Workforce Management Software Australia

Built in Melbourne for Australian rosters

Penalty rates, state public holidays and July award updates aren't edge cases here — they're the starting point. Engage WorkForce is rostering and workforce management software made by an Australian team in Wyndham Vale, VIC, with AUD pricing and support in Australian business hours.

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Award-aware pay templates Holiday calendars per state & territory Xero Payroll export
Pay Rules — Tue 3 Nov Applied
VIC Melbourne site · Melbourne Cup Day VIC public holiday calendar matched PH rate
NSW Sydney site · same date Ordinary Tuesday in NSW Weekday rate
SAT Sat 18:00 – 23:00 · any state Saturday rule fires on day + time window Penalty rate
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State & territory calendars

Why Australian teams choose it

Local rules, handled where the work happens

A Saturday night in Perth, a public holiday in Victoria, a new award rate in July — the system you roster in should already know what each one means for pay.

01 — Penalty rates & state holidays

A VIC public holiday isn't a NSW public holiday

Engage WorkForce keeps a public holiday calendar for every Australian state and territory, and attaches award-aware pay templates to every shift — so weekend, night and public-holiday rules price each hour by where and when it was actually worked. See how it powers award-aware rostering.

  • ✓Configurable day and time-window rules for Saturday, Sunday, night and public-holiday loadings
  • ✓Per-state holiday calendars — Melbourne Cup Day prices VIC shifts differently to NSW on the same date
  • ✓Versioned award rate tables — when Fair Work adjusts rates each July, admins add a new effective-dated version; history stays intact
PHPublic holiday ruleMatched from the site's state calendarHighest rate
NNight window · 23:00 – 07:00Time-window rule on the pay templateLoading
v2Award rates — July versionEffective-dated · prior version archivedActive
02 — Xero & payroll prep

From approved timesheet to Xero, without re-keying

One timesheet approval generates a pay-ready paysheet with penalty rates, allowances and overtime applied. Export it straight to Xero Payroll as a draft timesheet of hours — Xero stays the system of record for tax and super, and payroll preparation stays a review step, not a data-entry job.

  • ✓Xero Payroll export — approved hours land as draft timesheets, ready for your pay run
  • ✓CSV exports for teams running other payroll systems
  • ✓One approval, two documents — the same shift drives the paysheet and the customer invoice together
1Timesheet approved8h Saturday · meal allowanceApproved
2Paysheet generatedEarnings · allowances · leave bucketedPay-ready
3Exported to Xero PayrollXero calculates tax & superXero
03 — Local support & data isolation

Support that answers in your time zone

Engage WorkForce is built in Wyndham Vale, Victoria by an Australian team. When you call or write, you reach people in Australian business hours — AEST and AEDT — who work on the product itself. Every company account keeps its data isolated to that account, end to end. Questions before you start? Talk to us or see how it works.

  • ✓Melbourne-built and supported — no overnight ticket queues on another continent
  • ✓Per-company data isolation — your rosters, rates and pay data are scoped to your account only
  • ✓AUD pricing with no currency surprises — see pricing
AUBuilt in Wyndham Vale, VICProduct and support, same teamLocal
9–5Support in AEST / AEDTAustralian business hoursOpen
1:1Your account, your dataIsolated per company, end to endIsolated

Made for here

Australian conditions, already in the system

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Public holiday calendars — one for every Australian state and territory
7 day-rules
Weekday, Saturday, Sunday and public-holiday rates attach to every shift
1 approval
One timesheet approval drives the paysheet and the customer invoice together
AEST / AEDT
Support in Australian business hours, from the Melbourne team that builds the product

Strong where Australia rosters hardest

Built for shift-heavy Australian industries

The sectors where penalty rates, licences and multi-site coverage matter most are the ones Engage WorkForce was shaped around.

Industry

Security

Guards, patrols, licence expiry tracking and GPS checkpoints — around the clock.

Explore security → Industry

Cleaning & Facilities

Multi-site service crews with site-by-site coverage views and proof of attendance.

Explore cleaning → Industry

Healthcare & Aged Care

Care rosters that respect leave, compliance documents and 24/7 continuity.

Explore aged care → Industry

Hospitality

Casual crews, split shifts and weekend loadings without spreadsheet gymnastics.

Explore hospitality →
See all industries →

Common questions

Workforce management in Australia, answered

Does Engage WorkForce handle public holidays differently in each state?
Yes. Public holiday calendars are maintained per state and territory, so a Victorian public holiday prices shifts at public-holiday rates for VIC sites while the same date stays an ordinary day in NSW. The same calendars drive rostering, timesheets and payroll preparation.
What happens when Fair Work adjusts award rates each July?
Award rate tables in Engage WorkForce are versioned. When new rates are published, an admin enters them as a new version with an effective date — new shifts pick up the new rates automatically, while historical timesheets keep the rates that applied when the work was done.
Does Engage WorkForce export to Xero?
Yes. Approved paysheets export to Xero Payroll as draft timesheets of hours. Xero stays the system of record for tax and superannuation — Engage WorkForce prepares the hours, allowances and pay-rule outcomes that feed it. Read more under payroll preparation.
Where is the Engage WorkForce team and support based?
Engage WorkForce is built in Melbourne (Wyndham Vale, Victoria) by an Australian team. Support is available during Australian business hours, AEST and AEDT, and demos are run by the same people who build the product. Get in touch to start the conversation.

Ready when you are

See your award rules running in Engage WorkForce

Book a walkthrough with our Melbourne team. Bring your trickiest penalty-rate scenario — we'll price it live, state holidays and all.

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Built in Melbourne · Support in AU business hours