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Employment Hero Payroll

Employment Hero Payroll

Employment HeroEmployment Hero — Employment. Intelligently Run.

Employment Hero is an AI-driven, all-in-one Employment Operating System that brings HR, payroll, benefits and recruitment together. It helps small and medium-sized businesses hire, onboard, manage and pay employees, as well as handle leave requests and performance reviews. For employees, it offers employee experience tools and the Employment Hero Work mobile superapp for managing work, pay and perks. The company was founded in 2014 and has its global headquarters in Sydney, Australia.

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Use Case

  • Run accurate, timely UK payroll with automated pre-, in-, and post-payroll workflows that reduce manual admin, errors and rework. Ideal for teams where payroll isn’t a full-time function (HR, ops, finance) who still need compliant pay runs.
  • Ensure HMRC/RTI compliance, automatically calculate PAYE, National Insurance, statutory payments, and handle auto-enrolment pensions with PensionSync to minimise penalties and audit risk.
  • Consolidate HR and payroll data (leave, timesheets, salaries, employee records) into one source of truth to eliminate double entry and spreadsheets.
  • Support complex scenarios like back pay, 52-week averaging, occupational leave, redundancy models, multi-PAYE, multiple pay schedules, and pay condition rules.
  • Empower employees with self-serve access to payslips and employment documents via the Employment Hero app and Hero Passport, reducing payroll queries and tickets.
  • Gain visibility and control with variance checks, discrepancy flags, audit trails and dashboards; export journals to the general ledger for cleaner financials.
  • Optionally outsource operations via Managed Payroll to a UK payroll team while retaining software visibility.
  • Suitable for small to mid-sized UK businesses, including shift-based work when combined with rota/time & attendance modules.

UK employers need to run compliant payroll while keeping pace with changing legislation and HMRC requirements. Employment Hero’s payroll compliance capabilities automate Real Time Information (RTI) submissions to HMRC, handle PAYE and National Insurance reporting, streamline pension auto-enrolment and contributions, and keep employees informed with automated communications. This reduces manual errors, prevents missed filings (e.g., FPS/EPS), and ensures accurate, on‑time payments even across complex work scenarios like overtime, bank holidays and allowances. The system is kept up to date with UK payroll legislation so businesses can maintain compliance without constant manual intervention. Sources: https://employmenthero.com/uk/solutions/payroll-compliance/

Target Audience

  • UK SMEs and growing organisations needing compliant payroll with minimal admin.
  • HR, operations and finance teams that are not payroll specialists but must run payroll confidently.
  • Businesses with shift-based/rostered work when paired with time & attendance/rota features.
  • Organisations wanting either in-house automated payroll or outsourced Managed Payroll with full software visibility.

Data Residency

eu

Target Segments

SMBKMU

Source URLs

  • https://employmenthero.com/uk/products/payroll-software/
  • https://employmenthero.com/?utm_source=openai
  • https://employmenthero.com/my/integrations/?utm_source=openai
  • https://help.employmenthero.com/hc/en-au/articles/15141618740367-Access-the-Employment-Hero-API?utm_source=openai

key_capabilities

  • Automated RTI submissions (FPS/EPS) and HMRC compliance
  • Pay Conditions Engine for complex pay rules and allowances
  • 52-week averaging, occupational leave, redundancy models
  • Multi-PAYE and multiple pay schedules
  • Automated BACS file creation
  • Automated payslip generation and distribution
  • Audit trails, variance/discrepancy checks, dashboards
  • Salary journals export to accounting systems
  • Employee self-service via mobile app; Hero Passport for ex-employees
  • Option to outsource with Managed Payroll while retaining software visibility

Plan Gating

SSO and 3rd-party app integrations are available on Payroll Premium.

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United Kingdom payroll

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Best suited for teams where payroll is not a full-time function, reducing manual admin, errors, and rework through end-to-end automation.