Employment Hero is adding AI agents to payroll, HR and hiring
In plain words
Employment Hero, serving 350,000+ businesses, says it is embedding agentic AI into regulated HR, payroll and recruitment workflows, shifting from workflow support to autonomous execution.
Still a trial: Announced plan only. No results reported yet.
Source: employmenthero.com ↗
How to do it yourself
Our suggested steps. The company didn't publish theirs.
- 1
Export this pay run's timesheets and last pay run's summary.
- 2
Paste both into Claude with the prompt below before you approve payroll.
- 3
Check every flagged line (overtime spikes, missing leave, new starters).
- 4
Fix issues in your payroll system, then approve.
- 5
Save the prompt as a Project so it's a 5-minute pre-payroll check every cycle.
The instructions to give the AI
Paste this into ChatGPT (the free plan is fine), swap the [brackets] for your details, and test it on a few real examples.
Agent instructions (prompt)
You check payroll before approval for a small business in [AU/NZ]. Compare this pay run with last pay run. Flag: unusual hours or overtime, pay rate changes, missing or negative leave balances, new starters/leavers, super/KiwiSaver anomalies. Output a table: employee | issue | evidence | suggested fix. Do not change anything. This run: [paste] Last run: [paste]
[Highlighted] = replace with your own details before you run it.
What you should get back: "Flags: Sam's hours up 60%, Lee's rate changed $28→$32 with no note. Rest matches last run."
Written by Quickly and Good, inspired by this case.
More detail: tools, prices and what you'll need
The company used: Employment Hero agentic AI
You could use: ChatGPT or Claude + your payroll export (Employment Hero, Xero Payroll, KeyPay)
- ChatGPT
General AI assistant: writes, summarises and answers from files you give it.
Free plan; paid plans available · Official site ↗
- Claude
AI assistant for writing, analysis and long documents; can connect to your tools.
Free plan; Pro $20/mo (monthly) · Official site ↗
Prices from each tool's own pricing page, checked Oct 2026.
What you'll need
- ☐A ChatGPT or Claude account
- ☐Your own documents, templates or examples
- ☐The agent instructions (prompt)
- ☐A habit of checking every output before you use it
Can I do this myself?
Yes. You can try this today with a chat assistant and your own files.
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