Construction payroll software
Payroll software built for construction, not adapted for it
15 minutes, your EBA, no sales script.
What construction needs
Six things generic payroll cannot do
None of this is exotic on a building site. It is only exotic to software written for offices.
Site allowances priced per project
Height, confined space, travel, fares, site allowance and multistorey rates change by project and by agreement. They get priced from the rules we build, not from a spreadsheet someone maintains on the side.
RDOs that accrue and get taken correctly
RDO calendars, banked days, shutdown and substituted days are read from your agreement, so the balance on a payslip matches the calendar on the wall.
Overtime sequences the way your EBA writes them
Daily and weekly thresholds, crib breaks, rest periods, first two hours then double time, Saturday and Sunday sequences and public holiday rates all follow clause order.
Labour costed to the job
Every pay line carries a cost code, so labour posts to the job it was worked on and your margin per project is real rather than reconstructed at month end.
Super paid with wages
Cbus, Incolink and choice funds are paid in the same run as the wages, which is what Payday Super now expects.
Capture that starts on site
CrewTime clock-ons, photo timesheets and site notes come in from the crew, so the pay run starts with real hours instead of a Friday afternoon reconstruction.
Compared
Project Payroll against a general payroll stack
- CapabilityProject PayrollGeneral payroll stack
- Award and EBA interpretationBuilt and maintained by usConfigured by you
- RDO and shutdown calendarsRead from your agreementManual leave codes
- Job costingCost codes on every pay lineJournal split after the run
- Super with wagesSame run, Payday Super readyQuarterly batch
- SupportReal humans who know constructionTicket queue
More detail on the pay rules in the EBA knowledge hub, the capture and pay run in the product tour, and job costing in labour cost coding.
Construction payroll questions
What makes construction payroll different from ordinary payroll?
The pay rules. A builder pays under an award, usually on top of an enterprise agreement, with site allowances, RDOs, redundancy fund contributions, travel and overtime sequences that change by project. Generic payroll software can store those rates but it will not interpret them for you.
Do we have to configure the award ourselves?
No. Send the agreement and the award you rely on and we build the rules, then keep them current when rates rise. That is the part most systems hand back to you.
What does it cost?
$15 per employee per month, which is about 50 cents per employee per day, plus a one off setup fee per enterprise agreement we read and build. Pricing is published, so you can work it out before you talk to us.
Can we keep Xero or MYOB for the books?
Yes. Payroll moves to us and a general ledger journal posts back each run, so your accountant keeps the ledger they already know.
How long does it take to move across?
Four weeks is normal, including a full parallel pay run compared line by line before you rely on us. Mid year switches are routine and STP2 continuity is handled.
Reviewed August 2026.
Get started
Send us your agreement and we will price your payroll.
Tell us the award you rely on, the agreement you pay under and how many on the tools. We come back with the rules we would build and what it costs.
15 minutes, your EBA, no sales script.
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