Available for the following plans: Lite, Plus, Unlimited HR, Essentials, Engage, Elite, Unlimited HR+Payroll,
Available for the following HR Classic plans: Premium, Platinum
Available for the following user access levels: Admin
Important
This document editor feature is available for all new accounts that were created on or after 19 December 2025.
If your Employment Hero account was created before 19 December 2025, see the basic document editor article, the advanced document editor article and the basic vs advanced editor comparison articles.
Existing accounts will get access to this new feature in the future. We will advise when this is released in your region.
The Document Management feature centralises your organisation’s HR documents, employment contracts, and policies into a single, easy-to-manage library. This centralised hub helps reduce the time spent on administrative document management.
The Document Editor allows you to create and edit templates, update content as needed, print hard copies, and archive or delete templates created in error.
Getting started
- Log in to Employment Hero.
- Click the Compliance menu option on the left-hand side navigation.
- Click Template Library option.
- Click the Add Templates button.
- Complete the following fields:
- Template name
- Signature logic:
- No signature
- Sender only
- Sender then recipient
- Template type
- Countries
- Click the Save button.
- On the next screen, you will see a word editor, similar to the experience of a Microsoft Word editor or Google Docs editor. Along the top bar of the text editor, you will see your usual text and layout formatting actions.
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Click on the curly brackets icon on the top bar to open the variable library.
What is a variable library?
A variable library is a collection of reusable placeholders—like {{first_name}} or {{start_date}}—that stand in for information that changes from person to person.
In a template editor, you drop these placeholders into your document so the platform can automatically fill them with the right details later. This lets you create one template and have it personalised for each person without rewriting anything.
Click on the plus icon next to the variable you want to add to your template library.
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To create a clause, add the reusable passage of text, then click on the block icon.
What are clauses?
Clauses are optional blocks that can streamline document creation by offering selectable text blocks for specific and reusable text passages. They were previously called contract blocks.
There are two types of clauses - a single optional clause, and an alternative clause group. See the below Further Information section on How to use a clause for more detail about clauses.
- Give your clause a name.
- Click on Save.
- Click on the eye icon to show the block line to visualise block boundaries when reviewing format or collision with other elements. This helps identify why content may shift when issued as PDF.
- Click on the table icon to insert a table into your template.
- Select the amount of rows and columns you would like in your table.
- Click on Save.
Further information
Important
Clauses were previously known as contract blocks.
Add a single optional clause
A single optional clause is a clause you can choose to add to or remove from your document.
- Type out the text passage in your document that you want to reuse.
- Highlight the passage.
- Click on the block icon on the top bar.
- Give the clause a name, and select Single optional clause .
- Click on Save.
Add an alternative clause group
An alternative clause group is a set of interchangeable clauses where you pick the one that fits your situation.
E.g., if your contract has different probation periods for different roles, you would set those up as an alternative clause group so only the relevant one appears in the final document.
- Type out the text passage in your document that you want to reuse.
- Highlight the passage.
- Click on the block icon on the top bar.
- Give the clause a name, and select Alternative clause group.
- Create or select a clause group name.
- Click on Save.
- Now you will have to use one of the options in your document. Each option in your clause group is reusable.
If you want to use the bullet list or numbered list feature in the advanced document editor and want to nest lists (create a list inside another list), all you need to do is press the tab key to create a list inside an existing list.