Million-dollar listings. HR still running on spreadsheets?
Run your agency’s HR, recruitment and payroll on an AI-powered Employment Operating System, so your team spends less time on admin and more time in front of buyers, sellers and landlords.

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Stop running your agency operations manually
What’s slowing you down
Manual admin across scattered systems and spreadsheets.

Commission, retainers, clawbacks, allowances and leave reconciled by hand every pay cycle.

Licence expiry dates, CPD hours and REA notification deadlines tracked manually in a spreadsheet.

A property manager resigns and their portfolio gets spread across a team that’s already stretched.

New salespeople waiting on agreements, police vetting and onboarding, instead of getting in front of clients.

Every office keeps its own version of employee records, leave balances and policies.
What speeds you up
What AI-powered operations in your firm could look like.

Employee records, timesheets and leave connected to payroll, so the pay run reflects what actually happened.

Licences, CPD records and compliance documents held centrally, with automated reminders well before anything expires.

Faster hiring and onboarding, along with development and recognition, so people are easier to replace and less likely to leave.

Offer to onboard in one place, so new starters are ready to list from day one.

One set of records across every office, with reporting that the head office can rely on.
Meet the AI-powered Employment Operating System
Employment Hero brings HR, payroll and hiring together, with Hero AI embedded across every stage of the employee lifecycle. Instead of adding more tools, you get one system that helps your team work smarter, move faster and stay in control.

Why New Zealand real estate agencies are switching to Employment Hero
Your agency runs two very different workforces under one roof. Licensed salespeople, often on contract, paid on commission. Property managers and support staff on salary, covered by the Holidays Act. Different agreements and different obligations.
Most agencies manage both through a patchwork of spreadsheets, inboxes and calendar reminders, held together by whoever remembers. Employment Hero brings HR, payroll and hiring into one connected system, with Hero AI across the employee lifecycle.
Don't let the deadline become the reminder

Every licence in your agency expires on its own date. Miss the renewal and your salesperson stands down from all agency work while a fresh application is processed.
With Employment Hero, you can hold every licence, expiry date, CPD certificate and police vetting record in one place, with automated reminders that go out well ahead of the deadline.
Get your contractor agreements right

Issue, sign and store every agreement digitally, so you know exactly what each person signed and when.
Our HR advisory team can help you review your templates, and we’d always recommend confirming your specific arrangements with an employment lawyer.
Find property managers before your competitors do

Good property managers are rarely on the market for long, so secure the best candidates first with Employment Hero’s AI Recruitment Agent.
Our Agent finds top talent, runs first-round video interviews, and scores every candidate against the same rubric. You can shortlist and move to offer while they’re still considering you.
From offer to first open home, faster

Build onboarding around how your agency actually works. Collect police vetting consent, record NZQA qualifications, assign policies and run your induction training before day one.
Remember, you have 10 working days to tell the REA when someone joins or leaves, so keep those dates somewhere you’ll actually see them.
Head office oversight, office-level autonomy

Give each office the freedom to run its own hiring and approvals, while the head office keeps visibility across headcount, licence status, leave liability and labour cost.
Permissions by office, reporting across all of them. Built for franchise networks, multi-office agencies and groups growing by acquisition.
Hold on to your property managers

In property management, turnover is costly. Departing managers take relationships and rent roll knowledge with them.
With learning and development modules and an industry-leading reward and recognition program, you can support your team members publicly and proudly.
See how teams are using Employment Hero’s AI Recruitment Agent
Ready to run more efficient, AI-powered employment operations in your agency?
Reduce admin, control costs and improve performance, without growing your back office.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Store every licensee’s expiry date, CPD certificates and police vetting records against their employee profile. You can also build and assign your agency’s own training in-platform. Verifiable CPD still needs to come from an REA-approved provider, so treat this as your central record, rather than a replacement for that training.
Yes. You can issue, sign and store contractor agreements digitally alongside your employed staff, so every record sits in one place. Since the gateway test came into force in February 2026, what your written agreement says matters more than it used to, and our HR advisory team can help you review your templates. We’d always recommend confirming your specific arrangements with an employment lawyer.
Many agencies do but they still spend hours fixing errors or reconciling data across multiple systems. Employment Hero helps automate HR compliance, integrates with other popular tools and gives you reliable reporting. Our implementation team will make switching to Employment Hero stress-free and straightforward.
We offer an AI-powered Employment Operating System built for New Zealand businesses. With Holidays Act calculations, easy payday filing, engagement tools, learning and onboarding, we give agencies one connected system to do it all. No more disconnected tools, messy spreadsheets or missed license renewals.

