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Set up your profile as an employee on Payroll classic

The Payroll classic platform simplifies the process of creating your Employment Hero profile by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable tasks.

This article covers how you can complete your profile. Once you have done this, you can use Employment Hero to do many tasks, like sending timesheets and leave requests and viewing your rostered hours and pay slips.

Important

The article only applies to employees of companies with Payroll classic only and custom HR+payroll Employment Hero plans. If your organisation uses the Employment Hero HR platform, we recommend you read this article instead.

What you need to do

There are six steps you will need to complete when joining the Employment Hero Payroll classic platform and you will complete these actions through the Payroll classic platform. The steps are:

Step 1: Set your password

The first step to joining the Employment Hero Payroll classic platform is for you to set your desired password. You will use the password you set on this page to login into your account from now on. The steps on how to set your password are:

  1. Open up the invitation email.
  2. In the password sentence, click the Login & setup my employee file button.
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  3. Enter your password into the Password field.
  4. Click the Reset Password button.
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Step 2: Enter your personal details

The next stage is inputting your personal details, such as your date of birth, address, personal phone number, emergency contacts, and your bank account details. The steps on how to complete your personal details are:

  1. In the Personal Details section, complete the following fields: 
    • Title
      • Mr
      • Ms
      • Mrs
      • Miss
      • Dr
    • First name
    • Middle name
    • Surname
    • Date of birth
    • Gender:
      • Female
      • Male
      • Unspecified
    • Residential address
    • Postal address is the same as residential
    • Email address
    • Mobile phone
    • Use my personal information for tax details to find existing superfunds.
  2. Click the Next Step button.
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Step 3: Enter your tax details

The next stage is to input your tax details into the Payroll classic platform's electronic Tax Declaration Form. The steps on how to complete your tax declaration form are:

  1. Enter your Tax File Number into the Tax File Number field.

    Helpful Hint

    If you do not have a Tax File Number, you can use the Reason drop-down to select why this is the case.

  2. In the Are you an Australian resident for tax purposes? drop-down, select which one of the following three options applies:
    • Yes
    • No
    • A working holiday maker
  3. Select either Yes or No for the following options:
    • Do you want to claim the tax-free threshold for this payer?
    • Do you have a Higher Education Loan Program (HELP), VET Student Loan (VSL), Financial Supplement (FS), Student Start-up Loan (SSL) or Trade Support Loan (TSL) debt?
  4. Click the Next Step button.
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Step 4: Set your work eligibility

The next stage is to input your work eligibility details into the Employment Hero's electronic VEVO verification form. The steps on how to enter your work eligibility details are:

  1. Select either Yes or No to the question Are you an Australian/New Zealand citizen or an Australian permanent resident?

    Helpful Hint

    If you answered yes to the above question, continue to step 6. If you answered no, then continue to step 2.

  2. Complete the following fields in the Work Eligibility section:
    • Passport number
    • Passport expiry date
    • Country of passport
    • Visa type:
      • Student (8104/5)
      • Holiday (8547)
      • Bridging
      • Other
    • Visa expiry date
  3. Click the Add Documents button to add any supporting documentation.
  4. Click the Acknowledgement tick box.
  5. Click the Next button.
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Step 5: Bank account setup

These steps show you how to set up your bank account details in the Payroll classic platform. The steps on how to enter these details are:

  1. Complete the following fields:
    • Account name
    • BSB
    • Account number
    • Pay into this account
  2. Click the Next Step button.
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Step 6: Superannuation setup

If your company has enabled the Super Choice Marketplace, you can choose from the following:

  • Existing APRA Funds
  • Super Choice Funds
  • Self-Managed Super fund (SMSF)
  • Employer-nominated fund, which only appears if the business has a default fund set up

Note: If you selected Yes to the Use my personal details to find existing superfunds question in the Personal Details stage, we will automatically search for details of an existing super fund on other platforms. If we find a match, we will ask if you want to continue with that fund on the Your existing fund tab.

Employees' options regarding funds are as follows:

  • They can join a new partner fund from the Featured funds tab.
  • They can select their existing complying APRA super fund by searching for it on the Other existing funds tab.
    • If you select the super fund, the platform will then pre-fill the super fund's ABN and product code, and the employee will need to enter their member number.
  • Employees can also enter details for the self-managed super fund (SMSF) by clicking on the Get Started button within the Your SMSF tile on the Other existing funds tab.

Note: If employees choose the latter option, they then need to enter the following details:

  • SMSF name
  • ABN
  • Account name
  • BSB
  • Account number
  • Electronic service address (ESA)

The employer-nominated fund only appears if your business has a default fund set up. To access this option, click the Other heading as it will then open to reveal the Employee Default Fund tile.

Once the employee clicks Get started within the Employer default fund tile, the name of the default super fund will appear. At this point, click the Next button to proceed with the rest of the self-setup process.

Explore related content

  • Request leave on Payroll classic This feature allows you to ask for a leave request, such as annual and sick leave, as well as any other leave types that you are entitled to take.
  • Submit a timesheet on Payroll classic This feature allows you to submit a timesheet and specify details such as the start and end time of the shift and breaks you have taken.
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