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Payroll HR

Help Improve staff productivity, reduce time spent on payroll, and stay on top of your compliance obligations with HR and payroll software that integrates with Xero. Choose from a variety of HR apps and systems designed to simplify employee management...

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  1. Featured app
    Payroll HR, Reporting

    LeaveCal by Finlert

    4.91 out of 5 stars
     85
    Payroll HR, Reporting
    Xero Small Business App of the year FY2023! Manage Team availability with your existing apps by connecting LeaveCal to Xero. Approved leave is then fed directly into your calendar, email or slack. Complete the picture with your organisation's non payroll team members and hybrid work scenarios.
  2. Payroll HR, Time tracking

    Deputy

    4.04 out of 5 stars
     138
    Payroll HR, Time tracking
    Simplify Shift Work with Staff Scheduling, Time Tracking & Labor Compliance. Generate Xero invoices in one click from employees' worked time! Exclusive pricing for Xero customers, get started from $5 per user per month with all Premium features included.
  3. Accountant tools, Payroll HR

    Employment Hero Payroll

    4.53 out of 5 stars
     32
    Accountant tools, Payroll HR
    Automate as much of your payroll processes as you like with the power of a fully integrated payroll platform.
  4. Payroll HR

    iPayroll

    4.92 out of 5 stars
     48
    Payroll HR
    iPayroll provides a feature rich and easy to use payroll solution, making it simple to run each pay and manage leave, PAYE and employee records so your focus can be running the business.
  5. Payroll HR, Time tracking

    Tanda

    4.45 out of 5 stars
     49
    Payroll HR, Time tracking
    Manage and pay staff correctly for the time they work. Get the most out of your workforce with Tanda’s live rostering, attendance and compliance tools.
  6. Payroll HR

    Smartly

    5 out of 5 stars
     1
    Payroll HR
    Smartly is a user-friendly online cloud software for payroll that makes it simple to pay your people on time, accurately and in line with regulations.
  7. Payroll HR

    Employment Hero

    3.64 out of 5 stars
     15
    Payroll HR
    The smarter way to manage HR and recruitment. All in one place.
  8. Payroll HR, Time tracking

    PayHero

    5 out of 5 stars
     17
    Payroll HR, Time tracking
    PayHero makes payday super easy and compliant, with automatic calculation of employee pay and holidays from online timesheets and work patterns.
  9. Payroll HR, Time tracking

    RosterElf

    4.92 out of 5 stars
     84
    Payroll HR, Time tracking
    RosterElf is a magically simple cloud based rostering system that takes the stress out of scheduling your employees. It integrates seamlessly with Xero to process timesheets and save you hours.
  10. Payroll HR

    Deel

    4.12 out of 5 stars
     8
    Payroll HR
    Deel is the all-in-one platform made to simplify all things HR, built for global teams. It helps companies simplify every aspect of managing an international workforce, from culture and onboarding, to local payroll and compliance.
  11. Payroll HR

    Thankyou Payroll

    5 out of 5 stars
     1
    Payroll HR
    Thankyou Payroll New Zealand’s best value payroll software and PAYE intermediary. Thankyou Payroll is all about payroll, impact and generosity - delivering an exception solution for small and medium businesses.
  12. Payroll HR

    Crystal Payroll

    5 out of 5 stars
     6
    Payroll HR
    Crystal Payroll is a leading cloud-based payroll platform that’s so clear, so simple, and so complete, that you’ll wonder why you didn’t try Crystal Payroll earlier. Our system is packed with all the features you need to ensure your payroll system works as clearly, and efficiently as possible.
  13. Payroll HR, Time tracking

    PaySauce

    4.8 out of 5 stars
     20
    Payroll HR, Time tracking
    You’re busy. Payroll sucks. We make it breezy so you get back to the good stuff! Timesheets, wages, PAYE, IR filing, costing. For web, iOS & Android.
  14. Payroll HR

    Rippling

    4 out of 5 stars
     1
    Payroll HR
    One place to run your global workforce—from payroll and expenses to devices and apps
  15. Payroll HR, Time tracking

    Wageloch

    5 out of 5 stars
     1
    Payroll HR, Time tracking
    Wageloch streamlines rostering, time & attendance, and award interpretation, tailored to suit your business needs. Whether managing a single site or multiple locations, its flexible platform ensures seamless workforce management and compliance across your business.
  16. Payroll HR, Time tracking

    UpSheets

    4.89 out of 5 stars
     9
    Payroll HR, Time tracking
    Upload timesheets, leave and payslips to Xero Payroll and tasks and time to Xero Projects. Save time. Reduce errors. Say goodbye to copy & paste.
  17. Custom integration, Payroll HR

    EnvisionBX

    5 out of 5 stars
     2
    Custom integration, Payroll HR
    envisionBX provides a two way API link between BambooHR HR Software and Xero Accounting Software for the first time globally. It makes the HR onboarding process super easy and efficient. Managing employee leave balances is also a breeze with this HR Software and Accounting Software integration.
  18. Payroll HR, Time tracking

    Jibble

    4.88 out of 5 stars
     25
    Payroll HR, Time tracking
    Jibble is a 100% FREE employee time tracking app for timesheets, payroll, attendance, activity, and project tracking. Transform your business with award-winning web and mobile applications to get accurate work hours, measure the efficiency of your employees, and improve time utilization.
  19. Documents, Payroll HR

    enableHR

    4.67 out of 5 stars
     8
    Documents, Payroll HR
    enableHR is an easy to use, legally-backed HRIS and WHS solution that empowers businesses to meet the challenges of delivering day-to-day HR management efficiently and cost effectively.
  20. Payroll HR, Time tracking

    TimeKeeper

    5 out of 5 stars
     8
    Payroll HR, Time tracking
    Employee time clock, timesheets, time off, leave management, GPS clock ins, facial recognition, geofences, time spent on jobs and more.
  21. Invoicing and jobs, Payroll HR

    Nexvia

    5 out of 5 stars
     1
    Invoicing and jobs, Payroll HR
    One centralised platform to improve your businesses efficiencies with outstanding project and production management tools.
  22. Payroll HR, Time tracking

    TimeDock

    4.96 out of 5 stars
     25
    Payroll HR, Time tracking
    Plug and play time clock system for Xero Payroll.
  23. Payroll HR

    HR Partner

    3.2 out of 5 stars
     5
    Payroll HR
    Your beautiful accounting system now talks seamlessly with a beautiful, easy to use HR information system.
  24. Payroll HR, Time tracking

    BundyPlus Live

    5 out of 5 stars
     2
    Payroll HR, Time tracking
    We help businesses capture workforce time and attendance, saving them time and money | Employee terminals | Mobile App. Thousands of businesses trust BundyPlus.

What is HR software?

HR payroll software, or human resources software, are tools that help improve processes related to employee management and performance, legal compliance, and internal organisation. Important for businesses of all sizes, HR apps help you stay on top of workplace initiatives and regulations, while helping employees get a great experience.

What are the benefits of HR software and payroll apps?

  • More efficient management teams of any size: A single source of information helps business owners or HR professionals manage workplaces of any size, and sole traders manage their accounting and payroll. Avoid expensive agency fees and cut down on costs with internal tools made for small business owners.

  • Improved employee experience: Ensure employees have access to their benefits, onboarding information, payroll and leave to give both you and them access to the information needed at any point in time.

  • Simplified legal compliance: Make regulatory compliance easier with HR management software that gives insights on specific actions for your local region. Receive guidance around award interpretation and compliance decision-making and never miss a deadline with automatic reminders.

  • Better hiring cycles: Reduce the time it takes to source, interview, hire, and onboard new talent. Track the prospect lifecycle and improve communication with candidates from interview through to onboarding and beyond.

What are the typical features I can use with HR software?

  • Payroll and compensation: Run payroll each pay period without the headache. Get access to salary history, tax information, and bonus structures to make accurately paying staff a breeze. 

  • Benefits and expense administration: Help your team members pick benefits plans and track expense requests in one place. See where your employees are spending the most, what matters the most and track wellbeing trends.

  • Talent and rostering management: Find new talent and manage your current employees together. Set up new interviews, roster staff and allow shift change requests at the tap of a button. 

  • Contractor invoicing: Hire one-off or fixed term contractors and easily receive invoices and sync them to your accounting platform. 

How HR and payroll apps work with Xero

Whether you’re running a small business or managing employees across a dozen locations,  keeping on top of your people and their payroll can be a set and forget task with the right apps. 

Connecting your people management to your finances makes  tracking hours, rates, expenses and payroll seamless. Just some of the features you can expect from connecting your HR or payroll app to Xero are:

  • Syncing for schedules, overtime, breaks and leave balances for current and future pay runs

  • Hourly or pro-rate time billing for casual, fixed-term or contracted staff

  • Updated pay rate management per area of work specific to your region

Find your fit

Every HR apps’ integration with Xero can be different. To learn more, browse through the HR and payroll apps in this category. Click on an app to find detailed information on how it works and integrates with your Xero account, and ratings and reviews by other Xero users. Want to try an app? You can then get started directly from the app listing page in just a few clicks. 

Although Xero reviews each app in the Xero App Store, we can’t give any guarantees. It’s up to you to assess the performance, quality and suitability of any app before going ahead.