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Hire and employ talent on-demand, locally or globally, through one connected platform.
Move faster with pre-vetted talent, AI-powered hiring and streamlined onboarding.
Reduce compliance risks and admin overhead.
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Choose how you employ – direct or via HeroForce.
Your choice.
Manage employment in-house with our powerful Employment Operating system, with native AI agents to help you run hiring, HR and payroll. Or let us handle the compliance and admin for you with HeroForce – all in one place.
From hiring and HR to payroll and compliance, Employment Hero gives growing businesses a more flexible way to run employment with confidence.
One single platform. Delivered your way.
Employment Hero brings together hiring, HR, payroll, compliance and benefits into one connected system.
You can choose how you want to run employment. Plus, you can easily move your entire existing team to HeroForce, or just use HeroForce to hire specific roles if that suits you better.
Direct Employment
Best for businesses that want to stay in control of employment administration while using powerful software to simplify the work.
You are the legal employer. We provide the platform.
What your business keeps
Hiring decisions
Employment contracts and compliance administration
Payroll, tax and super
Award interpretation and wage administration
Workers’ compensation and employer liability administration
Day-to-day management of employees
Performance management
Team culture and integration
Employment administration through the platform
Decisions about role changes and exits
Why businesses choose this
- You want full ownership of your employment processes
- You already have internal HR or payroll capability
- You want better systems, automation and visibility without outsourcing employment admin
HeroForce
Best for businesses that want to keep operational control, without carrying the admin burden of being the legal employer of record.
We are the legal employer. You run the day-to-day business.
What HeroForce handles
Employment contracts and compliance administration
Payroll, tax and super
Award interpretation and wage administration
Workers’ compensation and employer liability administration
Termination and exit administration
What your business keeps
Who you hire
Day-to-day direction of work
Team performance and culture
Operational priorities and output
Why businesses choose this
- You want to reduce admin and compliance burden
- You need a simpler way to employ people
- You want expert support without losing operational control
- You want the option to hire overseas or on demand
Whichever model you choose, you’re powered by the same Employment Hero engine
Direct Employment and HeroForce are both built on the same connected Employment Hero infrastructure – giving you the tools, intelligence and support to run employment more effectively.
Core Platform
- Hiring & Talent Access: Reach millions of jobseekers
- Payroll Engine: Multi-jurisdiction payroll built for scale
- Compliance Tools: Stay on top of requirements in real time
- Services Hub: Access specialist employment services
- Employment API: Connect workflows across your business
Hero AI
- Hero AI powers the entire platform helping you understand, navigate and complete work faster.
- Recruitment Agent: Screen and shortlist candidates faster
- Payroll Agent: Identify issues early and run payroll with confidence
- HR Agent: Get guidance and complete HR tasks faster
Built for businesses that need flexibility
No two businesses run employment the same way. Employment Hero gives you the flexibility to choose – without switching platforms.
Stay in control
Keep ownership of your team, culture and decisions
Reduce complexity
Replace disconnected tools with one system
Save time on admin
Automate repetitive work and reduce manual effort
Scale with confidence
Choose the model that fits today — and evolve as you grow
Which employment option is right for you
Direct Employment is right if:
- You want to remain the legal employer
- You have internal HR or payroll capability
- You want better systems and automation
HeroForce is right if:
- You want to reduce admin and compliance overhead
- You prefer expert support managing employment
- You want to focus on operations, not admin
- You’re not locked in – you can move between models as your business evolves.
Made possible with Hero AI
Hero AI is the native AI capability built directly into the Employment Operating System. Our AI Recruitment, HR and Payroll agents are what makes HeroForce so cost effective, efficient and effective.
Frequently asked questions
HeroForce is our “Shared Employment Infrastructure.” While our software helps you manage your own employees, HeroForce allows you to hire and employ talent; locally, globally or on-demand, using our legal entities. We handle the contracts, payroll and compliance, while you manage the day-to-day work.
Direct Employment means your business is the legal employer using our platform. HeroForce means we take on that responsibility and handle employment admin for you.
HeroForce acts as the legal Employer of Record. This means we take on the legal responsibility and admin burden of employment, allowing you to scale your team without the complexity of setting up new entities or managing fragmented local payroll systems.
HeroForce is ideal for businesses that need to hire locally or overseas, scale flexibly or employ talent without the burden of internal HR infrastructure and compliance risk.
HeroForce Domestic removes your operational risk by shifting the legal employment responsibility to Employment Hero, while you continue to manage your people and their work. This allows businesses to scale their workforce without expanding internal HR, payroll or compliance teams.
HeroForce brings together AI-powered talent tools and Employment Hero’s Employer of Record (EOR) service, which allows you to find, employ and manage talent anywhere globally without setting up local entities.
No. You can bring your own candidates or source talent through HeroForce and employ them globally using Employment Hero’s EOR service. There’s no lock-in to one sourcing approach.
You can hire talent from within Australia or from over 180 countries through Employment Hero’s AI-powered talent tools and employ them via HeroForce.
Yes. You decide who to hire, how work is done, and how your team performs.
HeroForce is not traditional outsourcing. It’s a different way to run employment where you retain full operational control of your workforce, and we take care of the legal, administrative and compliance responsibilities behind the scenes
Yes. Both are built on Employment Hero’s connected infrastructure and AI-powered capabilities.
Yes. As your business changes, you can choose the model that suits your needs. Plus you can have employees that are hired directly, with others hired through HeroForce.
Run employment your way
Whether you want full control or full support, Employment Hero gives you a more flexible way to hire, pay and manage people.
