Employment Star sets up and migrates Employment Hero Payroll for Australian businesses. We configure pay categories, modern awards, superannuation and STP Phase 2, then run parallel testing before go-live so your first pay run is accurate. Fixed price from $2,340 ex-GST, live in 14 business days, with no lock-in.
Streamline your payroll with confidence through Employment Star’s expert Employment Hero Payroll implementation services. Whether you’re setting up for the first time or migrating from another system, our team ensures a smooth, compliant, and disruption-free transition tailored to your unique business needs. With a focus on accuracy, efficiency, and ATO compliance, we take the complexity out of payroll so you can focus on growing your business. Let our experienced consultants guide you every step of the way—starting with a no-obligation consultation designed to understand your goals and deliver the perfect solution. Get started today! Maximise your HR efficiency with our expert-led Employment Hero solutions—designed for clarity, confidence, and long-term success.
At Employment Star, we specialise in seamless Employment Hero Payroll implementations, ensuring your migration is accurate, compliant, and efficient. Whether you’re starting fresh or moving from another system, we offer structured packages designed to suit your business needs—delivered by expert payroll consultants.
Need additional help post-implementation? We provide ad hoc support and training on:
Deep-dive into your current payroll processes and requirements.
Gathering employee and payroll data via Employment Hero templates.
Set up per ATO guidelines to ensure full compliance.
Apply relevant awards or tailor them to match your business model.
Build custom rules to automate unique business arrangements.
Validate payroll accuracy before going live.
Link with your HR and finance platforms.
Single Touch Payroll Phase 2 reporting configured, and super set to pay with every pay run inside the seven-business-day Payday Super window.
Empower your team to confidently run payroll with expert guidance.
A full set-up from scratch. We build your payroll system from the compliance layer up — pay categories, superannuation, leave and STP Phase 2 — then build or customise your modern awards and enterprise agreements to match how your business actually pays people. Every build includes parallel testing against your current payroll and hands-on support through your first live pay run.
Yes — it’s most of what we do. We migrate businesses onto Employment Hero Payroll (formerly KeyPay) from MYOB, Xero Payroll, Reckon, ADP and spreadsheets, reconciling opening balances and YTD figures before your first live pay run.
Yes. We install and customise modern awards, and we build EBAs and above-award conditions to your business rules — allowances, penalties, overtime, leave loading and accrual rules included. Award and EBA interpretation is tested in the parallel run, not left for you to find after go-live.
Typically 14 business days from kick-off to go-live, including a parallel test pay run. Multi-entity payrolls, and those running several awards or an EBA, take longer and are scoped individually.
Yes. Payday Super has applied since 1 July 2026 — super contributions must now reach your employees’ funds within 7 business days of each payment of qualifying earnings. We configure Employment Hero to pay super with every pay run and test it in the parallel run, so your first compliant pay is the first live one.
We don’t hand over and disappear. Go-live is supported end to end, and post-implementation training and support is available from $195/hour ex-GST — pay run walkthroughs, reporting, rostering, leave and terminations, and clock-in/out.
Employment Hero Payroll implementation starts from $2,340 ex-GST as a one-off fixed price. Ongoing managed payroll is quoted separately after a free call.
