Available for the following plans: Employment Lite, Employment Plus, Employment Unlimited
Available for the following HR plans: Free, Standard, Premium, Platinum
Available for the following User Access levels: Admin
An authorising signatory is an individual authorised to sign off on employee contracts and HR documents within your organisation. This person is responsible for reviewing, signing, and sending the documents to the intended recipients. The Authorising Signatory feature enables you to designate this role within your organisation. It allows the nominated individual to input their signature on the Employment Hero platform. Additionally, you can assign employees with sending authority, enabling them to sign contracts on behalf of the authorising signatory.
Important
Only one user can store their digital signature within the Employment Hero platform.
Daily activities
Warning
When you edit and then save a new authorising signatory, the platform will remove your previously stored signatory.
- Click the Settings menu.
- In the Security & Access Control section, click Authorising Signatory.
- Select an employee from the Authorising Signatory field.
- Click the Save button.
- Click the Settings menu.
- Click Security & Access Control on the submenu.
- Select the My E-Signature tab.
- Create your e-signature and select who has sending authority.
- Click the Upload button to import your existing signature.
- Click the Save button.
Helpful Hint
The uploaded signature should be sized at 300 x 100 pixels. The Sending Authority field specifies who else can send documents on behalf of the authorising signatory. Only the authorising signatory can create the e-signature and assign sending authority. Lastly, once assigned, the authorising signatory will receive an email prompting them to create an e-signature.
Further Information
Currently, Employment Hero does not support the option to add two authorising signatories to a letter. To keep updated with the latest features and enhancements, please regularly check our 2025 Release Notes. This section will provide information on when the ability to add two signatories or other new features will become available.
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