Employment Hero is a cloud-based HR and payroll platform built for Australian SMEs, covering the full employment lifecycle from recruitment and onboarding through to payroll, compliance, and employee benefits. The platform positions itself as an AI-powered Employment Operating System, unifying recruitment, HR, payroll, and benefits into a single infrastructure, and supports over 350,000 businesses and 2 million users globally. It is specifically designed around Australian compliance requirements, with built-in award interpretation, STP reporting, and superannuation management.

■ Key Features

• Integrated HR & payroll: Employee records, contracts, leave management, and payroll run in a single system, eliminating the need for separate platforms and manual data re-entry between HR and payroll.

• Modern award interpretation: Built-in Fair Work–compliant award calculations, with automated pay rate, leave accrual, and overtime computations reducing the risk of underpayment and compliance breaches.

• Automated onboarding: Digital offer letters, tax file number declarations, super fund nominations, and induction workflows are handled within the platform — new starters can complete onboarding before day one.

• AI recruitment tools: An AI Recruitment Agent automatically scores, screens, and interviews applicants, with shortlists generated from job post to candidate ranking without manual HR involvement.

• Employee self-service & benefits: Staff access payslips, leave balances, and benefits through the mobile app (Swag), which also includes earned wage access and financial wellbeing tools.
  
  

■ Who It's Best Suited For

• Australian SMEs (typically 5–200 employees) seeking a combined HR and payroll platform with built-in award compliance and ATO reporting

• HR teams looking to replace manual onboarding, paper contracts, and separate payroll systems with a single automated platform

• Businesses across industries including healthcare, NDIS, hospitality, retail, and professional services with complex award and rostering requirements
  
  

■ Integrates With

Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks, Deputy, Tanda, KeyPay, Workable, and 40+ apps via the Employment Hero marketplace.