Employee rostering software
Build clash-free rosters in minutes, track wage costs in real time, and stay Holidays Act compliant – all in one platform that connects directly to payroll. Designed for NZ hospitality, retail, healthcare and shift-based teams.
Shave hours off your rostering process
Rosters built to budget
Plan staffing by budget and see real-time wage costs as you build the roster. Shifts cost automatically based on each employee’s pay rate, overtime rules and public holiday loadings – so you know exactly what payday will cost before you publish.
Roster vs. timesheet comparison
Stop cross-checking timesheets manually before every pay run. Our system compares rostered shifts to actual hours worked and flags inconsistencies automatically – so timesheet approval takes minutes, not hours.
Shift swaps and bidding, done in the app
Employees swap shifts, accept open shifts or bid on extra hours straight from the Employment Hero Work app. Managers approve in one tap – no more last-minute phone calls or texts to fill gaps.
Compliance warnings, built in
Roster warnings flag overtime breaches, missed meal breaks, maximum work hours and Holidays Act conflicts before you publish. So you can roster with confidence – no surprises at pay run, no Labour Inspectorate risk.
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Built for NZ shift-based teams
From hospitality to healthcare, our rostering software handles the complexities of NZ shift work – variable hours, casual contracts, Holidays Act calculations and multi-site teams – all in one platform that connects to payroll.
Drag-and-drop roster builder
Build rosters in minutes with drag-and-drop shifts, reusable templates, copy-paste week patterns and role-based assignment. Standard rosters that used to take hours now take ten minutes.
Holidays Act compliance
Public holiday rates, overtime, leave and unavailability all factor in automatically. Roster warnings catch compliance breaches before publishing – so your team is always paid right and your business stays protected.
Connected to payroll
Unlike standalone rostering tools, ours is built into Employment OS – so rostered hours, approved timesheets and leave data flow straight into your pay run. No double-handling, no integration errors.
Mobile-first for your team
Employees view rosters, swap shifts, request leave and clock in from the Employment Hero Work app. Push notifications mean shift changes reach the right person instantly – no group chats, no missed messages.
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Frequently asked questions.
Everything you need to know about Employment Hero NZ’s employee rostering software.
Any NZ business with shift-based staff. We’re widely used in hospitality, retail, healthcare, trades, manufacturing, security and education – anywhere managers are building rosters for casual, part-time or variable-hours workers across one or many sites.
Yes. Public holiday rates, overtime, meal break entitlements and leave balances are factored in automatically when you build the roster. The system also flags compliance warnings – like maximum work hours or insufficient breaks – before you publish, so issues are caught upfront rather than at pay run.
Yes – and it’s the same platform. Because our rostering is built into Employment OS alongside payroll, time and attendance, and HR, approved hours flow straight into the pay run with no exports, no re-keying and no integration errors. We also integrate with Xero, MYOB and NetSuite for accounting.
Yes. Through the Employment Hero Work app, employees can view their roster, accept or swap shifts, bid on open shifts, request leave, submit timesheets and clock in – all from their phone. Push notifications alert them the moment a shift is published or changed.
Each shift costs automatically as you build the roster – based on the employee’s pay rate, applicable overtime, allowances and public holiday loadings. You see total wage cost in real time and can compare against budget before publishing, so wage spend never surprises you at the end of the week.
Yes. Set up multiple sites, departments or teams under one account, and roster staff across all of them from a single view. Managers can be assigned to specific sites with role-based permissions, and employees who work across locations only see shifts that apply to them.
Most NZ businesses are up and running within 1 to 3 weeks. Our implementation team helps you import staff data, set up roster templates, configure pay rates and connect to payroll – and gives you hands-on support for your first roster cycle.
Other rostering tools typically integrate with payroll. Employment Hero is one platform – rostering, payroll, HR and hiring built together – so there’s no integration to maintain, no double-entry between systems and one bill instead of three. Every plan also includes local NZ-based support.
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