The Linked Accounts section in your account settings lets you connect a Google or Microsoft 365 account independently for each integration type — Sign-in, Mail, and Calendar. Once connected, each integration is shared automatically across all Employment Hero features that use it, so you only need to connect once rather than reconnecting for every feature.
This article explains how to:
- Connect an integration from account settings
- Disconnect an integration from account settings
- Connect an integration from within a feature
- Disconnect an integration from within a feature
- Further information
Connect an integration from account settings
You can connect a Google or Microsoft 365 account for Sign-in, Mail, and Calendar independently. Each integration type can use a completely different account — for example, your Calendar integration can be a different Google account from the one you use for Mail.
- Log in to Employment Hero and navigate to your account settings.
- Locate the Linked Accounts section. You will see three rows: Sign-in, Mail, and Calendar. Any integration that has not yet been connected will show Not connected alongside a Connect button.
- Click Connect on the row for the integration type you want to set up (Sign-in, Mail, or Calendar).
- When prompted, choose your provider — Google or Microsoft 365.
- You will be taken to your chosen provider's authorisation screen. Review the permissions requested (these are scoped only to the integration type you selected) and grant access.
- After granting access, you will be returned to account settings. The row for that integration will now display your connected email address and the provider logo, confirming the connection was successful.
Helpful Hint
If you deny consent or the authorisation flow fails for any reason, you will be returned to account settings with the message "Connection failed. Please try again." The integration row will remain as Not connected and you can try again at any time.
Disconnect an integration from account settings
When you disconnect an integration, it stops being used across all Employment Hero features. Before you confirm, you will see exactly which features will be affected so you can make an informed decision.
- Log in to Employment Hero and navigate to your account settings.
- Locate the Linked Accounts section and find the integration row you want to disconnect. Connected rows show your email address, the provider logo, and a Disconnect button.
- Click Disconnect on the relevant row.
- A confirmation dialogue will open listing the specific Employment Hero features that currently use this integration (for example, "1:1 meetings, Recruitment interviews"). It will also confirm: "Existing calendar events will not be removed."
- Review the impact, then click Disconnect to confirm, or click Cancel to keep the integration connected.
- Once confirmed, the integration is disconnected and the row reverts to showing Not connected with a Connect button.
Helpful Hint
Disconnecting an integration removes it from all features immediately, but any calendar events already created will remain on all participants' calendars. No new events will be generated until you reconnect.
Connect an integration from within a feature
If you try to use a feature that requires a calendar integration and you have not yet connected one, you will see a prompt directly within that feature — you do not need to navigate to account settings first.
- Navigate to the feature that requires a calendar connection (for example, creating a Recruitment interview).
- If your calendar integration is not yet connected, you will see the message: "Connect your calendar to enable this feature." with a Connect button and a secondary Go to account settings link.
- Click Connect directly on that prompt.
- When prompted, choose your provider — Google or Microsoft 365.
- You will be taken to your chosen provider's authorisation screen. Grant access to complete the connection.
- After granting access, you will be returned to the feature with your calendar integration now connected. The integration will also appear as connected in the Linked Accounts section of your account settings.
Disconnect an integration from within a feature
You can also disconnect a calendar integration directly from within the feature you are using, without navigating to account settings. You will see a warning showing which other features will be affected before you confirm.
- Navigate to the feature where the calendar integration status is displayed.
- Click Disconnect on the integration status indicator within that feature.
- A confirmation message will appear: "Disconnecting your calendar will also remove calendar sync from all Employment Hero features using it. Existing events will not be removed." The features currently using the calendar integration will be listed by name.
- Click Disconnect to confirm, or click Cancel to keep the integration connected and continue using the feature normally.
- Once confirmed, the calendar integration is disconnected at the account level. The feature will update to show the Connect prompt, and all other features that used the integration will immediately lose calendar sync.
Further information
Yes. Sign-in, Mail, and Calendar are completely independent. You can connect a personal Gmail for Sign-in, a Microsoft 365 work account for Mail, and a separate Google account for Calendar — each integration stores its own provider and email address separately.
If you had a calendar or mail account connected through Recruitment before this update, your existing connection has been automatically carried across to the Linked Accounts section. You will see your calendar integration row already showing your connected email address and provider — you do not need to reconnect.
Once connected, your Calendar integration is shared across all Employment Hero features that require calendar access, including Recruitment interviews. When you disconnect, the confirmation dialogue will always list the specific features that will be affected at that time.
Existing calendar events remain on all participants' calendars after you disconnect — they are not deleted. However, no new calendar events will be created for that integration until you reconnect.
If you close the browser tab before completing authorisation with your provider, no connection is saved. The integration row will remain as Not connected when you next visit account settings, and you can start the process again at any time.