Payroll Software to Simplify Compliance & Pay Your People Right

Automate pay runs, meet STP Phase 2 reporting requirements, and be Payday Super ready while delivering instant payslips from one platform that unifies rostering, attendance, workforce management, and award interpretation.

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Payroll Software Made for Business of All Sizes

Enjoy the benefits of automating the entire pay cycle from accurate attendance data to STP2 reporting all while simplifying the payroll process with Workstem.

Missing overtime and complex allowance calculations?

  • Automatic calculations: Auto-calculate overtime, loadings, allowances and leaves.
  • Award‑focused: Apply Fair Work or EBA rates and conditions for Monday to Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays.
  • Real‑time accuracy: Sync attendance data into payroll for accurate pay.

Struggling to keep up with changing award rates and ATO compliance?

  • Always updated: Award rates updates via Fair Work API.
  • Tax & Super handled together: PAYG withholding, Super and deductions are managed and calculated correctly.
  • STP2 Effortlessly Managed: Generate required file and quickly submit to ATO in a click for reporting.
  • Payday Super, Sorted: Instantly generate and upload the Super file to your clearing house each pay run.

Using separate systems for time, attendance and payroll?

  • All-in-one platform: Rostering, leave, T&A, award interpretation and payroll are integrated in one system.
  • Seamless workflow: Attendance flows straight into pay runs.
  • Create files easily: Generate bank ABA files, STP2 files and payslips in one click.

Payroll Software Built for Accurate, Compliant Pay Runs

Seamless pay runs, compliance and employee self‑service so you can pay people correctly and quickly without juggling multiple systems.

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Tailor Pay Cycles & Policies to Your Workforce

Set the foundation for accuracy with policies that match how you pay employees.

  • Easy setup of payroll policies: Define weekly, fortnightly or monthly pay cycles for different employees and reuse the settings as templates.
  • Clean starting point: Import historical salary data seamlessly so PAYG and balances start correct.
  • Bulk-ready master file: Bulk import staff details in just a few clicks to reduce manual setup.

Control Every Pay Item & Adjustment

Customise earnings and deductions to match your company’s policies.

  • Consistency at scale: Keep repeating pay items in fixed salary data and one-time items in variable salary data to manage entitlements efficiently.
  • Flexible pay items: Define income, deductions and others with rounding, formulas and display controls.
  • Aligned attendance data: Pull schedule to attendance values into calculations where needed.

Speed Through Pay Runs with Confidence

Run payroll in minutes while ensuring every calculation is correct.

  • Guided validation: Check payroll, tax, super and bank details before finalising payment.
  • One-button STP2: Generate file and submit to ATO directly within the pay run via API and verify the status in SuperChoice portal.
  • Edge cases handled: Child-support deductions with Protected Earnings Amount (PEA) are also supported in the pay run.
  • Solve adjustments quickly: Use one-time pay runs for any adjustments or handle terminations such as final pay, redundancies and ETPs without reprocessing the entire payroll.
  • Final pay & ETP simplified: Auto-calculate all related payments of ETPs for terminated employees such as payments in lieu of notice, unused rostered days off (RDO), severance or redundancy pay and more according to ATO requirements.

Payday Super–Ready Superannuation & ABA Files

Generate Super and ABA files each pay cycle to match Payday Super and cut the risk of SG charge.

  • Efficient Super submission: Generate the Super file each pay cycle and upload to SuperChoice for validation.
  • Faster payments: Produce ABA bank files in a few clicks to pay staff on time.
  • Accurate salary sacrifice: Pre-tax deductions reduce taxable income and are included in the super file automatically.

Empower Staff with Digital Payslips & Self‑Service

Payslips are instantly published to the mobile app, giving employees secure, on-the-go access to their pay history.

  • Instant access on app: Employees can view payslips in the Workstem One app once pay run is completed.
  • Show only essentials: Customise and choose which pay items to display on payslips.
  • End-to-end traceability: Terminations and ETP scenarios follow a defined process within the pay run.

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All modules
are integrated on one platform

Workstem's one-stop payroll system offers a comprehensive range of HR solutions, including rostering, attendance management, leave tracking, expense claims, payroll processing, tax compliance, superannuation, and Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting. By consolidating these functions into a single platform, we streamline HR processing and reduce errors, delays, and duplication of effort.

HR Mobile App

Rostering

Attendance

Award Interpretation

STP

Superannuation

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I customise pay items? Is there a quantity limit?

Yes, customised pay items can be increased up to 100.

Can Workstem’s payroll function handle hourly, daily, and monthly wage calculations in Australia?

Yes, Workstem can handle hourly, daily, and monthly wage calculations for different job types in Australia. Users can also set up overtime rates, allowances, and other pay items.

Can Workstem’s payroll function handle base pay, overtime pay, allowances, and bonuses in Australia?

Yes, Workstem can handle and customise various pay items in Australia, such as base pay, overtime pay, allowances, and bonuses, to ensure compliant payroll.

What kind of pay types and periods are supported?

Workstem supports pay types such as hourly rate, daily rate, weekly rate, monthly rate and annual rate, and pay periods such as weekly paid, bi-weekly paid, pay once a month and pay multiple times in a month.

Can Workstem’s payroll function fulfil Australian tax and reporting requirements on payslips?

Yes, Workstem can generate compliant payslips that meet Australian tax and employment requirements, enabling employers to fulfil their obligations and provide employees with precise wage statements.

Can I import/export payroll data?

Yes, Workstem supports importing historical payroll data and exporting at any time.