New Zealand

Employees can now create timesheets from approved leave requests and rostered shifts. Plus! NZ and SG employees can now edit their personal details in WorkZone.

By having work anniversaries in calendar feeds, staff and managers have better visibility and are able to plan ahead for annual reviews or pay increases.

Stay informed of actual costs to the businesses with the ability to journal leave liability provisions in KeyPay.

Pay run finalisation tasks like reporting and pay slip distribution can now be automated, saving time and manual frustrations.

To enhance security and accessibility, KeyPay provides 3 more options of accessing employee details for users.

New Tax Year is fast approaching in New Zealand. Find out what to expect for payroll in 2021, and how KeyPay is helping users manage Tax Year End.

Ensure you're using the right calculation methods for leave and holiday pay calculations with KeyPay's transparent leave calculations.

Many New Zealand businesses face difficulty in achieving complete compliance with the Holidays Act. Look out for these software issues to ensure compliance.

Remote working has become the norm. Here's some tips for hiring remote workers in this new world by HR Partner.

Have easy access to a range of white label functions straight from the partner dashboard.

Users can record, in advance, any future pay rate changes against an employee and the system will update the earnings in the pay run automatically.

KeyPay has introduced a Timesheet Interpretation Context Panel feature that provides clarity on how timesheets have been interpreted each pay run.

NZ businesses can now process Schedular Payments alongside regular payroll, in a fuss-free way that saves them significant time and money.

David Jenkins from NZPPA covers the NOTS of the Holidays Act and where there are areas we can deliver on today to ensure better payroll and leave compliance.

Restaurants often overlook the power of marketing and social media for website promotion. This blog post goes through techniques venues can use to drive sales.

External delivery partners can often charge restaurants up to 38% per order commission fees. Here's how you can move your restaurant online and increase profit.

Restaurant owner Adam Cheers discusses optimising financials to ensure your restaurant survives in unprecedented times.

During uncertain times in COVID-19, now more than ever is a time to reassess your current system setup, moving to the cloud and putting employee safety first. 

There is no playbook for years like 2020 with COVID-19. But instead of getting overwhelmed amid the changes, there’s also opportunity. 

COVID-19 is an unnerving time and in this time of unease, we want to help you find opportunity for you, and your clients, through technology.

Are you on top of leave management? Guest writer David Jenkins breaks down leave compliance for you in his latest post.

What NZ payroll trends should you lookout for this year? David Jenkins from the NZPPA discusses this and more to keep you in the loop this coming year.

KeyPay’s partner dashboard allows partners to enhance client services, generate new business, analyse client activity and save time on support requests.

We put KeyPay to the test every day for our payroll management, rostering and timesheet needs. See how we use it to its full potential in our own business.

What's the importance of change management during technology implementations? We discuss what you need to know to make your next change a success.

New WorkZone update brings added functionality for managers looking to reduce rostering inefficiencies and manage staff better on the go.

The Rostering vs Timesheet comparison report helps businesses identify financial costs to guide business development.

GDPR employee obligations are made easy with KeyPay by giving employers the tools to anonymise employee data and access to their personal data.

Payday filing has been mandatory for NZ businesses since April 2019. KeyPay has just enhanced its Payday filing functionality with IRD integration.

Cloud software is becoming widely used, but some payroll administrators can't let go of desktop systems. Here's why you should switch to the cloud.

Your managers can now approve expense requests directly from their smartphone in WorkZone - KeyPay's employee app - anywhere and any time!

Businesses often focus on employee experience to boost morale, productivity and revenue. Payroll bureaux should be embracing the employee experience.

With KeyPay's restricted reporting's enhanced feature, restricted users can now be given access to the employee group and location permissions. Learn more.

Clock Me In from KeyPay now allows managers to perform most of the admin features previously only afforded to full access users. Explore more.

WorkZone, KeyPay’s mobile app, now allows managers to approve leave requests and timesheets on the go. Download WorkZone today to explore more.

Remove some or all manual handling of processing pays by setting up automated pay runs in your business and instead spend that time focussing on other work.

Traditional payroll systems are inefficient and difficult to use. Bureaux should no longer settle for the norm and recognise the benefits of cloud payroll.

Restricted users can now access to the pay slip, payment file & journal reports. This removes the responsibility of post payroll tasks for full access users.

Shift bidding automates the process of filling an unassigned shift. Automatic updates to the roster keeps managers abreast of real time shift updates.

Easily configure your notification settings to stay abreast of any changes so as not to affect any current processes when employee details are updated or added.

Pro rata hours now are auto calculated in pay run. This means no manual adjustments are required and no accidental overpayments processed. Learn more.

With Clock Me In, managers can clock in/out on behalf of employees, eliminating the dramas associated with employees forgetting to clock in/out. Learn more.

KeyPay is different to traditional payroll software. We take the pain out of the pay run by automating manual processes. Read about our KeyPay's brand story.

New look of Manager Dashboard provides shortcut create & access buttons & displays pending action items. Explore some Manager Dashboard highlights.

Explore some new permissions KeyPay has added for managers. This allows full access users the ability to start delegating more and more tasks to Managers.

KeyPay's document functionality allows managers to require employees to acknowledge documents via employee dashboard/WorkZone and receive notifications.

Two-factor authentication enabled in KeyPay will help to strengthen your account security with us. Learn how Two-factor authentication works & how to enable it.

Employees can now swap shifts or receive proposed swapped shifts through WorkZone. This allows employees to complete the cycle of receiving & accepting shifts.

We decided to bring the team together for 2 days / 3 nights in the Hunter Valley for what became known as our first ever “KeyCon”.

KeyPay's Net to Gross Calculator feature helps automatically calculate what the equivalent gross amount should be based off a desired net amount. Learn more.

Managers can now clock out or discard shifts on behalf of employees directly from the Live View report. Learn more about how this works.

Better manage your rosters by empowering employees to swap shifts they cannot work with other eligible employees. This will significantly save managers' times.

KeyPay has extended Pay Run Tasks feature to all user types. Remove constant back & forth phone calls, emails & spreadsheets to communicate pay run exceptions.

Live View is our latest intuitive report that captures real time employee clock in and out activities generated via Clock Me In and WorkZone.

Heavy industry investment in AI by accounting software begs the question, is artificial intelligence the future of payroll?

WorkZone: KeyPay's Mobile App for Payroll Management. View bank accounts, pay slips, super accounts, submit timesheets. All in one mobile management.

With the release of employee onboarding in KeyPay, employers can say goodbye to the paperwork associated with hiring new employees. Explore more.

Explore a number of key UI improvements that will make KeyPay's employee portal an indispensable tool for your employees.

The employee portal is one of KeyPay's most used features with thousands of employees logging on every month. Explore what's changed in the employee portal.

Setting up Standard Work Hours for employees who’s work hours aren’t the same every day of the week will allow more accurate leave request estimation.

Clock Me In is KeyPay's time and attendance app. Designed specifically for the iPad and makes it simpler than ever before to record employee’s work hours.

If you’re a developer that’s already using KeyPay API or you’re thinking about using API and want more information, the KeyPay Developer Community is for you.

If you’re an avid Xero user you might be wondering why you’d use a separate payroll product like KeyPay when Xero already has payroll built in. Explore more.