Elite
Advanced HR with greater control and flexibility
Everything in HR Engage, plus advanced automation, reporting and security.
Includes:
Workflow automation
Custom fields
Advanced reporting
Enhanced people insights
Time & Attendance
HR Advisory
EAP
EAP Premium
Learning
Learning Plus
HR Elite
Contract costs are based on the greater of any minimum contractual amounts and actual billable employees each month.
Employment Unlimited
The complete Employment Operating System
Includes:
Everything in HR Elite
Payroll
Employee Assistance Program
Priority support services
HR Advisory
Recruitment Agent
Learning Bundle
Team Chat
Employment Unlimited
Employment Unlimited
The complete Employment Operating System
Our most comprehensive plan.
Includes:
Everything in HR Elite
Payroll
Employee Assistance Program
Priority support services
HR Advisory
Recruitment Agent
Learning Bundle
Team Chat
EAP Premium
Learning Plus
Employment Unlimited
Payroll
Included with Employment Unlimited
Includes:
Unlimited pay runs
Automated tax calculations
Award interpretation
Payroll reporting
Employee self-service
Native HR integration
Run payroll with confidence using a fully integrated payroll solution.
Managed Payroll
Payroll
Minimum $100 / month. Contract costs are based on the greater of any minimum contractual amounts and actual billable employees each month. SMS charges of $0.18 per SMS apply. Superannuation payments are charged at $0.30 per employee.
Payroll
Included with Employment Unlimited
Run payroll with confidence using a fully integrated payroll solution.
Includes:
Unlimited pay runs
Automated tax calculations
Award interpretation
Payroll reporting
Employee self-service
Native HR integration
Managed Payroll
Payroll
Minimum $100 / month. Contract costs are based on the greater of any minimum contractual amounts and actual billable employees each month. SMS charges of $0.18 per SMS apply. Superannuation payments are charged at $0.30 per employee.
Employment Unlimited
The complete Employment Operating System
Includes:
Everything in HR Elite
Payroll
Phone support
Priority support services
Advanced automation
Recruitment Agent
Employment Unlimited
Employment Unlimited
The complete Employment Operating System
Our most comprehensive plan.
Includes:
Everything in HR Elite
Payroll
Phone support
Priority support services
Advanced automation
Recruitment Agent
EAP Premium
Learning Plus
Employment Unlimited
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