Payroll software for construction

Sync timesheets from site, automate tax filing and pay your crew accurately in minutes with our all-in-one payroll software. Spend less time in the back office and more time on the job.

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Build a better payday

Connect time and attendance tracking directly to your payroll. Approved hours from every site flow straight from the timesheet into the pay run.

We help you manage payroll compliance without adding admin. Our Employment OS automatically calculates public holiday pay and overtime under the Holidays Act 2003.

Pay your crew accurately whether they’re on the tools as a labourer or running the job as a site supervisor.

Keep onboarding and hiring moving through busy project phases. Send digital offer letters and let new starters onboard through the mobile app before their first day on site.

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Everything your construction business needs

Bring your scheduling, time tracking, HR and payroll into one platform built for New Zealand construction and trade businesses.

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Mobile app for site teams

Give your crew control. They can check the upcoming schedule, swap shifts and view their payslips from their phone, on site or on the road.

Built-in IRD compliance

We automatically calculate PAYE income tax and KiwiSaver deductions and file this information with Inland Revenue on your behalf.

Real-time labour costs by project

Track wage costs against each job as you build the schedule and compare planned hours to actual hours worked on site.

Customer spotlight

“This system has greatly simplified and streamlined our employee onboarding procedures, significantly reducing the reliance on paper-based documentation.”

Monette Gildenhuys, Senior People & Culture Advisor at Santa Fe Shutters Limited

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“The introduction of Employment Hero is a total game-changer for our employee value proposition. It has absolutely changed the world of our employees at Simba.”

Hailey Butler, Head of People and Culture Simba Global

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“The fact that we can do direct outreach within the ATS is a game changer. We’re not waiting for our people to find our ad – which is different from nearly all other ATS systems that I’ve used.”

Dan Farthing, Head of Product and People

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“I now look forward to onboarding people; it’s so easy and so seamless. We’ve even had new hires tell us how easy it was from their perspective too – which is a great first impression of their new job.”

Steffi Pereira, HR Manager

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Yes. A labourer and a site supervisor can work the same job at different rates. Assign multiple pay rates to a single employee and the system calculates the right wages when they clock in.

Yes. Calculating public holiday pay is complicated under the Holidays Act 2003. Our platform automates public holiday pay and overtime calculations, so you don’t need to work it out manually for every site.

No. Employment Hero has time and attendance built in. Employees can clock in and out via the Employment Hero Work app or a dedicated on-site kiosk, with geo-location tracking and photo capture at every clock event to prevent buddy punching. Geofencing means employees can only clock in from approved locations.

For on-site teams, the Hero Time Clock includes facial recognition. Employees clock in hands-free in under five seconds, with PIN entry as an automatic fallback. Approved timesheets flow straight into your pay run, with any discrepancies between rostered and actual hours flagged before processing.

Absolutely. Our software automatically calculates PAYE deductions and KiwiSaver contributions and files them directly with Inland Revenue through Payday filing on your behalf.

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Checklists

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Guides and Playbooks

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Templates

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Manage all payroll tasks from one place with automated data flows and error alerts., Make paying your people faster and worry-free.

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Manage your employees annual & sick leave with ease

Leave management

A dedicated payroll partner to handle everyday tasks like payslips to the more complex, from legislation changes, payday filing, to payroll anomalies.

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