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Happy HR is a cloud-based HR software that unifies recruitment, HR management, rostering, payroll, e-learning, and employee benefits into one seamless, easy-to-use platform.

And with free expert HR support, you’ll start saving time, reducing costs, and staying compliant, from day one.

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Our HR Cloud Software is trusted by thousands of Australian businesses plus over 100,000 employees.

Manage your HR end to end effortlessly, with our powerful online HR management software.

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Join thousands of Australian businesses using the #1 HRIS software to slash 90% of their HR admin tasks

Recruitment & candidate management

Manage the hiring process seamlessly in one platform with job ads, interview guides, video applications, reference checks and candidate review. You can also use our fixed fee recruitment services that come with a three-month guarantee!

Post job adverts effortlessly and reach a wider audience by sharing them across your social media channels. Gain access to our extensive database of potential candidates through our Happy Candidate Match and AI technology, ensuring you find the perfect fit for your team.

Happy HR allows you to manage the whole paperless induction process in the cloud. Send your recruit their employment offers electronically at the click of a button. You will reduce the time spent preparing, sending and receiving contracts by over 90%. The employee then can accept their contract, position, policies all before their first day at work!

Introducing our innovative job matching platform, designed to connect talented individuals with their ideal career opportunities while offering a range of enticing benefits.

Employees get their own login that enables them to electronically sign and execute contracts, position descriptions and policies, manage their payroll information, apply for leave, see upcoming performance management training & events, messaging, report safety incidents and much more!

Ensure your compliance with the ability to manage your onboard checklists for each employee induction.

Create an awesome first impression of your company! You will provide your employees a seamless digital experience to onboard and engage with your team.

HR Advisory FREE for Happy HR clients!

Be HR happy with Happy HR, we are a team of HR qualified consultants on hand for help, when you need it. When it comes to navigating the intricate landscape of Australian employment law. That’s why Happy HR is here to assist. Our HR Advisory service provides extensive qualified support, whether you require expert advice, compliance checks, or access to approved tools and templates. With Happy HR at your side, you can confidently manage your workforce, ensure compliance with regulations, and concentrate on the core aspects of growing and running your business. Let us empower you to make informed decisions and streamline your HR processes, allowing you to flourish in today’s competitive environment.

Happy HR enables you to have legally compliant employment contracts that can be customised for full time, part time, casual, contract, sub-contractor and volunteers. Choose from a suite from over 45+ HR policies. You will have peace of mind as our contracts and policies are constantly reviewed by our in-house team of employment lawyers to ensure legal compliance.

Never miss another probationary meeting. Happy HR tracks your employee’s probationary periods to ensure that follow up meetings take place.

In a simple to use module, you can manage all your employee information like payroll, leave, activities, see contracts, notes etc. The employee management module shows employment status and highlights any outstanding items you might need to action for that employee.

You can manage the entire onboarding and offboarding process for sub-contractors and consultants in Happy HR. The platform allows you to create sub-contractor agreements, scope of work, payment cycles, training, allow user access etc. This will ensure your obligations to subcontractors and consultants remains compliant.

Employees can upload documents like driver’s licenses, medical certificates, and RSA certs etc into their profiles and set expiry reminders for themselves and company admins. The Happy HR system allows users to track all employee documents, so you can ensure that you are able to stay compliant by making sure all your employee’s certifications are up to date.

Ensure your compliance with the ability to manage your offboard checklists for each employee exit.

Performance management

Everything from employee & management appraisals through to goal-setting, upskilling, and office action plans all serve to help everyone learn how to do their job best. HR performance management is something that’s always ongoing – and as each member of your team develops, so will the company as a whole.

It is a legal recruitment that grievances are managed in line with the Fair Work Act. Happy HR has an easy to follow workflow that ensures that you remain compliant when conducting the entire grievance investigation process. The platform sends out notifications, time stamps all activities to ensure you and your managers are following the correct grievance management process.

Developing and training staff is one of the easiest ways to deliver an increased ROI on your employees. You can use training plans as another way you can eliminate risk by effectively training staff on workplace safety. Our training module allows a user to conduct group or one on one training sessions, conduct a training assessment, pass or fail participants and send out a certificate of participation to successful employees. You can also set reminders for future training.

Happy HR allows you to add procedural documents, control what position can see what procedural document and send out notifications on updates to the procedures etc. By having procedures that are easily at hand, allows employees to remind themselves of company processes.

Manage employee one on one meetings to track growth and to drive engagement.

Use our workflows will ensure the right disciplinary processes get followed.

Contract & Policy compliance

Happy HR enables you to have legally compliant employment contracts that can be customised for full time, part time, casual, contract, sub-contractor and volunteers. Choose from a suite from over 50 + HR policies. You will have peace of mind as our contracts and policies are constantly reviewed by our in-house team of employment lawyers to ensure legal compliance.

Create customised positions from a suite of over 1000 templates with clear performance indicators and measurement of performance.

The Happy HR dashboard has a range of HR reports that provides a user with real time insights into the current state of your HR health. You can monitor events, gender diversity, leave, activities, approvals, happiness etc. at the click of a button.

A learning platform built for people growth! Turbocharge your team’s potential! Empower growth with precision learning using the power of AI. Happy Learnings empowers organisations to unleash their people potential. Happy learning makes it simple to build, track, engage & manage learning and career development!

Leave management at the click of a button. Our module has a leave calendar that shows all employees leave, allows employees to apply for leave, allows managers to approve and or decline leave. Our leave module seamlessly integrates with your accounting and payroll integrations further reducing administration time.

The platform has a terrific asset management module that enables a user to track all company property. You can record if an employee has received an asset upon onboarding them and ensure you get the assets back when offboarding. There is also an asset approval process, so managers can ask for approval to purchase!

Happy Benefits, powered by Flare

Happy Benefits, powered by Flare is a free benefits platform that aims to increase people engagement and productivity by increasing take-home-pay. It is a mobile-first solution designed to complement your companies Employee Value Proposition and bolster what’s offered to your employees, supporting talent attraction and retention strategies.

With the Happy App, employees can take control of their day-to-day activities like never before. Say goodbye to scattered documents and disjointed processes. The app offers an end-to-end experience, allowing users to effortlessly access and review important documents such as contracts, policies, position descriptions, manage leave, take part in engagement, messaging & communication and access employee benefits all from the convenience of their mobile or tablet device.

Happy Learning simplifies the process of building, tracking, and managing learning and career development, allowing organisations to unleash the true capabilities of their people. Our platform offers state-of-the-art development tools designed to empower individuals and ignite growth through personalised learning, career paths, feedback mechanisms, and enhanced employee engagement.

Happy HR sends out email notifications for all events and these events also appear on the dashboard. Cloud based use anywhere anytime on any device.

You have the obligation to check the work rights of ALL staff (employees and contractors) at time of onboarding (Australian Birth Certificate, Citizenship certificate, NZ passport or a foreign passport + a VEVO check) AND for those on visas, continue to check throughout the term of employment. This can all be managed within the Happy HR platform.

Recognise outstanding employee achievements with trophies and motivate staff with shout outs on the dashboard feed for compliments of great work.

Workplace surveys are a terrific way to understand your employees. Surveys allow a company to look at ways to drive employee retention, happiness, engagement and workplace satisfaction. Happy HR allows you to create a survey, send it out to staff as an open or anonymous survey and the module allows you to create reports on the answers to enable you to develop initiatives to drive positive change.

In app messaging and broadcasting Happy HR is a fully responsive website that is accessible anytime and anywhere, displaying beautifully across all devices, including desktop, tablet and mobile. Create, send and receive chat messages to an individual or group. Broadcast announcements on the feed to employees – all at the click of a button.

Workplace health and safety Happy HR allows company admins and employees to report incidents or hazards, investigate, conduct risk assessments, prepare reports, manage return to work all in a simple to use safety module.

You can allow different levels of access to key employees of your organisation. The different access levels are CEO (entire access), HR (not invite sub company), operations (all but employee profiles), finance (employee profiles only) and managers (see performance and activities to people below the employee in the org chart but not employee profiles) rights. Employees can toggle between employee and user access when logged in as an employee.

Happy HR is a fully responsive website that is accessible anytime and anywhere, displaying beautifully across all devices, including desktop, tablet and mobile. Create, send and receive chat messages to an individual or group. Broadcast announcements on the feed to employees – all at the click of a button.

Be supported by Australia’s #1 team of degree qualified HR consultants. HR advice you can trust is only an email away.

Payroll

Streamline all your workforce management needs in one platform - effortlessly handle award interpretation, Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) compliance, employee rosters, timesheets, payroll, banking, tax, and superannuation.

Simplify rostering and scheduling, automate timesheets, sync seamlessly. Happy HR’s FREE powerful rostering & time sheeting module is here to revolutionise how you manage your workforce. Plan shifts, track hours, and push them directly to payroll platforms like Xero, MYOB, and others – all in a few clicks.

With our award interpretation capabilities, be assured you are always paying your staff in line with workplace awards

Integrations

Boost your productivity, reduce paperwork and save administration time by seamlessly integrating with apps including Xero, QuickBooks, Tanda, Cloud payroll, Reckon, MYOB & Deputy to name a few. Integrating with one of our partners is done at the click of a button.

Future proof your business. Every day at Cloud Payroll we work for the success of thousands of Australian businesses, big and small, from every industry, making it simple for them to process their payroll. HappyHRTM’s quality software offers seamless Cloud payroll integration. Happy HR’s and cloud payroll integration seamlessly eliminates data duplication by the syncing of information.

When it comes to scheduling your employees shifts, managing their time and attendance, tracking performance and maximising workplace communication & efficiency – Deputy is the cross-platform service that makes it simple. Transforming the way businesses optimise their time through beautifully integrated employee rostering tools, Deputy helps save resources and improve workflow. Fully integrated with the Happy HR software.

MYOB is designed to ensure that businesses – no matter which metrics they use – have a way to measure their success and keep track of their milestones & growth. Developing a range of smart tools to streamline business, MYOB wants to help you meet the goals you set. Happy HR’s quality software offers a seamless integration with MYOB and essentials.

Other payroll integration partners

Pay Sync is an API connector application. Use PaySync to seamlessly integrate your payroll and timesheet data time and attendance, payroll, ERP and HR solutions. See the PaySync page to learn more.

Developed and marketed under the Intuit banner, QuickBooks is the accounting software package aimed at small-to-medium business owners. With both cloud-based and on-premises accounting applications that help employers accept business payments, pay and manage bills and streamline payroll, QuickBooks is the accounting software you need. Happy HR’s quality software offers a seamless integration with QuickBooks.

Reckon One is trusted by over 600,000 businesses makes accounting simple. Monitor your day-to-day income, GST, expenses and cash flow with real-time reporting and a customisable dashboard. Perfect for self-employed & small businesses.Create and send professional invoices with online payment options to get paid faster and boost your cash flow. Save time with recurring invoicing and keep track of paid & overdue invoices with ease. HappyHR’s quality software offers a seamless Reckon One integration.

Sage Intacct is a cloud-based financial management and accounting platform designed for mid-sized and growing businesses. It offers a suite of tools for core accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, and planning, and can be integrated with other business systems. The platform provides real-time visibility, automates tasks, and supports multi-entity and multi-currency management to help businesses scale and improve efficiency.

ShiftCare is a cloud-based care management and rostering software designed to support disability, aged care, and allied health providers. Tailored to meet the complex needs of the care sector, ShiftCare simplifies scheduling, client documentation, staff communication, and compliance. Providers can efficiently manage client care plans, track progress notes, allocate shifts, and ensure proper staff coverage—all within a centralised platform. With integrated features for invoicing, NDIS funding management, mobile access for carers, and reporting tools, ShiftCare helps organisations reduce administrative burden while improving service delivery.

Remove payroll stress with Tanda, the leading workforce management tool that helps employers communicate better with their staff about when to work and the pay they can expect. Using intelligent rostering tools, precise time sheets, easy payroll & automated gross-wage calculating, Tanda helps reduce the admin of payroll from hours of work to mere minutes! Best suited for businesses with 15+ hourly/shift staff in fixed locations. Optimal for companies with 15+ hourly/shift staff working in fixed locations & integrated with Happy HR™

The easy-to-use option for small businesses needing to handle their accounts, Xero is a fully-online service that you can login to from anywhere and on any device. See the flow of finances in real time as Xero imports, categorises and analyses your bank statements. With tools covering everything from invoicing to paying bills, reporting to helping with sales tax returns, it’s the perfect accounting software tailor-made for small businesses. Happy HR’s quality software offers a seamless Xero integration.

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Frequently asked questions

Yes, Happy HR is easy and intuitive, and you do not have to be an IT wizard to take advantage of what it has to offer. Our HRIS process enables clients to seamlessly run their organisations – not get in the way. We will ensure that we provide support, training, and webinars so you and your staff understand how to successfully use the Happy HR platform.

Happy HR is an easy-to-use cloud-based HR software created by HR professionals! We’ve done our bachelor’s in HR so you don’t have to. Having managed countless changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 and other legislations, we’ve ensured HR compliance for thousands of clients through our reliable online HR software.

Happy HR simplifies everything from onboarding to performance management and even includes free recruitment software, making it easier to support and develop your people.

How do we do this? Well, we’re glad you asked!

Happy HR is an awesome HR cloud software that streamlines the way you manage HR. As a market-leading online HR management software, it simplifies everything from onboarding to payroll — all in one place.

Plus, our cloud HR software comes with qualified HR support that’s second to none. Experience the power of HR software online built by experts who understand your business needs.

Our team of qualified HR consultants will collaborate with you to set up the system, ensure your HR policies are in line with your values and write your position descriptions to ensure that the activities in each position description are truly aligned to your strategic and operational goals.

We collaborate with you to become a master user and provide training to managers and employees as well. The software is easy to use and will reduce 90% of your HR administration. Also, if you need support, our dedicated Client Relationship Team is here to help you with all enquiries. See the process on our pricing page.

In general, clients are up and running in about 3-5 hours. You simply choose a plan, then fill out a simple questionnaire, which will populate ready to use legally compliant HR policies that are tailored to your company.

From there you create your position descriptions, organisational chart, and you are ready to go.

Happy HR will help manage the entire implementation process. In fact last year 40% of our growth was clients coming to us from another provider as they wanted a more comprehensive software and best practice integrations and HR support, for less.

There are two journeys depending on your business needs, self guided or pro plan. You can find detailed information on our HR pricing page.

Happy HR is the most cost effective and most comprehensive platform in the market, offering everything from fixed fee recruitment to complete HR management tools. 

There are two journeys depending on your business needs, self guided or pro plan. Starting from $8.00+GST per employee, you can find detailed information on our HR pricing page.

Happy HR will save you a significant amount of time and money. Typically up to 90% of HR admin time. Having all your documentation in one place in an easy to find format means everything is at your fingertips.

Yes, it is. Happy HR takes data protection very seriously. We are ISO 27001 compliant. Happy HR has policies and procedures to store personal information securely. We respect the privacy of our client’s personal information and our commitment to them is demonstrated by using the same principles required by Australia’s privacy legislation for dealing with customer information.

This information is strictly confidential and will only be used for the purpose for which it was collected and no other purpose without your written authority. Furthermore, we only provide access to those who are required to perform the administration activities.

We undertake that the information we receive will be kept confidential and will not be passed on to another party without your express permission or unless we are required to by law. Learn more: https://www.happyhr.com/security

Happy HR is suitable for all businesses small and large. You have a legal obligation to have HR policies to govern your business or you risk being like the other cases that ended up at Fair Work Australia last year because they did not have a legally compliant HR process and or HRIS system.

Yes, Happy HR integrates with many different platforms, depending on the software you are implementing. You can find out which integrations are compatible and best suited to your business.See more on our integrations page.

You will have access to 15 minutes of phone-based support per month. We also provide Zoom support, and virtual screen sharing so we can demonstrate features to you on the spot. We want to ensure that you and your staff know how to successfully use the Happy HR platform.

If you have a HR question, an anxiety, a question about performance management or how to handle a difficult situation, or need to talk to a HR professional about any situation in your workplace as your HR partner we are here to help by emailing help@happyhr.com

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