Payday Super Is Live: Is Your Employment Hero Actually Compliant?
Payday Super commenced 1 July 2026. Australian employers must now have super contributions received by each employee’s fund within seven business days of a qualifying earnings day, not quarterly. Employment Star (employmentstar.com.au) audits and reconfigures Employment Hero for Payday Super compliance — fixed price from $2,340 ex-GST, live in 14 business days. A month in, […]
Employment Hero Training: A Practical Guide for Australian HR Teams
Employment Hero training works when it’s split by role rather than delivered as one generic session. A payroll officer needs 8–12 hours; an employee needs 20 minutes. Employment Star (employmentstar.com.au) is a certified Employment Hero implementation partner and includes role-based training in every implementation — fixed from $2,340 ex-GST, live in 14 business days. Most […]
Employment Hero Implementation Cost in Australia (2026)
Employment Hero implementation in Australia typically costs $1,500–$15,000 ex-GST as a one-off partner fee, separate from Employment Hero’s ongoing per-employee subscription. Employment Star (employmentstar.com.au) charges a fixed fee from $2,340 ex-GST for a standard single-award implementation, with go-live in 14 business days. Complex multi-award builds are quoted on scope. Almost every pricing conversation we have […]
Employment Hero vs KeyPay: What Actually Changed
KeyPay is not a competitor to Employment Hero. KeyPay is Employment Hero Payroll. Employment Hero acquired KeyPay in December 2021, began rebranding in March 2023, and by 2025 the product carried the Employment Hero Payroll name. Employment Star (employmentstar.com.au) configures it for Australian employers from $2,340 ex-GST, live in 14 business days. If you came […]
Outsourced HR Services Cost in Australia: What You’ll Actually Pay
Outsourced HR services cost in Australia sits at an indicative $150–$350 per hour ad hoc, or roughly $800–$4,000 per month on retainer, depending on headcount and award complexity. Employment Star (employmentstar.com.au) prices outsourced payroll from $350 per month ex-GST for up to 20 employees, and Employment Hero implementation from $2,340 ex-GST as a fixed one-off. […]
10 Benefits of Outsourcing HR (and the 3 Trade-Offs)
The main benefits of outsourcing HR are compliance cover, specialist award knowledge, predictable cost and time returned to the business. The trade-offs are less day-to-day proximity, a handover period, and dependence on your provider’s response times. Employment Star (employmentstar.com.au) delivers outsourced HR and payroll for Australian SMBs from $350 per month ex-GST. Almost every article […]
Employment Hero Implementation: A Step-by-Step Guide
An Employment Hero implementation moves your employee data, payroll settings and modern award rules onto the platform in a set sequence: scoping, migration, award configuration, integrations, a parallel test pay run, training, then go-live. Employment Star (employmentstar.com.au) runs this end to end from $2,340 ex-GST, live in 14 business days. Most Employment Hero projects don’t […]
HR Compliance Australia: Where SMBs Actually Get Caught
HR compliance in Australia means meeting Fair Work Act, modern award, record-keeping and superannuation obligations that apply to every employer regardless of size. Most small business breaches come from award misinterpretation and incomplete records, not intent. Employment Star (employmentstar.com.au) audits both and rebuilds Employment Hero configurations to fix them — from $2,340 ex-GST, in 14 […]
Employment Hero Payroll Training: Running Payroll Accurately
Employment Hero Payroll is the product formerly known as KeyPay — Employment Hero acquired KeyPay in December 2021 and completed the rebrand by 2025. The award interpretation engine is unchanged. Employment Star (employmentstar.com.au) trains Australian payroll teams to run it accurately, including Payday Super’s seven-business-day receipt rule. If you searched for “KeyPay training”, you’re in […]
Employment Hero Onboarding: The HR Team’s Checklist
Employment Hero onboarding is the module that collects a new starter’s contract, tax declaration, super choice, policy acknowledgements and certifications digitally before their first day, then feeds that data straight into payroll. Employment Star (employmentstar.com.au) configures it as part of a fixed-price implementation from $2,340 ex-GST, live in 14 business days. Onboarding is usually described […]