The Employment Hero Work app streamlines essential HR functions like leave, timesheets, and rostering, freeing you to focus on supporting your team and growing your business. It provides employees with instant access to payslips, shifts, leave requests, and work hour tracking, simplifying management and ensuring real-time access.

This guide highlights Employment Hero Work's key features and how they can reduce admin, centralise processes, and boost employee satisfaction in your organisation.

Explore Employment Hero Work's features

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• Setting up Employment Hero Work: Get started and tailor the app to your workplace needs.
• The 2 pillars: Sections within the app that make life easier
• Leave and leave management: Centralise and streamline all leave management in one place
• Timesheets and rostering: Simplify time tracking and shift management
• Employee Self-Service: Empower your team with access to payslips, shifts and more
• Getting more from Employment Hero Work: Employment Hero Work can adapt and change with your needs.
• What next?: Help centre content to get you started
  
  

Setting up Employment Hero Work

Employment Hero Work makes setup simple, ensuring your team is ready from day one. Employees can download the app, create a profile, and access essential tools in minutes.

• Quick setup for employees: Invite your team with a step-by-step guide.
• Centralised access: Payslips, shifts, leave requests, and more—available in one hub.
• Real-time updates: Guide new hires through key features like timesheets and leave requests.
• Automated admin: Save time with Employment Hero Work’s intuitive onboarding process.

Learn more about setting up Employment Hero Work.

The 2 pillars of Employment Hero Work

Employment Hero Work enhances the employee experience by focusing on three core pillars - Work and Career.

• Work: The Work section simplifies work admin, policies and communications.
• Career: The Career section shows internal job postings and allows employees to apply.

Learn more about the 2 pillars of Employment Hero Work here.

Leave and leave management

Employment Hero Work’s Leave feature makes it easy to handle leave requests and approvals efficiently, while keeping all records centralised and transparent. Employees can request leave directly through the app, and managers receive notifications for easy approvals, keeping everyone informed.

• Simple in-app leave requests make it easy for employees to submit for time off.
• Request, approve, and track leave in one place, with notifications to streamline approvals.
• Access leave balances easily for both managers and employees, reducing leave-related inquiries.
• Track employee leave history and balances to manage staffing levels more effectively.

Learn how employees submit leave and managers approve leave.

Timesheets and rostering

Employment Hero Work’s Timesheets and Rostering simplify managing work hours and shifts. Employees can submit timesheets, view shifts, and request swaps in the app, helping you reduce errors and track attendance accurately.

• Create rosters and assign shifts based on availability and staffing needs.
• Notify employees of their upcoming shifts and changes in real-time, reducing no-shows.
• Submit and approve timesheets directly within the app, keeping accurate records and ensuring accurate pay.
• Manage shift swaps and cover changes, with easy access for employees to view shift updates and request swaps.

Learn how employees submit timesheets and managers approve timesheets.

Employee self-service

Employment Hero Work’s Employee Self-Service gives employees instant access to payslips, leave balances, and shifts. This boosts transparency, empowers employees, and reduces admin tasks for employers.

• Access payslips, leave balances, and timesheets in one convenient place, anytime and anywhere.
• Submit leave requests, timesheets, and shift swaps directly through the app, making HR processes more efficient.
• Receive instant notifications for shift changes, leave approvals, and pay updates, keeping employees informed in real time.
• View historical work information including past payslips, shifts, and leave history, giving employees the transparency they need.

Learn how employees can access their payslips.

Get more from Employment Hero Work

Employment Hero designed the Employment Hero Work app to be adaptable and scalable, supporting your team and business as you grow. By customising settings and integrating Employment Hero Work with other tools, you can tailor the platform to meet your unique needs, streamlining workflows and automating key HR processes.

• Customise what features your employees can access giving complete control over HR.
• ​​Create custom leave categories that employees can select in Employment Hero Work.
• Enable notification settings to keep managers and employees updated in real time.

Learn how to manage Employment Hero Work notifications.

What next?

Search for answers within the Employment Hero Work help centre.