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Employment Hero

HR, payroll and award interpretation, with a nonprofit focus in Australia.

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Solid optionGood HR and payroll for Australia and NZ, but regional.

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Price

From A$10/employee/month (HR Essentials, 10-user minimum)

Nonprofit offer

None found

Available in

🇦🇺 🇳🇿 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 🇸🇬 🇲🇾Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, Singapore and Malaysia onlyPayroll in six countries; awards and STP are Australian

Suits

Small · Medium · Large

Great for

Australian community and disability services organisations on SCHADS
Charities with shift workers, awards and Single Touch Payroll
Teams that want HR, rostering and payroll together
Built for Australian award rules
One system for HR, rostering and payroll
Used by many community organisations

Watch out for

Micro charities with one or two staff (minimum user charges apply)
US nonprofits
Minimum monthly charges
Payroll is a paid extra on cheaper plans
No published nonprofit discount

Problems it solves

“We need payroll that handles the SCHADS award correctly”“We hired our first staff and need Single Touch Payroll”“We have staff, casuals and volunteers and a messy roster”“Our payroll is in spreadsheets and always late”“We need HR records and leave in one place for our charity”

About Employment Hero+

Employment Hero is HR and payroll software with digital onboarding, leave, rostering and pay runs, including automatic interpretation of Australian awards such as the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services (SCHADS) Award. It runs in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Canada, Singapore and Malaysia. It suits community organisations with mixed staff, shift workers and volunteers that need compliance built in.

Pricing: Australian pricing in AUD per employee per month with a minimum of 10 users: HR Essentials A$10, HR Engage A$14, HR Elite and Employment Unlimited (includes payroll) on quote. Add-ons: Managed Payroll A$20 (minimum A$400 a month), Rostering and Time and Attendance A$4 (minimum A$40), Learning from A$8. UK, NZ and other country pricing was not checked.

Key features+

Digital onboarding and HR recordsAward interpretation (including SCHADS)Payroll and superRostering and time and attendanceLeave managementLearning courses

Works with (3)+

Xero

MYOB

QuickBooks Online

Data & privacy+

Employment Hero says its platform is SOC 2 certified with Australian-based servers (nonprofit page).

How sure are we?+

Partly confirmed on the vendor's pages; some details from reputable secondary sources. Prices and nonprofit programs change often, so check with Employment Hero before you commit. Rankings on Nonprofit Tools are never for sale.

Sources · last checked 2026-10-02